Brussels: fieldsite / collaboration?
I spoke with Maja Kuzmanovic last Friday over Skype, following several emails over the past few months, about the possibility of spending time with f0.am in Brussels. When I was in Montreal in the Autumn, Sha Xin Wei mentioned the group, and Maja, to me as they had worked together on a project. The fo.am website looks amazing and is really interesting; I’m intrigued by their committment to
growing inclusive, resilient and abundant worlds.1
Although we did not speak for very long, I was able to explain my research interests, provide a flavour of my work and hear a little about their research group. Maja explained that they had had experience of ethnographers and anthropologists spending time with the lab; many of them had gone on to became actively involved in the group. When we tried to deal with practicalities, dates were problematic. Whilst f0.am are planning a workshop (or gathering) at the end of July, I was told it would not make sense for me to arrive beforehand unless it was for a few weeks. I would be very welcome to do so, and be involved in the organisation of the gathering, but shall be in Berlin at that time. Therefore, Maja suggested that I apply to present at the gathering; although if selected, I would be a participant and not a collaborator with f0.am. There would then be the chance to meet at a later date; perhaps in September as the lab will be very quiet after the July gathering. I’ve sent over a short bio as requested and am keeping my fingers crossed to be involved in some way. Here’s hoping!
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- From f0.am’s ‘About’ page. ↩