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Workshop – Learning from Others through Intercultural Translation
In this workshop, participants will be invited to listen to narratives from distinct indigenous knowledge communities. They will then translate one of the narratives into a form of expression of their own choosing — a text, poem, drawing, movement, or anything else. The resulting translations become the basis for a collective dialogue about what is…
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Dialogatory – 2026-07 – Verbs of Knowing
Theme: Verbs of Knowing We tend to talk about knowledge as a thing — possessed, produced, transmitted. But knowing is something we do. What are the verbs? Discovering, assembling, composing, touching, resonating, attuning — each carries a different sense of what knowing is, who does it, and what it asks of the world. Some verbs…
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LiLo Open Days – 11-12 July, 2026
The 2026 Open days are focused on the co-construction of a LiLo Manifesto(ing) — an ongoing attempt to articulate the foundations, motivations, and reasons for “being/becoming LiLo.” The Manifesto(ing) is organised around a guiding question: Why do we need systems of knowledge production grounded in values (and experiences of) Wisdom, Beauty, Love and Justice, embedded…
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Forthcoming LiLo Events
We are excited to announce these forthcoming events. LiLo is constituted by participation, so no matter what we say or write about LiLo, it will not capture it: it is only in the co-participitative experience. Currently, LiLo primarily organises events for its Associates, but if you are feeling drawn to participating, then please get in…
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Dialogatory – 2026-06 – Questions on modes of knowing
Theme: (Questioning our) Questions on modes of knowing Participants were invited in advance to bring one question they carry with them related to ways or modes of knowing — not to answer it, but to inquire into it. The format proposed moving from individual questions through pattern-finding toward a shared meta-question, which the group would…
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Dialogatory – 2026-05 – On ignorance (and discovery)
Theme What is the relation of the notion of ignorance in relation to discovery (or inquiry)? Stimulus A passage from Appendix 1 of George Spencer Brown’s Laws of Form, available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m9RaM0HuPDjeJPY2ic3cmmpKf__Oc9PeZtupjCQGz78/edit?usp=sharing Participants were invited to offer questions related to the passage, with the group responding to and following the “liveness” of the questions. Preparation…
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LiLo Open Days
LiLo Open Days are gatherings with a strong focus on building and strengthening relations, but they are also where we do a lot of the work in shaping LiLo. The Open Days also allow us to know each other better, build new experiences and memories together and reflect on our pathway, paving the ways for…
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Dialogatory – 2026-04 – Where do ideas come from?
Theme Where do ideas come from? How do my ideas move around and how do I guard them? Stimulus The stimulus for the dialogue was a poem from Fernando Pessoa. The English version can be found here: https://www.casafernandopessoa.pt/pt/cfp/visita/museu/poemas-e-textos-escolhidos/english/alberto-caeiro/im-keeper-sheep?eID= Preparation Pre-sessional: reading of the poem. Hosting Host(s): Ana Teixeira de Melo Facilitator(s): (if applicable) Ana Teixeira de…
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LiLo Dialogatory Series (new)
WHAT. In April 2026 LiLo starts the Dialogatory Series. The Dialogatory Series sessions have two main features: (i) they are a space for exploratory dialogues among the LiLo community that may produce complex knowings (including experiential and personal) and generate insights on Life(Living) and Love(Loving) broadly construed; (ii) they are a laboratory for experimenting with,…
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Privacy Policy Update
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