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The School of Unlived Worlds is a nomadic School that pops up in the context of festivals, theatres, museums and organizations that are concerned with ecology. She opens a playful learning space to train ourselves in paradigm shifts and learn collectively about our relations to nature. The core team of the School consists of theatre maker Emke Idema, physical actress and writer Marie Groothof and producer and dramaturge Floor Cremers. The School collaborates with a growing group of (ex)participants.

What

The School of Unlived Worlds starts from a method of experimental ecology. The practice can be seen as a mini retrait from normal live, a blind date with a landscape you know, as philosophical scouting and as a fundamental training in piercing through your own images of human and world. By stepping into the world in ways you never did before you overcome your typical ‘intelligence’ and become more open to a broader range of impressions. The ‘world’ always answers and by listening well you can hear what she says. The practices intend to decolonize our senses and let you connect in new ways with nature, both outside and inside of yourself. You could find yourself crawling on all fours through a forest, rotate around your axis in slow circles, follow an ant in the city or sing along with the meadow birds. The interventions are simple and open the door to new possibilities in seeing and embodying the world and yourself. Blind spots and lacunes in our narratives become visible and new narratives can emerge.

Next to these intervention rituals, the School of Unlived Worlds collects related and supportive practices and literature. In the three-or-more-day-trainings we will read inspiring texts of philosophers, ecologists, botanists and artists and practice related practices and techniques, for example from wilderniss training, body work and creative writing. As participant you are invited to share your expertise and contribute to the collection of the School. The School of Unlived Worlds collaborates with different partner organisations throughout Europe.

Ambition

By manifesting itself in different places, in different assemblies of experts, the School develops an open source knowledge archive about possible ways to relate to a place. The School wants to make these relations available for the future. 

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