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Decomposing Archives: Nurturing Critique and Disruption within Natural History Museum

A workshop with Sara Akhlaq and Elaina Foley
13–15 March 2025
(In person)

Open call for participants closes 22 February 2025

In what ways do relationships between people and their environments become embodied by
collections and archives?

How might historical representations in museums and ethical engagements with these sites impact long-term visions of institutional responsibilities and
roles?

In the collections of natural history museums and the archives associated with them, we find knowledge that could only be produced through the work of enslaved or coerced laborers. They primarily contain “biological” specimens that are seen as representations of past ecologies–apolitical and aperspectival. Yet we are always involved in the production and reproduction of our environments. The work needed to travel, capture, kill, collect, transport, and preserve so-called “specimens” has always been situated within economic and social circumstances.

This workshop seeks to create an imaginative space where participants can bring together diverse traditions of knowledge to create histories of the land, ecologies, and relations that make our everyday lives possible.

Although the primary focus of this workshop is natural history museums, the first day will
look at power structures that operate in museums in general, and the ideological biases that
form the basis of the narratives they propagate.
These dimensions of power will be explored by participants by applying the intersectional
feminist framework created by Patricia Hill Collins—Matrix of Domination.

Following this, our second day of collective reading, writing and reflective exercises will explore connections between the politics of our daily ecologies and the museum environments where collections reside.

Finally, the third day of this workshop will offer participants a series of collective writing
prompts and practices, grounded in decolonial feminist and q***r approaches

Read the CFP (link in bio): https://tinyurl.com/DecompArch

To submit an abstract (250 words) please use this form: http://tiny.cc/DecomposingArchives

What if gender was a riot?⁣⁣
A Susan Stryker reading group⁣⁣
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We believe that in these days of intensified oppression, fascisms, wars, genocides, and heterocapitalist violence, being together and thinking with one of our favourite trans theorists is a joyous riot! What if gender is a neverending riot? Join us for a curated deep dive in the work of Susan Stryker and hear the monsters speak. ⁣⁣
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🔥When? Starting Date Wednesday the 19th February, 7-9pm⁣⁣
Running for 10 Wednesdays ⁣⁣
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🔥From Whom? Myrto and Hekate are your trans facilitators in this theoretical journey⁣⁣
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🔥To whom? This is a reading group for transfeminists, le****ns* and trans people of all spectrums, and everyone who thinks their gender is a riot. This is for all of us who are looking for spaces to breathe together in these times. If you are interested please join us, we do not have q***rometers on our door, we are all valid! ⁣⁣
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In other words, we follow the call of trans-theorists Susan Stryker, Paisley Currah and Lisa Jean Moore to view “trans” as a “capillary space of connection and circulation between the macro- and micro-political registers through which the lives of bodies become enmeshed in the lives of nations, states, and capital-formations”.⁣⁣
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🔥How? To participate please send an email to [email protected] and [email protected] with you name, pronouns, and anything else you might want to say about yourself. This reading group has no fees, it is based on the premises of mutual care and organising. To participate in the reading group you need to have at least passive knowledge of english, as all the texts will be in engish. ⁣⁣
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(Image credit: Μαριάνα Μπίτσιου) ⁣⁣
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Friday 17th January, 7-9pm
Book Launch by Alvina Chamberland
Introduction and discussion facilitation by Hekate Diakoumakou

La settima edizione annuale della Transfeminist No Borders Summer School si terrà dall’11 al 15 giugno 2025 a Palermo (solo di persona).

È co-organizzata con Maldusa, Non Una di Meno Palermo, e radio alqantara.

