https://somos-sur.org Somos SUR Fri, 13 Jun 2025 14:08:51 +0000 https://somos-sur.org en https://somos-sur.org/ABOUT-US Tue, 06 Jun 2023 15:45:31 +0000 Somos SUR https://somos-sur.org/ABOUT-US To a large extent, S.U.R. it is an attempt to decolonize the spaces of knowledge production. In this sense, we seek to incorporate Latin American voices and perspectives, as well as forms of knowledge that do not necessarily come from formal academic models, such as organizational processes of struggle, resistance, community and cultural processes.Through design methodologies, collective actions and acting bodies we want to shake everything, so that the university mainstreams the epistemic perspectives of the South in its strategies.Because we understand the south not only as a geography, but also as a way of stopping, looking, dancing and feeling the world. The Board <img width="600" height="600" width_o="600" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/43cff57bfa6e8d0d7835d3a0ab3edb3fc92c1b7be16767e2270d35f9ab84f0fe/Portraits4.png" data-mid="231659188" border="0" data-scale="80" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/43cff57bfa6e8d0d7835d3a0ab3edb3fc92c1b7be16767e2270d35f9ab84f0fe/Portraits4.png" /> Vertti Virasjoki Contemporary Design MA, Finland <img width="600" height="600" width_o="600" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/22d14fa9370dab48efd2bb1bb858fdd45b3f3ad3bc24f811bf3af99bca88a8f3/Portraits2.png" data-mid="231659178" border="0" data-scale="80" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/22d14fa9370dab48efd2bb1bb858fdd45b3f3ad3bc24f811bf3af99bca88a8f3/Portraits2.png" />Sofia Guridi Textile Design PhD candidate, Chile <img width="600" height="600" width_o="600" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7d14ba646924843264f755ea30207f852e33c0de869eb6093a4fcdafc0b8f34/Portraits.png" data-mid="231659179" border="0" data-scale="80" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/f7d14ba646924843264f755ea30207f852e33c0de869eb6093a4fcdafc0b8f34/Portraits.png" /> Amy Gelera Visual Communication Design MA, Guatemala <img width="600" height="600" width_o="600" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb2b016a7cc905372e0bdaed23100a8741b3b5cd12fc5aaac5fefafda507f7da/Portraits5.png" data-mid="231659193" border="0" data-scale="80" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/cb2b016a7cc905372e0bdaed23100a8741b3b5cd12fc5aaac5fefafda507f7da/Portraits5.png" />Sofia DinelloFashion, Clothing &amp; Textile Design, Uruguay Contact somos.sur.aalto@gmail.com @somos_sur_ t.me/somosSURry Website design by Alicia Romero and Amy Gelera with Cargo.&nbsp; https://somos-sur.org/Warmer-Designs-for-a-Cooler-Planet Fri, 13 Jun 2025 14:08:51 +0000 Somos SUR https://somos-sur.org/Warmer-Designs-for-a-Cooler-Planet <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/79cababfab65854d079c0824f657d9dece52df01be3749d8891a92e76ca5580d/WDCP.gif" data-mid="237733040" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/79cababfab65854d079c0824f657d9dece52df01be3749d8891a92e76ca5580d/WDCP.gif" /> Warmer Designs for a Cooler PlanetWithin the framework of Helsinki Design Week 2025, and a as a part of the Designs for a Cooler Planet programme, S.U.R organizes Warmer Designs for a Cooler Planet; an intimate conversation exploring decolonial design possibilities that center closeness and warmth to reimagine futures.Friends, artists and designers Alejandra Alarcón, Leonardo Hidalgo, and Paola Jalili gather in conversation with S.U.R to share how their practices intersect with questions of place, care, and resourcefulness. Rooted in Latin American perspectives and shaped by life and work in Helsinki, each of their practices explores the potential of Design beyond products—through food, publishing, craft, textiles, and graphic design. From Alejandra’s approach to food as a relational and political act, to Paola’s critical publishing methods, and Leonardo’s research-driven practice, we’ll explore how design can be a tool for connecting with where we come from and where we are now. The conversation, held in English, will reflect on how locality and collaboration shape their work, and how smaller-scale, non-industrial