Seminar: Alternative paths, swaps and the collective dream

Barcelona and Helsinki are cities which share a past of looking for alternative social models of organisation. These proposals respond to urgent needs of people whose common problems forge a shared destiny. Collective formations, are opposed to the current standard narrative where the individual satisfies immediate needs with no need of memory or identity. A similar emotion in the social subconscious connects the social dancing patterns, Catalan “Sagreras” and Icarians with Helsinki’s social welfare system of the 70-80’s. We will introduce some of these Barcelona stories in an attempt to visualise and analyse the uneven swap which has been happening systematically : modernity for social solidarity and self organisation capabilities.

11th March 2020

17:00 A diagram of self organised collective forms. A theory of appearances of social strategies and densities. Introduction to the Barcelona project. Erick Beltrán

17:45 The hand of the worker. From Kulttuuritalo to Corviale through Icaria. A tale of diverse collective processes: talkoot, cooperativism and self-organisation in Helsinki, Barcelona and Roma. Domènec (http://www.domenec.net/)

12th March 2020

17:00 Selected Barcelona publications for Helsinki. Fragments for an approach on current autonomous and free thinking in Barcelona, introduction to each. La Canibal cooperative association / bookstore towards radical transformation Amanda Cuesta, Jesús Arpal, Clara Grífol (https://www.lacanibal.net)

17:30 Bailando Introduction to pattern recognition in dance and social realm. Alberto Peral - Halfhouse independent artist space (http://www.halfhouse.org/)

18:00 A square peg for a round hole A study of the dynamics of small groups which foster richness of exchanges and their relationship to the institutions that try to absorb them under a pretence of diversity. Sinéad Spelman - Halfhouse independent artist space (http://www.halfhouse.org/)