Thriving from the Bottom | A Grassroots Jam Session

For over ten years, Borgofuturo has organized a festival of sustainability and a Social Camp in the village of Ripe San Ginesio, in the southern region of Marche in Italy. The aim of the collective is to explore the environmental, social, and cultural challenges of inland areas by imagining and practicing their transformation through collaborative self-education and collective practices. Inabita is a network of environmental researchers, planners and artists that are active in the same region that address the topic of territorial reactivation through an integrated and participative approach. Over the last two years, Inabita and Borgofuturo have partnered up to develop a project that activates local communities in Val di Fiastra and co-create a vision for its future. Now in its implementation phase, the grassroots initiative of the two collectives faces the difficulties of working with the broader territory and navigating the stumbling blocks of the Italian administration.

Together with Arts of the Working Class, and on the occasion of their newly published issue focused on grassroots, Borgofuturo, Inabita and Berlin-based spatial activists and practitioners will join for a playful afternoon and evening together, to draw connections between seemingly distant practices. We can expect a space to share the many joys and frustrations of bottom up collective actions. Live music, drinks and homemade food will support the exchange during the event.