Vite sconfinanti, vite irriverenti. La nostra esistenza è un atto di resistenza,  laddove non siamo destinatə a sopravvivere. I nostri corpi possono trovarsi sotto assedio, ma il nostro amore per la libertà sarà sempre più forte di qualsiasi tentativo di categorizzarci, segregarci, confinarci, ingabbiarci, o ucciderci. Sullo sfondo della militarizzazione dei “territori” e del continuo assalto ai nostri corpi e alle nostre vite, quest’anno vi invitiamo alla scuola estiva Transfemminista No Borders, per approfondire le nostre solidarietà ed espandere le nostre infrastrutture di mutuo supporto per resistere  la cancellazione, la disumanizzazione e la violenza, allo stesso prefigurando i meravigliosi mondi che vogliamo abitare.
Quest’anno ci chiediamo, dalle varie e sconfinanti posizionalità che abitiamo, come possiamo collettivamente nutrire, approfondire e sostenere l’essere sconfinanti come stile di vita e come pratica di libertà e resistenza?

La scuola estiva annuale Transfemminista No Borders apre uno spazio di incontro, apprendimento e ispirazione reciproca per attivistə, ricercatorə, artistə e soggettə attivə in organizzazioni collettive per condividere esperienze e strategie di lotte contro i regimi di frontiera,contro le prigioni e ogni forma di confinamento.
 
In un momento storico in cui le nostrə sorellə e fratellə in Palestina, Sudan e Rojava stanno vivendo un genocidio, mentre le nostrə sorellə e fratellə in tutto il mondo vivono in un costante stato di guerra, abbiamo bisogno di coltivare il desiderio, le pratiche e gli immaginari collettivi per continuare a vivere in modo irriverente.
 
Leggi l’intero invito a partecipare aperto (fino al 31 Gennaio. LINK IN BIO

Le persone di tutti e nessun genere e di tutte le sessualità sono accolte e benvenute

Open call for participants: Transfeminist No Borders Summer School #7: Defiant Lives
11-15 June 2025, Palermo

Coorganised with Maldusa (.project ), Non Una di Meno Palermo ( ) & radio alqantara ( )

Defiant lives, wayward lives, our existence is an act of resistance, when we are not meant to survive. Our bodies might be under siege, but our love for freedom will always be stronger than any attempt to categorise us, segregate us, confine us, cage us, or kill us. Against a backdrop of the militarisation of “territories” and the ongoing assault on our bodies & lives, we invite you to the Transfeminist No Borders summer school, to deepen our solidarities & expand our infrastructures of mutual aid to resist erasure, dehumanisation & violence, whilst at the same time prefiguring the beautiful worlds we want to inhabit.

This year we ask, from the various defiant positionalities that we inhabit, how can we collectively embrace defiance as a way of life & as nourish it as a practice of freedom and resistance?

The annual (Trans)Feminist No Borders summer school provides a space of encounter, mutual learning & inspiration for researchers, activists, artists, and members of community organisations to exchange experiences, strategies, & struggles across and against borders, against prisons & any form of confinement. Given the onslaught of transantagonism, transphobia & transmisogyny that has been fomented by the same political forces that seek deadlier borders, we decided to make explicit the trans-affirmative perspective that has run through the previous 6 incarnations of the summer school, by explicitly naming this a transfeminist no borders space. People of all & no genders and sexualities are embraced.

At a time when our sisters, siblings, & brothers in Palestine, Sudan, & Rojava are facing genocide, in a time of permanent & intensifying war, we need to generate the collective will, practices & imaginaries to keep defiance alive. Read the Call for Participants (link in bio ) open until 31 January 2025, 23:59 CET/UTC+1.

Joint Statement for the State Crime of Pylos

One and a half year has passed since the state crime near Pylos was committed, which led to the death of more than 600 people migrating to Europe. Despite the irrefutable evidence and testimonies of shipwreck survivors, those responsible for this crime have not yet been brought before the judicial authorities. In fact, the perpetrators continue to carry out their duties with impunity, not only posing a constant threat to people on the move but also exemplifying the immunity they receive. (…)

Demanding justice for the state crime of Pylos is the least we owe to the memory of the victims of the shipwreck and their loved ones, as well as to those who survived the wreckage and have suffered unspeakable trauma. But it is also a crucial point in the struggle for the protection of migrant populations and their rights. At a time when European governments promote discrimination, racism, and exploitation, we join our voices in demanding a world of justice and solidarity.

More than 50 groups, networks, and organisations demand justice for the state crime of Pylos, which will neither be forgotten nor forgiven.

