About Creating Radical Communities for Change
What if we would share the clothes we don’t wear? What if we would repair and re-use, instead of dispose? And what if we would use the vacant spaces in our cities?
Drawing on the post-capitalist squat Takland and Extinction Rebellion’s Fashion Action, Kyra rethinks the relationship between the individual and the community. Why are radical communities essential for change? And what can activist communities teach us about the essence of society?
About series The Essence of Society: Community and Individuality
We’re all part of it, but what is the essence of society? Is a society an actual community, a deliberate companionship, as is suggested by its etymology? Or is society only a mental concept, leaving the real world with nothing but individuals? What makes a community? And what is the role of the individual? In this session, we start our search for the essence of what we call society. We foray into the natural realm, investigate human society, and end with an interactive and interdisciplinary dialogue treading the natural, the political, and the in-between.
About Kyra Koning
Kyra Koning works as a research engineer at AMS-Institute, and studied Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering.
As a climate justice activist, Kyra is involved in urban projects envisioning a post-capitalist city, where she focuses on degrowing consumerism and moving towards direct reuse of resources within cities. She is the co-organizer of a free-shop that explores alternative fashion systems through direct action and the reuse of clothing.
This event is part of the lecture series 'The Essence of Society: Community and Individuality' and is organized by Studium Generale. For more information how to participate, please visit the Studium Generale website here.
