#1 Loren Beard Shoaling is a decentralized, adaptive mode of collective being that resists rigid structures in favor of fluid, relational coordination. It is inspired by the behavior of fish moving together in a loose, dynamic group and reflects an ecological reimagination that attends to interspecies entanglements. Imagined as a model for healing, shoaling thus recognizes more-than-human interconnectedness as central to the practice of community care.
Shoaling
Feedback Session: Counter Care, facilitated by Loren Beard and Sheila Shankar
13.10.2026, 16:00 (BST) / 19:00 (CEST) / 10:00 (CST)
Counter Care attends to the subversive, relational practices that sustain life under conditions designed to exhaust it. We work in response to systems and structures that unevenly distribute care, merging it with coercion, commodifying it, and sustaining it through devalued labor. Find out more