Join us on 14.03.2023 at 7 PM GMT for a live Zoom conversation between Bayr(y)am Bayr(y)amali & Elif Sarican A Movement of Movements

Through this series of online talks inspired by the concept A Movement of Movements emerged in the late 1990s and early 2000s aims to explore the global network of movements that share a common goal of promoting social, racial, economic, and environmental justice across geographies. The conversations moderated by Bayr(y)am Bayr(y)amali aims to entangle the interconnected nature of movements and attempt a radical listening approach between organisers to share resources, methodologies and tactics to build a more just and anti-colonial world.

As Movement of Movements is characterized by a decentralized, non-hierarchical structure, and a focus on grassroots organizing and direct action, these conversations are not designed on offering advice or solutions, but rather on providing a space for individuals to share their perspectives in order to resist oppressive systems and to build collective power.

Elif Sarican is a writer, curator and translator.

She has lectured at a number of cultural institutions like Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Knstlerhaus Mousonturm, Zrcher Hochschule der Knste and universities across Europe and North America on topics of feminism, anthropology, politics and history.

Elif is the co-host of Pomegranate Podcast - a podcast bringing stories, histories and alternatives into conversations of the world today. She is currently curating a three-day feminist festival at HAU Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin. She tweets at @elifxeyal

Bayr(y)am Mustafa Bayr(y)amali is a London based (Bulgarian)Turkish visual researcher, programmer and organiser. His practice deals with issues of new world (b)orders, il/legal identities in the Balkans and beyond. He is an Education Manager at Magnum Photos - a photography co-operative - and co-runs the Old Mountain Assembly - a programming space for worlding and futuring a transitional and decolonial perspectives in Eastern Europe.

As an organiser, Bay(y)ram is part of the protest group BP or not BP? which aims to end oil sponsoring in cultural institutions and challenge the imperial condition of Western art galleries and museums through advocacy and boycott.

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