Below, Renyu, a participant in the Listening, Attuning summer symposium offers a reflection in response to the question: “how gathering/conversation with others across difference is a key research method” (Flash back) Day 1 I went to the chatroom, and seen strange anonymous postings… I interpret smile in wrong way/ maybe I don’t believe in feminism… Continue reading Elsewhere participant Renyu: Listening, Attuning
Author: astridaneimanis
Elsewhere participant A: Listening, Attuning
Anastasia (or A, as we also call them), a participant in the Listening, Attuning summer symposium gifts us with this offering – listen for the cracks…
Seeding, weeding
When planning the most recent Fringe Natures session for the first Friday in May, we anticipated being deep into burstings and proliferations of the planty kind. It seems, however, that the seasonal turns here on unceded syilx lands have resonating with the FEELed Lab’s wish to go slowly and take our time with things –… Continue reading Seeding, weeding
Unanticipated intimacies
On 18 March a small group of FEELed Labbers gathered online to read Quill Christie Peters’ essay “Kwe becomes the moon, touches herself so she can feel full again” – as always, out loud and together. It is a very sexy text, but not in a straightforward way. It is also challenging It took us… Continue reading Unanticipated intimacies
Here and there and in transition: thaw
Munson Pond is an old gravel pit in southwest region of Kelowna. Last Friday, seven friends of the FEELed Lab gathered for our latest Fringe Natures event, “Thaw.” Thaw can describe the condition of the pond and the ground, both slowly waking up from winter. The word also invites consideration of what our bodies might… Continue reading Here and there and in transition: thaw
the waking edge
When we, Astrida and Madi, were finalizing our plans for the 7 am FEELed Lab walk the following morning, we suspected we might get an audience of two (i.e. ourselves), if the rolled eyes and pained grimaces upon inviting folks for an early morning amble were anything to go by. That’s okay, we told ourselves.… Continue reading the waking edge
Gathering
Welcome to The Feel-ed Lab, that is slowly becoming a thing. I moved to Syilx territory (from Sydney, Australia) in February 2021 to become part of the exciting research and teaching community at UBCO. Something like “The Feel-ed Lab” was already incubating in my imagination, but upon arrival, it seemed clear that this might be… Continue reading Gathering
The FEELed lab 