Ecocamp 2024 | All My Relations 3

All My Relations 3: Relational practices, ecological awareness, and more-than-human encounters

This event is a three-day intensive workshop that explores the potential  of performative and interdisciplinary practices to trigger transformation in  human behaviour and ecological awareness. Artists and interdisciplinary  researchers interested in existential resilience, more-than-human encounters and  sustainable development are invited to bring their questions to a laboratory designed to connect art, research, and everyday life.

Organised jointly by Artistic Research (Malmö Theatre Academy, Lund University), Agenda 2030 Graduate School (Lund University), and Gylleboverket a platform for art and resilience located in the Scania countryside, this workshop delves into the convergence of interdisciplinary practices and ecological sustainability, rooted in a profound understanding of corporality, imagination, being-with, and an exploration towards an extended ecological self.

Over the course of three days, participants will stay at Gylleboverket’s permaculture farm. Through collaborative work, hands-on, doing together, discussions, and the co-creation of strategies for sustainability, they will explore ways to address ecology, interspecies relations, and sustainable futures. Prior to the workshop, a shared reading list will provide a common understanding of key ecological concepts, resilience theories, and sustainability strategies. “All my relations” is the English equivalent of a phrase familiar to most Native peoples of North America…

"[It] is at first a reminder of who we are and of our relationship with both our family and our relatives. It also reminds us of the extended relationship we share with all human beings. But the relationships that Native people see go further, the web of kinship to animals, to the birds, to the fish, to the plants, to all the animate and inanimate forms that can be seen or imagined.", Thomas King, All My Relations.

Practicalities 

The workshop event is aimed at 20 participants, and it takes place on 4–6 September 2024 at Gylleboverket and the nearby permaculture farm (bus transportation from/to Malmö). The event is organized by The Department for Artistic Research at Malmö Theatre Academy (Lund University), Agenda 2030 Graduate School (Lund University), and Gylleboverket.

How to apply

If you are interested in participating, please send us an application consisting of a one-page Word or PDF file including a short motivation and bio, telling us what kinds of questions, problems, and phenomena you find urgent and what you would like to study further with the other participants.

Please send this application to jan [dot] michelsen [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se with the words ALL MY RELATIONS written in the subject field

In any queries, please contact sofie [dot] lebech [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se

The deadline for applications is June 17

The selected applicants are asked to pay a fee of 600 SEK (around 60 €) to cover the full board during the workshop. The accommodation takes place outdoors in tents, which each participant is asked to bring along. There is also an option for indoor accommodation subject to a small fee.

NOTE: Times stated in event may vary.