Yesterday evening, our space was filled with a powerful energy of radical imagination, concrete practice, and moving conversation. Together with our community and @ecchr.bsky.social, we explored prefiguration—the idea that we shape the future through the ways we act in the present.

Gastronativism: Food & Identity Politics in the New World Order 1. July | 6:30 - 8:30 pm In this lecture, food culture researcher @fparasecoli.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social will introduce the concept of #gastronativism and trace its connection to contemporary geopolitics. More info below

What does it mean to collect art critically today? Catch KIN Museum director #MariaLind in conversation with #SporeInitiative director @antoniaalampi.bsky.social, discussing the concept of “digging where you stand,” inspired by Sven Lindquist’s eponymous 1978 book about citizen research.

Students from South Dakota visiting Berlin and connecting Lakota star knowledge with Max Planck researchers is the kind of encounter that can't be replicated by curriculum alone. The knowledge moved because the people did. What made that connection possible, and can it be sustained beyond the visit?

Incredible night coordinated with the @maxplanck.de discussing Lakota Star Knowledge. What made it truly special was a surprise drop-in from #FirstNations students from South Dakota visiting Berlin. A perfect example of how indigenous knowledge systems bridge the past and the present!