The Story Circle Workshop

Registration at: https://sweapevent.com/activistarchives

This participatory workshop brings together activists to explore how archives and documentation could support activist work, memory, and knowledge sharing.

The session is part of the Master’s thesis of the facilitator, which investigates how activist archives can be developed in ways that reflect the needs, experiences, and knowledge of the communities they serve. The findings from the workshop will contribute to my empirical research and inform the development of principles for establishing power-critical and participatory activist archives. As a participant, you will be a co-creator of knowledge and can freely decide if and how you will be apart of the thesis.

The workshop uses the story circle method, a facilitated storytelling format in which participants share short personal stories in response to prompts. Through these stories, participants reflect on their experiences with memory, documentation, and activism. The aim is to collectively explore what an archive for activism could look like and how it could support movements in the future.

The workshop is designed as a respectful and collaborative space for exchange. Participation is voluntary, and participants may choose how much they wish to share. The session also includes a creative exercise where participants collaboratively imagine and visually design possible forms of activist archives.

Find out more about the facilitator Elio Galen.

Location

Lichtenrader Straße 49, 12049 Berlin in the district of Neukölln https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4062921843#map=19/52.476586/13.420486

Getting There

The closest train station is U8 Boddinstraße, which has a street to platform elevator. 

Accessibility

Food, drinks and child-care will be provided.

A trauma-informed awareness concept will be in place to help create a supportive and respectful environment, ensuring that participants can choose how much they wish to share and may pause or withdraw from activities at any time.

Entrance - Single 15cm step up to front door which opens outwards towards the street.

Bathroom - All gender with one standing urinal and one enclosed seated toilet. The door to the bathroom can be locked from the inside with a small latch.

Seating - There is a variety of donated chairs, some with cushions. There are two low couches and a padded arm chair.

Language

This event will be held in English. There will be more workshops in German or DGS, sign up to the newsletter or follow on instagram if you’re interested in the event in other languages.

Timetable

12.00 – 12.20h (20 min) Arrival

12.20 – 12.40h (20 min) Introduction

12.40 – 12.50h (10 min) Intro Story Circle

12.50 – 13.15h (25 min) Story Circle 1

13.15 – 13.35h (20 min) BREAK

13.35 – 14.00h (25 min) Story Circle 2

14.00 – 14.25h (25 min) Story Circle 3

14.25 – 14.50h (25 min) Reflexión

14.50 – 15.10h (20 min) BREAK

15.10 – 15.30h (20 min) Collaging

15.30 – 15.45h (15 min) Presenting

15.45 – 16.00h (15 min) Closing