A Toolkit for Gathering

A Toolkit for GatheringEvery profession gathers. From conferences to convenings, residencies to retreats, we each have discipline driven concepts of what it means to get together. These default formats (conferences, retreats, meetings, critiques, residencies)often shaped by habit more than intentioncan limit what's possible. Defaults might seem efficient, but they rarely take full advantage of the value of getting together. There are simple ways to make professional

coffee and the mountain all contribute to its wild

but could equally be discursive

cross-cultural exploration of queer pop culture

This book is about stories of archives

and the invisible power of indigenous ancestors

The formative conditions of crisis are still very much with us

which is part of the founding myth of the Islamic Republic

making manifest

played out on fields economical

[publisher's note]

understand what their colleagues in archival work do

He found that this inconspicuous component is highly adaptable