design can offer ways of thinking and doing that are responsive and reflective. We will share a cake made by Alejandra, and tea ♡. &nbsp; Date and time︎︎︎ 11.09.2025, 17:00-19:00 hs Location + address of the event︎︎︎ Studio Falda, Hämeentie 26, Helsinki 00530 ✺✺ <img width="6016" height="4016" width_o="6016" height_o="4016" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b62359798d534a37f6b15f86b185355e3445c161db98c2ea3cdb35066b4e67d/2025_08_TITANIK_ALARCON_UNEDITED_016.jpg" data-mid="237734120" border="0" data-scale="92" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5b62359798d534a37f6b15f86b185355e3445c161db98c2ea3cdb35066b4e67d/2025_08_TITANIK_ALARCON_UNEDITED_016.jpg" /> Alejandra Alarcón (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist and designer working at the intersection of food and art. Grounded in a decolonial and ecofeminist approach to knowledge production, her interest in (food) sustainability—the seasonality of things, non-human collaborations—is deeply tied to embodied practices such as walking, foraging, cooking, and digesting. Alarcón uses cake as a medium to create Edible Landscapes—sensorially engaging sculptures layered with different flavours. Rooted in a location and its context, these often take the form of sweet treats meant to be shared and devoured communally. https://alealarcon.com/ @al.alarcon @edible__landscapes <img width="640" height="606" width_o="640" height_o="606" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/115d97ca9203a0d0c22cd7cd84126fa238644f46de37d7de427a9890db8aed97/Colour-Library-Northwest-Amazon-co-created-with-Kasia-Medium.jpeg" data-mid="237734125" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/115d97ca9203a0d0c22cd7cd84126fa238644f46de37d7de427a9890db8aed97/Colour-Library-Northwest-Amazon-co-created-with-Kasia-Medium.jpeg" />Leonardo Hidalgo Uribe (he/him) is a textile designer and doctoral candidate in the Department of Design at Aalto University. His research explores biocolours and dyeing practices from a territorial perspective, focusing on the intersections between local ecological knowledge and colour design. Leonardo has conducted fieldwork in Finland, Colombia, and Japan, employing ethnographic and practice-led research methods to explore human-environment relationships in dyeing practices. His work experiments with audiovisual storytelling by overlapping video, sound, and photography with the creation of local colour libraries crafted with bio-based dyes. Leonardo has a background in weaving, dyeing, and collection coordination, and is interested in navigating the relationships between environments, materials, and colour through textile design and ethnography.@leohidalgo_ <img width="1512" height="1522" width_o="1512" height_o="1522" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/93f9e4ad0fa42a50c90f9366ceab608643c5808270e0fc1518aac775020d89eb/Screenshot-2025-08-23-at-7.21.50PM.png" data-mid="237734311" border="0" data-scale="74" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/93f9e4ad0fa42a50c90f9366ceab608643c5808270e0fc1518aac775020d89eb/Screenshot-2025-08-23-at-7.21.50PM.png" />Paola Jalili (she/her) is an artist-publisher and cultural worker based in Helsinki. In 2021, she started Ei Mainoksia, Kiitos!, an independent art publishing initiative that aims to experiment with unconventional and sustainable book formats, and to highlight the time and labor behind the act of publishing. She is part of Feminist Culture House, a curatorial and editorial platform that produces tools for more equitable collaborations within the arts. In her visual arts practice, Paola reflects on the intersections between labor, gender, and the contemporary workplace through the project Office Aesthetics. @paolajalili @ei_mainoksia_kiitos ✺✺ https://somos-sur.org/ACTIONS-1 Mon, 20 Feb 2023 10:38:22 +0000 Somos SUR https://somos-sur.org/ACTIONS-1 <img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b88654ccc41beb9e25967ebacd7957f1f605e350378daf8d3fd147029044fc9a/actions_Intento20.jpg" data-mid="221620022" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b88654ccc41beb9e25967ebacd7957f1f605e350378daf8d3fd147029044fc9a/actions_Intento20.jpg" /> <img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a39d45139084cc63dbc5ebc3fd1e9201fe471eb09da51a7bf7827089106a2ebd/actions_fiesta2024.png" data-mid="219827644" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a39d45139084cc63dbc5ebc3fd1e9201fe471eb09da51a7bf7827089106a2ebd/actions_fiesta2024.png" /> <img width="1081" height="1350" width_o="1081" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0a8e76a22f0383e36f464308de9c31e2a442d9a937feeb5b6ebc2f148580608/actions_-06.png" data-mid="192470079" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f0a8e76a22f0383e36f464308de9c31e2a442d9a937feeb5b6ebc2f148580608/actions_-06.png" /> <img width="1081" height="1350" width_o="1081" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f42a2bfd335238a975dfebafeee56ab6ec57ed4947a2a64a82c4269ee996917b/actions_-02.png" data-mid="192306554" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f42a2bfd335238a975dfebafeee56ab6ec57ed4947a2a64a82c4269ee996917b/actions_-02.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/842ed48bd05b129a2bb455053d1ca47dbd7cbec1e2c32605f206d498dc64ebe5/actions_-01.png" data-mid="192306553" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/842ed48bd05b129a2bb455053d1ca47dbd7cbec1e2c32605f206d498dc64ebe5/actions_-01.png" /> <img width="1081" height="1350" width_o="1081" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed3b6317008a8e1d308e20efbd7d0edcb37672fee05d9f0b7aab989d600c4b99/actions_-03.png" data-mid="192306557" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ed3b6317008a8e1d308e20efbd7d0edcb37672fee05d9f0b7aab989d600c4b99/actions_-03.png" /> <img width="1081" height="1350" width_o="1081" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6c6acddc056b1a66b0aaefbd61b1aa2cfaca240fbe9514e83e97de3690ac719a/actions_-04.png" data-mid="192306558" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6c6acddc056b1a66b0aaefbd61b1aa2cfaca240fbe9514e83e97de3690ac719a/actions_-04.png" /> <img width="1081" height="1350" width_o="1081" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8525ce382765314d593ec3282b502b5237a2cbf3b7fb53237f3a8c6ee3e023c5/actions_-05.png" data-mid="192306559" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8525ce382765314d593ec3282b502b5237a2cbf3b7fb53237f3a8c6ee3e023c5/actions_-05.png" /> https://somos-sur.org/Intento-2-0 Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:20:51 +0000 Somos SUR https://somos-sur.org/Intento-2-0 <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/62b3fbca9ec2f197d5bc96558e3d5b63f39caa35fed28d85c377cfa61b22b3fb/WDCP-2.jpeg" data-mid="240326664" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/62b3fbca9ec2f197d5bc96558e3d5b63f39caa35fed28d85c377cfa61b22b3fb/WDCP-2.jpeg" />Intento 2.0 took place in Aalto University from the 26th to 29th of November 2024. This is now and archival page. Access the Collaborative Bibliography here. Intento 2.0: The Decolonization of Design <img width="900" height="1200" width_o="900" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aee7e131744c8ecd55d9dfbd3bccce4209c984805469ed245c196962830f7b1c/SUR-Portfolio-Kone-8.jpeg" data-mid="240326688" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/aee7e131744c8ecd55d9dfbd3bccce4209c984805469ed245c196962830f7b1c/SUR-Portfolio-Kone-8.jpeg" /> <img width="900" height="1200" width_o="900" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e337ebcc357f18fc9b809e8b0f2a80aa448f381682d3322879af7e02ff90e854/SUR-Portfolio-Kone-9.jpeg" data-mid="240326686" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/e337ebcc357f18fc9b809e8b0f2a80aa448f381682d3322879af7e02ff90e854/SUR-Portfolio-Kone-9.jpeg" /> <img width="900" height="1200" width_o="900" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d26e333d491ccaf5db08976b1a297e132ca98c9fab47ceb045df8dadcfc5da11/SUR-Portfolio-Kone-4.jpeg" data-mid="240326690" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/d26e333d491ccaf5db08976b1a297e132ca98c9fab47ceb045df8dadcfc5da11/SUR-Portfolio-Kone-4.jpeg" /> <img width="900" height="1200" width_o="900" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/855767689eea4fc41588e00016df664a7e8d2af277b30984085bbeaf4e8fdf31/SUR-Portfolio-Kone-2.jpeg" data-mid="240326697" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/855767689eea4fc41588e00016df664a7e8d2af277b30984085bbeaf4e8fdf31/SUR-Portfolio-Kone-2.jpeg" /> <img