The signatory organisations demand:

The thorough investigation of the causes of the ‘Pylos shipwreck’ and the prosecution of those truly responsible.

The provision of needed psychosocial support and the granting of international protection to all survivors.

An immediate end to the criminalisation of migration and the use of “facilitation” as a pretext for the systematic incarceration of people on the move.

An immediate end to increasingly lethal border violence.

Read the full statement here: https://captainsupport.net/freepylos9/glbb

(Also in Arabic, Urdu, Greek, Spanish, German, Italian, and French)

Teach-In to

Episode 7 in The Criminalisation of Freedom of Movement podcast has dropped!

In the early morning hours of 14 June, 2023, the overcrowded fishing boat “Adriana” sank in international waters around 50 miles from the port of Pylos, Greece. Hundreds of people, including all women (and people assigned ‘female’ at birth) and children on board, drowned under the watch of the Hellenic Coast Guard. Only 104 people who were on board survived, while more than 600 people, from the believed 750 passengers of Adriana died: either their bodies were never recovered or they remain missing. Nine of the survivors were accused by the Greek state of being part of smuggling organisations and of being responsible for the shipwreck. They were put in pre-trial detention for almost a year waiting for a trial that should never have taken place.

This episode is the Teach-In, which took place on 15 May 2024, in solidarity with the nine criminalised survivors of the Pylos shipwreck and with all people on the move facing spurious charges of “facilitation.” Listen to defence lawyers; the “Free Pylos 9” campaigners; and people who have been supporting survivors of the shipwreck and their loved ones, discussing how what the Pylos shipwreck is not unique or exceptional, contrary to how the Greek state and the European Union have tried to construct it. What led to the Pylos shipwreck is systemic border violence. The criminalisation, arrest, and incarceration of people on the move who are categorised as “facilitators of illegal entry” (or “smugglers”) is part of this violence.

In this episode, we learn about this injustice, how it unfolded, and draw connections to other cases of criminalisation, as well as ongoing campaigns, struggles, and practices of solidarity with people on the move.

Roundtable with: Nefeli ( campaign), Vicky (defense lawyer), Marion, Lorraine (), Spyros ( ), Lolo ( / .support ), Anne () and Nour ( ).

Podcast by Deanna Dadusc, Camille Gendrot, Aila Spathopoulou, Anna Carastathis

Music/sound editing:

Recorded on 15 May 2023

Underground railroads: the road to abolition

Episode 6 in The Criminalisation of Freedom of Movement podcast is out!

How can we draw on historical experiences of smuggling, facilitation, and solidarity in the context of the Underground Railroad to inspire today’s struggles against borders? How can our struggle for the decriminalisation of migration and facilitation be situated within a broader struggle for abolition of borders, prisons, sweatshops, and the gendered-racialized violence sustaining a bordered reality of global apartheid? How can we understand the present as bearing traces, inheritances, and reproductions of historical forms of colonialism, slavery, and racial capitalism? We discuss the parallels and divergences between, on the one hand, contemporary corridors of solidarity and mutual aid along migration routes, and on the other hand, the historical rebellions, maroon communities, and Underground Railroad established during struggles for the abolition of slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Roundtable with: Bridget Anderson, Nandita Sharma, Julia O’ Connell Davidson

Podcast by: Deanna Dadusc, Camille Gendrot, Aila Spathopoulou, Anna Carastathis

Music composition and sound design: evi nakou

Recorded: 10 May 2023

Published: 13 November 2024

Art Is (Not) For Sale/Free Palestine!

The solidarity art sale opened yesterday and runs until Sunday at FAC

Thanks to art-and-freedom lovers who came out last night in solidarity!

