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Dialogatory – rescheduled
The Dialogatory scheduled for: October 3, 2026 at 09.30 (Lisbon, GMT+1) has been rescheduled to:October 17, 2026 at 15.30 (Lisbon/GMT+1). Our apologies for any inconvenience. The theme of the session is: Objects to think with (…together) and will explore the role of objects in our individual and collective thinking. We will depart in an exploration…
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Dialogatory – 2026 – 10 – Objects to think with (…together)
Theme: Objects to think with (…together) This session proposes to explore the role of objects in our individual and collective thinking. We will depart in an exploration of the question: What (kinds of) objects could enrich thinking together? Specific guiding questions to be explored in the Dialogue include: How can we use (what kinds of) objects for stimulating,…
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Dialogatory – 2026 – 08 – Silence(s) & Knowing(s)
Theme: Slience(s) & Knowing(s) This session proposes to explore Silence(s) and Knowing(s), with a particular emphasis on the role of Silence in collective thinking and knowing processes. Stimulus We will use selected excerpts of a text from Pannikar, R. (1995). Invisible Harmony. Essays on contemplation & responsibility (H. J. Cages, Ed.). Fortress Press. Please find…
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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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