Event
SG - Creating Radical Communities for Change
Is consumption the essence of society? Not according to research engineer and activist Kyra Koning. This evening, she helps us envision a community that isn’t driven by consumerism, but instead directly reuses the available resources.
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 series 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, which focuses on urban transformations to make cities more livable, resilient, sustainable, and just. She studied Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering at the same institute – an interdisciplinary programme of Wageningen University & Research and Delft University of Technology.
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-organiser of a free-shop that explores alternative fashion systems through direct action and the reuse of clothing.
