RURAL UTOPIAS
An imaginative theatrical event to discover pathways from present rural deadlocks to possible rural utopias
Join us for an afternoon to imagine the future of rural areas of the Netherlands on January 25th. ‘RURAL UTOPIAS’ is the final exhibition of a 10-week-long Mixed Classroom run by the Urban Futures Studio, which brought together 40 policymakers, artists, farmers, activists, and master’s students. Together they explored the question: how to emerge from rural political deadlocks in the Netherlands and cultivate more hopeful possible futures?
The social movement “The Creative Collectives for Utopia” emerged from this course and will guide you through a series of rooms and experiences. In these different rooms, participants will have the opportunity to actively rehearse and collectively prefigure different kinds of stories, ways of thinking, feeling and taking action together to emerge from rural deadlocks. Come and join a growing network of people across the Netherlands concerned with the future of rural areas!
'RURAL UTOPIAS' starts at 13.00, and in the final hour 17.00-18.00, there will be an open bar.
Programme
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Imaginative introduction to rural deadlocks |
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| 14:15 - 14:55 | Imagination room experience 1 (three thematic options: politics, culture or nature) |
| 15:10 - 15:50 | Imagination room experience 2 (three thematic options: politics, culture or nature) |
| 16:05 - 17:00 | Imaginative exercise for the future of rural areas — 'rural utopias' |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Drinks & borrels at the bar |
| Note | *The 15-minute breaks in the schedule account for |
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- Location
- Parnassos Utrecht (Kruisstraat 201, Utrecht)
- Entrance fee
- Free (registration required)
- Registration
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