We’d like to thank all the participating artists: Elektra Alexaki, Madlen Anipsitaki/Simon Riedler, Irini Bachlitzanaki, Isabella Eda Baker, mélie boltz nasr/Andromache Kokkinou, Elena Demetria Chantzis, Vera Chotzoglou, Ecem Dalgakiranlar, Iris, Depasta, Desire, Do, Maria F. Dolores, Georgia Fambris, Naomi Frisson, James Fuller, Vasilis Galanis, Catriona Gallagher, Anna Gonzalez Noguchi, Alexandra Greene, Richard Hronsky, Rowena Hughes, Tereza Kagiali, Frida Kagiali, Fanis Kafantaris, Katsarida Press, Lito Kattou, Dionysis Kavallieratos, Panagiotis Kefalas, Irene Koliou, Markellos Kolofotias, Eftychia Kotini, Elena Koumarianou/Caterina Stamou, Chrysanthi Koumianaki, Daphne Koumpa, Athina Koumparouli, Athens Palestine Film Festival/Dounias, Anna Koura, Beskida Kraja, Maria Lalou, Maria Lamprinidi, Anna Lascari, Latent Community (Ionian Bisai, Sotiris Tsigkanos), Lezborado, Maria Louizou, Naya Magaliou, Irini Miga, Maria Michailidou, miss dialectic, MKX, Mochi, Petros Moris, Elli Moschou, Kosmas Nikolaou, eliana otta, Laura Pantzartzidi, Vasilis Papageorgiou, Evita Paraskevopoulou, pick nick, Anna Maria Pinaka, Yorgos Prinos, Yiorgos Psychas, Andreas Ragnar Kassapis, Eleni Riga, Evi Roumani, E Scourti, Maria Sideri, Sisalbee, Fiona Spathopoulou, Myrto Stampoulou, Sweatmother, eugenia tzirtzilaki, Konstantinos Χatzipapas, Xenokratis, Doreida Xhogu, P**y Vlassopoulou, Maria Zreiq, 3 137.

All funds raised will go to ***rsinpalestine &

Art Is (Not) For Sale/Free Palestine! is curated by Caterina Stamou and Pati Vardhami

The initiative is supported by: , , .athens, 

Thanks to: Art Cube, Despina Zefkili

Special thanks to Panagiotis, Desire, Ermis for assisting with the exhibition set-up and to the Feminist Library Working Group for working it

Opening hours:
Friday 29/11 8-11 pm
Saturday 30/11 4-8 pm
Sunday 1/12 4-8 pm

Address: Agiou Panteleimonos 7b 104 46 Athens

Art Is (Not) For Sale / Free Palestine!

In a time of war, of genocide, of gendercide, art (if it exists) is for sale.
In a time of resistance, of struggle, of freedom, art (which exists) is not for sale.
In a time of censorship, art (which is defiant) is not for sale.
In a time of indifference, art (if it can be called “art”) is for sale.
In a time when words fail us, art (which came before words) is not for sale.
In a time when all we have is each other, art (which is and is not for sale) is active solidarity.

FAC is organising a solidarity art sale to raise funds for Qu**rs in Palestine ***rsinpalestine and the Dismantle Damon campaign . The sale will open on Thursday 28 November and run until Sunday 1 December.

With: Madlen Anipsitaki/Simon Riedler, Irini Bachlitzanaki, Isabella Eda Baker, mélie boltz nasr/Andromache Kokkinou, Stella Chaireti, Vera Chotzoglou, Maria F. Dolores, Naomi Frisson, James Fuller, Vasilis Galanis, Catriona Gallagher, Anna Gonzales Noguchi, Alexandra Greene, Richard Hronsky, Rowena Hughes, Dimitra Ioannou, Fanis Kafantaris, Katsarida Press, Dionysis Kavallieratos, Markellos Kolofotias, Elena Koumarianou/Caterina Stamou, Chrysanthi Koumianaki, Anna Koura, Beskida Kraja, Maria Lamprinidi, Latent Community (Ionian Bisai, Sotiris Tsigkanos), Maria Louizou, Naya Magaliou, Irini Miga, miss dialectic, MKX, Mochi, Petros Moris, Kosmas Nikolaou, Vasilis Papageorgiou, Maria Papapostolou, Yiorgos Psychas, Andreas Ragnar Kassapis, Eleni Riga, E Scourti, Fiona Spathopoulou, Myrto Stampoulou, Sweatmother, eugenia tzirtzilaki, Konstantinos Χatzipapas, Xenokratis, Doreida Xhogu, P**y Vlassopoulou, Maria Zreiq, 3 137.

