Commons-based methods and practices

Based on the understanding of the “commons” being the equally accessible management and distribution of resources within a community and/or society of “commoners” (people), with “commoning” being the approaches and processes towards the act of sharing the resources.

Commoning approaches and processes could present themselves as: the sharing and/or exchange of resources such as knowledge, skills, ideas etc. Open-access, public and/or non-hierarchical forms of distribution. Approaches of transparency, co-creation, collaboration and reciprocal relations.

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On Mutual Support

Consensual Questioning and Collective Implementation

17.10.2023, 17.10.23, 18:00 – 20:00

School of Commons Teaching Session: Consensual Questioning and Collective Implementation

Consensual Questioning and Collective Implementation is a lecture and workshop event, during which Pendar Nabipour, a visual artist, independent curator and art educated based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands will introduce possible answers to these questions in relation to his research project Open Source Governance. Find out more

SoC Assembly

School of Commons Assembly, 2025

Save the Date: ‘How to Assemble’ - School of Commons Assembly, 2025 Find out more

Politics of (dis)assembling

19.06.2023 — 29.06.2023, 19.06.23, 19:30 – 29.06.23, 22:00

Politics of (dis)assembling: Documenting in sketches: Lena Pozdnyakova and PATU

Politics of (dis)assembling on 19.06.2023 with T.J. Demos, Marwa Arsanios, ON/OFF Collective, Patu Politics of (dis)assembling on 29.06.2023 with Jennifer Ponce de Léon, STOP DEPORTATION CENTER BER!, ON/OFF Collective with Zoë Ritts, Patu Find out more

The Learning Commons: Self-Organised Learning

13.10.2023, 13.10.23, 12:00 – 14:00

School of Commons Learning Commons: Betül Aksu in conversation with Zeyno Pekünlü

This year’s Learning Commons conversation, hosted by SoC alumni* Betül Aksu, invites artist and activist Zeyno Pekünlü and the SoC community to discuss self-organised learning spaces and the knowledge created within. Find out more

Save the Date: Exhibition, Performances, and Workshops by the School of Commons’ 2023 Cohort

18.12.2023, February 2-4, 2024

Save the date: Exhibition, Performances, and Workshops by the School of Commons’ 2023 Cohort

The full programme will be announced in January 2024. All workshops and events are free of charge and open to everyone. Find out more

Alt Shift Festival: Zula

01.08.2024, Kunst in der Natur, Austria

Zula: A Ways and Working Experiment Facilitated by Chantelle Lue  (Image ‘thought amplifier’ sourced via https://stoppingoffplace.blogspot.com/2010/10/thought-amplifier.html)

A Ways and Working Experiment facilitated by Chantelle Lue Find out more

FOOTNOTES 2045

FOOTNOTES 2045: Annotating the Futures of Arts Education

Annotating the Futures of Arts Education: A summer school that imagines, rethinks and shapes the futures of arts education. Find out more

The Learning Commons: Experimental Pedagogies in Practice

04.12.2022, 04.12.22, 17:00 – 19:30

School of Commons Learning Commons: Experimental Pedagogies in Practice

We invite you to join us for this podium conversation, bringing together a number of current and former participants of the School of Commons. Find out more

FREE UPDATE

02.11.2023, 02.11.23, 18:00 – 20:00

School of Commons Teaching Session: FREE UPDATE

By means of fragmentation, destruction and the reconstitution of well-known figures, themes and strategies of mass media, Bjørn Melhus not only creates possibilities of other interpretations and critical commentaries but also tries to redefine the relationship between mass media and spectators. Find out more

An Infinite, Incomplete Series: On ways of working within the School of Commons

26.01.2022, 26.01.2022

Bureau of Commons is a self-declared territory made of a blue plastic sheet. A performance-installation, the Bureau authorizes people to reflect on Free Movement of Persons collectively. A project by Betül Aksu

Marea Hildebrand will speak on the concept of School of Commons, the future of learning and international peer-to-peer learning from her experience as the founder of School of Commons. Find out more

Interdependent Systems, Community Economies in Culture and Education

14.11.2023, 14.11.23, 18:00 – 20:00

School of Commons Teaching Session: Interdependent Systems, Community Economies in Culture and Education

40+ Commoning as a daily practice, with Bianca Elzenbaumer What type of informal economies already exist within forms of learning? How do our interdependencies relate to accessible education? How do we make existing practices of care sustainable in (non-)institutional infrastructures? Find out more

Fostering Learning Environments for the Future

Composing infrastructures for peer learning and commoning practices within School of Commons

Composing infrastructures for peer learning and commoning practices within School of Commons Read more

Makhandzambili Session Zero: Cave of H(ear)ing

22.10.2023, 22.10.23, 14:30 – 16:30

School of Commons: Makhandzambili Session Zero: Cave of H(ear)ing

This is a hybrid peer-learning seed project that reimagines Southern African natural heritage sites as venues for the sharing of artistic research and practice in virtual and physical spaces. Find out more

A Spoonful of Rest

05.10.2023, 05.10.23, 18:00 – 20:00

School of Commons Teaching Session: A Spoonful of Rest

Experience a journey into relaxation and communal care in ‘A Spoonful of Rest.’ Through the harmonious fusion of poetry, culinary delights, and music, we explore the art of rest and its transformation into a shared practice of nurturing. Find out more

IdeaSquare x SoC

IdeaSquare and School of Commons are collaborating on a series of workshops exploring 'The Future of Collaboration'. Find out more