width="900" height="1200" width_o="900" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15e088f5256adcc51befa4c626d5d6547a22ff50ee1d569bb8027585629b0749/SUR-Portfolio-Kone-1.jpeg" data-mid="240326696" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/15e088f5256adcc51befa4c626d5d6547a22ff50ee1d569bb8027585629b0749/SUR-Portfolio-Kone-1.jpeg" /> <img width="900" height="1200" width_o="900" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76bca7af63b0722bb2cfdc76b3ca44893dd72e329e10f4c2183b6d99346963c9/SUR-Portfolio-Kone-7.jpeg" data-mid="240326691" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/76bca7af63b0722bb2cfdc76b3ca44893dd72e329e10f4c2183b6d99346963c9/SUR-Portfolio-Kone-7.jpeg" /> <img width="900" height="1200" width_o="900" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf862f2bdce583ac47defc20bf37c3a2085a8118b1d007a1b5a2728170577ca6/SUR-Portfolio-Kone-6.jpeg" data-mid="240326692" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/bf862f2bdce583ac47defc20bf37c3a2085a8118b1d007a1b5a2728170577ca6/SUR-Portfolio-Kone-6.jpeg" /> <img width="900" height="1200" width_o="900" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ba28fc04f619c2b684c7f05387b150eb2ceeac23e73be7461b214fdd6dd026a/SUR-Portfolio-Kone-3.jpeg" data-mid="240326694" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/6ba28fc04f619c2b684c7f05387b150eb2ceeac23e73be7461b214fdd6dd026a/SUR-Portfolio-Kone-3.jpeg" /> <img width="900" height="1200" width_o="900" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ccc29afcf2e96fbdecf873710a2711c0bcb015ce1711a20da7a445d7f011401/SUR-Portfolio-Kone-5.jpeg" data-mid="240326693" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/7ccc29afcf2e96fbdecf873710a2711c0bcb015ce1711a20da7a445d7f011401/SUR-Portfolio-Kone-5.jpeg" /> <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d0907ef58c8f076fb3905dc0279aefed06204020bc861c60f1e4ce2d0d4eadd/7X9A2927.jpg" data-mid="240326814" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9d0907ef58c8f076fb3905dc0279aefed06204020bc861c60f1e4ce2d0d4eadd/7X9A2927.jpg" /> <img width="6371" height="4247" width_o="6371" height_o="4247" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/964454c614aafff9483742d5aee3293ace020aa2d4d979eb128c55a42a8a8b9d/7X9A2897.jpg" data-mid="240326813" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/964454c614aafff9483742d5aee3293ace020aa2d4d979eb128c55a42a8a8b9d/7X9A2897.jpg" /> Hey amigxs! We are happy and excited to invite you all to Intento 2.0: The decolonization of Design.&nbsp; This year, S.U.R is bringing Contranarrativas collective to host a 3-day seminar and a panel discussion that will revolve around imaginaries and reflections on how to think sustainability through Design in a critical, just, and caring way. Together, we will explore the possibility of developing an open, porous, inclusive, experimental and decolonized space of reflection for the co-construction of knowledge and existence, from a non-Western perspective. ✺ SeminarThe 3-day seminar will be centered around three axes – Extractive practices, fictions of sustainability, and the illusion of contemporaneity.&nbsp; <img width="1081" height="1081" width_o="1081" height_o="1081" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e778770fb3adf8daae5b24212c0298fb1164936a9f539d9020f08d538f477904/Intento2_Registration1.png" data-mid="221709633" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e778770fb3adf8daae5b24212c0298fb1164936a9f539d9020f08d538f477904/Intento2_Registration1.png" /> <img width="1081" height="1081" width_o="1081" height_o="1081" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5cc5d838d0ed6e1832e993962794b4da0a8d0519667f6b80a531016114274001/Intento2_Registration2.png" data-mid="221709634" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5cc5d838d0ed6e1832e993962794b4da0a8d0519667f6b80a531016114274001/Intento2_Registration2.png" /> <img