Art Is (Not) For Sale / Free Palestine! is curated by Caterina Stamou and Pati Vardhami

The initiative is supported by , and .athens .

Opening hours:
Thursday 28 November 8-11 pm
Friday 29 November 8-11 pm
Saturday 30 November 4-8 pm
Sunday 1 December 4-8 pm

Address:
Feminist Autonomous Centre for research
Agiou Panteleimonos 7b 104 46 Athens

Πάρτυ αλληλεγγύης για δικαστικά έξοδα  
Παρασκευή 22 Νοεμβρίου, 22:00
Αίθριο Παντείου

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Καλλιθέα 176 71
 
Στη διάρκεια της καραντίνας υπήρξε πολύς κόσμος που πέθανε μόνος του. Υπήρξε κόσμος που βρέθηκε στο δρόμο χάνοντας την ασφάλεια του σπιτιού (εκβιαστικές εξώσεις, ανεργία, οικονομική δυσχέρεια) και κόσμος που αποκλείστηκε στην “ασφάλεια” του διαμερίσματος.
 
Η αλληλεγγύη που πάγωσε μαζί με τις κοινωνικές και πολιτικές μας σχέσεις έχει αφήσει και στο σήμερα τα ίχνη της και μένει να απολογιστεί. Τα ζητήματα επιβίωσης και μοναξιάς, σε συναισθηματικό και υλικό επίπεδο, καθώς και τα ζητήματα ψυχικής υγείας που εντείνονται από τα παραπάνω και που δύσκολα πολιτικοποιούμε στις διαδικασίες και τις κοινότητές μας, έγιναν ορατά στους άδειους δρόμους της πόλης ή ακούστηκαν με ένταση πίσω από τις κλειστές πόρτες των διαμερισμάτων.
 
Υπό αυτές τις συνθήκες για κάποια άτομα, όπως για τον φίλο και σύντροφό μας Φανούριο, ο δρόμος υπήρξε μια μορφή/δυνατότητα επιβίωσης και αναζήτησης μιας κοινοτικής ζωής που έπαψε να υπάρχει κυρίως στη διάρκεια της πρώτης καραντίνας, κυρίως για αυτές που βρίσκονται στο περιθώριο με τον έναν ή τον άλλον τρόπους αναζητώντας τις ζωές που δεν χωράνε στις κανονικότητες που η κοινωνία ορίζει, στις κανονικότητες που κινηματικοί χώροι και κοινότητες θέτουν.
 
Εμείς θέλουμε κι επιλέγουμε να κάνουμε άλλες κέντες: την αλληλεγγύη για ζητήματα επιβίωσης, την απενεχοποίηση των ψυ ζητημάτων που εντείνουν και εντείνονται με την φτώχεια, την αναγνώριση όσων επιβιώνουν από την καταστολή επειδή ισχύουν τα παραπάνω, την ανάγκη να καλυφθούν τα δικαστικά έξοδα που διαιωνίζουν την υποτίμηση που παράγει εξαρχής τις “εγκληματικές” πρακτικές και τους “εγκληματίες”, την υπεράσπιση τρόπων και μορφών ζωής, αντίστασης κι επιβίωσης που ποινικοποιούνται ολοένα και περισσότερα.  
 
Ερχόμαστε ετεροχρονισμένα να καλυψουμε αυτό το έλλειμμα κοινότητας, την αμηχανία ή την αδυναμία να σταθούμε κοντά σε φιλενάδια ή/και συντρόφια που βρέθηκαν στο δρόμο. Αλήθεια πόσο δύσκολο είναι να βρεθεί κανείς στο δρόμο; Τι κάνουμε όταν συμβεί σ΄ ένα κοντινό μας; Πώς υπάρχουμε στις σχέσεις και στις κοινότητές μας ώστε να μη βρεθεί κανείς σε αυτή τη θέση;