Gather Up

gather collective invites you to take part in our symposium, a space for coming together and sharing knowledge in alternative ways. We aim to create an inclusive space that values aliveness and curiosity, dedicated to non-hierarchical feminist approaches to teaching, learning and artistic practice. Through moving, sounding, thinking and listening together, we aim to push back on the barriers often arising within academic knowledge production. We think about how to provide a space that leaves room for individual needs, intuitive action and disruptive practices. Is the university only a place to study, and is it the only place to study? What kind of knowledge is considered valuable and deserving of space and protection?

The symposium will include performances and sessions from feminist, queer and LGBTQIA+ perspectives that are still marginalized and underrepresented in the arts universities. Invited artists, thinkers and practitioners from Berlin will lead sessions based on their work and artistic practice. In addition to the scheduled sessions, there will be listening and reading rooms that allow people to spend their time and attention more flexibly, featuring music and writings by and about female and nonbinary composers. Additionally we want the symposium to allow space for connections and interactions beyond the set program, following initiatives and energies that arise during the day.

Guests include: Abigail Sanders, Coila-Leah Enderstein, Jonathan Lauwers, Kei Watanabe, Mmakgosi Kgabi, Neo Hülcker, Raras Umaratih

Participation is free, we kindly ask that you register by email when possible: gather@udk-berlin.de

We will do our best to make the event accessible to individuals with disabilities, care responsibilities and other commitments. We strongly encourage participants to inform us in advance of any accommodations they may need to make the event as welcoming as possible.
> Free childcare is available, please register in advance.
> The rooms have lift access.
> The symposium will mostly be in English, translation into German will be available.

Program and more information at: https://www.gather-berlin.de/

gather is supported by the Berlin Program for the Promotion of Equal Opportunities in Research and Teaching (BCP), the AG Frauenfödergelder of the UdK Berlin, by the Women’s and Equality Representative of the UdK Berlin, KLANGZEITORT and HfM Hanns Eisler Berlin