width="1081" height="1081" width_o="1081" height_o="1081" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/97cf390a7e6727d5771b0e13da69f4774407698d8662961c750b4866815610ff/Intento2_Registration3.png" data-mid="221709635" border="0" data-scale="71" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/97cf390a7e6727d5771b0e13da69f4774407698d8662961c750b4866815610ff/Intento2_Registration3.png" /> <img width="1081" height="1081" width_o="1081" height_o="1081" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/202c8d19417277e3ee01890fd75f69b6eb1ab0d220e675c230b3e0c09d936e79/Intento2_Registration4.png" data-mid="221709636" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/202c8d19417277e3ee01890fd75f69b6eb1ab0d220e675c230b3e0c09d936e79/Intento2_Registration4.png" /> <img width="1081" height="1081" width_o="1081" height_o="1081" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/297f896d92f093c26030118e5a4edfdc9ae3c653c3b586a4bea0025ff75618c2/Intento2_Registration5.png" data-mid="221709637" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/297f896d92f093c26030118e5a4edfdc9ae3c653c3b586a4bea0025ff75618c2/Intento2_Registration5.png" /> Session 1. Decolonization and decanonization of Design Design is not neutral, innocent, ahistorical, or apolitical. It has historically been crossed by Western-centric canonical thought, the civilizational model of modernity, and the accumulation pattern of the neoliberal system that sustains the illusion of contemporaneity. Why is it relevant to question these notions, and how can we create counternarratives? Session 2. This was designed on stolen land There is no anticolonial or antiracist notion of environmental sustainability when it is based on the concept of natural resources, which does not confront the structural causes that produce climate emergency. How can we think of a sustainable Design perspective that does not legitimize the anthropocentric and extractivist paradigm central to the so-called development of the North? Session 3. Sustainability for whom? Sustainability is often thought of from a totalizing and universalist perspective, but it rarely questions specificities or non-Western ways of approaching it. What are the limits of the narrative of “environmental sustainability” in Design, in a reparative, redistributive, and restorative way?✺✺ The seminar will be held in English.26-28 November, 17-20Aalto University Registrations are now open clicking HERE. Each session is independent so you may come to as many as you want, but due to the nature of the seminar we have limited spots, so be sure to only register if you can participate :) ✺ Panel discussion: Decolonization of Design: fictions of sustainability?&nbsp; Sustainability is often thought of from a totalizing and universalist notion, but it doesn’t address specificities or non-Western ways of approaching it.A group of diverse guests will join us to talk about how these notions affect the ways we design, exploring together how to bring new perspectives and counternarratives to our field.The panel discussion will be held in English. 29th of November17-19 hsAalto University, Väre Building, Room F101✺✺Fabián Villegas is a writer, journalist, spoken word artist, scholar and researcher in South epistemologies, anticolonial thoughts and racial studies. He is also the co-founder of Contranarrativas, a collaborative project that seeks to create horizontal knowledge production spaces to stimulate the visibility, dissemination and production of epistemologies, decolonial narratives and peripheral aesthetics of the Global South.Julia Valle Noronha is a designer-researcher-educator that understands fashion as a major force in driving change towards more responsible futures. Her research interest explores this potential especially from the perspectives of fashion design and wearing practices. Brazilian born and raised, Julia approaches the field from an outlook that praises diversity and holds being with the earth at its core.Nils Ehrenberg is a postdoctoral researcher at the Aalto University Department of Design. Ehrenberg has worked with design research for 10 years in Sweden, Portugal, and Finland. Ehrenberg’s research has explored civic participation, smart home technologies and housing, as well as learning analytics and tools. In his research Ehrenberg reflects on how design and technology