Could communal living be the answer to the housing crisis, the (elderly) care crisis, and the loneliness and mental health crises? Or are we too used to having our own space and our own stuff?
Ishtar is a 1987 American adventure comedy film written and directed by Elaine May, and produced by Warren Beatty, who co-stars opposite Dustin Hoffman. The story revolves around a duo of talentless American songwriters who travel to a booking in Morocco and stumble into a four-party Cold War standoff.
Fear and violence ran rampant in the streets of Amsterdam last week. Where do these feelings come from, and how do they lead to violence?
75 minutes of contemplative practice, spiritual teachings & collective reflection. Everyone is welcome. Together we’ll tenderly traverse the inner-landscape of grief.
Is it ever truly acceptable to joke at someone else’s expense? And what, at its core, makes something funny? Join us as we unpack the ethics of humor, dissecting the boundaries that shape comedy today.
Discuss the ‘self’ after a visit to the Anechoic Chamber. Where do we start and where do we end? Are we connected to anything outside of us?
Wat zouden canonieke teksten uit de literatuurgeschiedenis ons te vertellen hebben? Ga mee op deze literaire reis.
This session, run in collaboration with Exhale, will be hosted by Creative Writing Studio Expert Harriet Foyster. Guided by Harriet, you will learn how to convey feelings to your reader.
With the development of AI, our world will increasingly be shared with highly-capable artificially-intelligent agents, many operating relatively autonomously. Could their capacity to learn and recognize ethical features make them much-needed allies in promoting safety for AI agents and ourselves alike?
Are “you” your body? Or are “you” something above and beyond your body? Well, scientifically, it makes sense to say that “you” indeed are your body. Your body contains your brain and your brain is where your consciousness somehow happens.
You can be monogamous, polyamorous, serial or single, or a million other things depending on your preference. But are we still able to bond when we’re all so used to having things our own way?
Revisiting the stories of Christopher Columbus, the Alamo and the Trail of Tears from an indigenous perspective and examining the “doctrine of discovery” which was used to justify the enslavement of millions.
75 minutes of contemplative practice, spiritual teachings & collective reflection. Everyone is welcome. In this session we’ll feel out the textures of time and the aliveness of our memories.
75 minutes of contemplative practice, spiritual teachings & collective reflection. Everyone is welcome. Together, we’ll explore the art of recognition by practicing agenda-free presence.
Investigating the currents of civilisation and extermination running through Western History, exploring how race first became institutionalised,