re-shape both our social relationships and our relationship to the world around us.Manuel Díaz Tufinio is a Mexican industrial designer and researcher working on intersections between history, design and botany. He is currently studying a MA in Creative Sustainability at Aalto University. Manuel has worked as a designer and in R&amp;D team at EWE Studio, txt.ure, Archivo Diseño y Arquitectura Museum, and as a lecturer at CENTRO University. See you very soon!! ✺ Glossary - some concepts to start thinking Sustainability, by Fabián Villegas from Contranarrativas Anthropocentrism: a philosophical theory in which the human being and his interests are conceived as the center of everything, so there is a subordination of the "other" (living beings, environment, etc.) to the needs and well-being of the human being.Colonialism: the political and economic system by which a foreign State dominates and exploits another foreign State. That territory is called a colony. Generally, military force is used to which the invaded country cannot oppose and the colonizer, invader or conqueror imposes military, political, economic, social, cultural and religious control, normally by appointing people from the conquering country. Contemporaneity: the quality of relating to the present time.Decanonization: cultural and political operation that implies the dismantling of hegemonic structures and hierarchies of cultural, aesthetic and knowledge production, through the visibility and historical recovery of other experiences not centered in the Western genealogies. Extractivism: a model of development and accumulation by dispossession based on the appropriation and overexploitation of natural resources. Historically developed in the global South and its ethnoterritorialities, to satisfy the demands of capitalist accumulation of the Global North. Global South: the Global South is a geographical, geopolitical, historical and developmental concept that refers to various countries around the world that are sometimes described as “developing,” “less developed” or “underdeveloped”. Globalectics: exercise of political and cultural imagination, justice of knowledge that implies a multilogue between local and global experiences, north and south positionalities, multiple genealogies of knowledge around a cultural and social phenomenon. Sustainability: a model of habitability and development based on the management of resources to satisfy current needs, without putting the needs of the future at risk, in the face of ecological, distributive, environmental, socio-environmental and climatic risks. Territorial Colonialism: political, economic, and extractive regime in which a State or national and transnational private interests control and exploit territories, ethnoterritorialities, and territories ancestrally inhabited by indigenous peoples. Territory: fragment of the earth's surface or the part of the natural environment that makes up an ecosystem, a political-legal-administrative entity, a cultural ecosystem, or a social and comunal tissue. With the support of &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img width="1181" height="283" width_o="1181" height_o="283" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a62de42370237885f0b697993bb823f7348c01fe719ead2972a940007872a91b/Nordisk_Kulturfond_Black_RGB.png" data-mid="221223864" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a62de42370237885f0b697993bb823f7348c01fe719ead2972a940007872a91b/Nordisk_Kulturfond_Black_RGB.png" /> <img width="397" height="234" width_o="397" height_o="234" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d89491e1936fe6a36209c4d6c3a45e6e40f60743485c311fcfe27ce5521bf534/Grafia_Logo_small.png" data-mid="231662257" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/397/i/d89491e1936fe6a36209c4d6c3a45e6e40f60743485c311fcfe27ce5521bf534/Grafia_Logo_small.png" /> https://somos-sur.org/Fiesta Mon, 07 Oct 2024 17:38:47 +0000 Somos SUR https://somos-sur.org/Fiesta <img width="1920" height="2715" width_o="1920" height_o="2715" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/096da40708a8939677294ab796252bfcfff71b9e77a2d39b42b035aacaefab28/Fiesta_2024_Poster.jpg" data-mid="219336276" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/096da40708a8939677294ab796252bfcfff71b9e77a2d39b42b035aacaefab28/Fiesta_2024_Poster.jpg" />Hey, Amix, Ready for more? (▰˘◡˘▰)We’re back with the second part of the party that made Helsinki sweat. As autumn wraps us in its cold, we’re opening a portal to the heat of rhythm and liberation. This isn’t just a party; it’s a ritual where Latinx bodies take control of the night. Every move, every drop of sweat is proof that cold doesn’t exist—cold is just the lack of perreo. Tonight, we remind the North of the presence of the South.This is your chance to warm up, connect with your body, and deCULOnize. See you soon, cariños&nbsp;(✿ ♥‿♥)The grand celebration comes to life in collaboration with the Latinx Decolonization Collective S.U.R. and the Latin American Film Festival Cinemaissí. 20-21 SUR’s collaborative playlist21–22 DJ Juls Sanchez22–00.30 Midnight Mangonada00.30–3 DJ Burana <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/abbabaf9ccd729b7d6da626cc52c6c1b8fe20e41d3ec433243294b872bcbd6ae/IG01.png" data-mid="219766622" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/abbabaf9ccd729b7d6da626cc52c6c1b8fe20e41d3ec433243294b872bcbd6ae/IG01.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e38c3348978a31e579dc4cabe190112e4a34e31a0c7dc8fe4335b1c656f339ae/IG02.png" data-mid="219766619" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e38c3348978a31e579dc4cabe190112e4a34e31a0c7dc8fe4335b1c656f339ae/IG02.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab6ddf6ad4279e2fd1b46469933a9e97459246f5502d4e810cf75363ac479669/IG03.png" data-mid="219766623" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab6ddf6ad4279e2fd1b46469933a9e97459246f5502d4e810cf75363ac479669/IG03.png" /> DJ Juls Sanchez @julsanchezbel sees her vibrant sets as an opportunity to promote inclusivity and celebrate the unifying power of music and dance, playing electrifying reggaeton, latincore and dembow sets.Midnight Mangonada @yamacatlan is a Chicana Dj who likes bringing heat to the dancefloor. Her DJ sets explore an array of genres rooted in electronic music within Latin AmericaDJ Burana @paolajalili playing neoperrex, and trying to create a safer-antipatriarchal dance floor with music created ~mostly~ by femme artists. See you at&nbsp;Bar Tÿpo (Lintulahdenkatu 3, 00530 Helsinki) on the 19th of October from 20–03.&nbsp; Safer space guidelines, taken from Myös’ collection of resources:Respect dissenting opinions, experiences and perspectives. Respect everyone's identity. Do not assume anyone's gender, sexual orientation, financial situation, background or state of health. Respect everyone's physical and emotional boundaries. Consider your words. Take responsibility for your behaviour and actions. Don’t make physical or verbal threats. Be aware of your prejudice, your privileges, and the space you take. Take care of fellow human beings.By acting against the rules of the space, you are excluding yourself from the event. Accesibility Info: https://tekstintalo.fi/accessibility Free Entrance Pre-party Playlist!&nbsp; S.U.R.'s collaborative playlists have been two years in the making, crafted by both current and former members of our Latin American decolonizing collective, alongside the Latinx community in Helsinki. This time, we've brought together elements from these playlists into a single one that captures a musical spectrum of Latinx emotions—joy, anger, and melancholy. Our friend Pedro MacLoughlin joins us in weaving these diverse sounds into a narrative, ranging from heartbreak ballads to nasty perreo. https://somos-sur.org/Intento-1-0 Mon, 02 Oct 2023 15:22:37 +0000 Somos SUR https://somos-sur.org/Intento-1-0 Intento: A decolonial attempt <img width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c136ac92082cd1cb0b88592080f9fa0176e21c9b317fb65f6577e1a02bc5b32/ezgif.com-video-to-gif.gif" data-mid="196061979" border="0" data-scale="100" data-no-zoom alt="Intento was physically accesible from the 18th of October to the 1st of November 2023 at Aalto University&rsquo;s V&auml;re Lobby. This is now an archival page.&nbsp;" data-caption="Intento was physically accesible from the 18th of October to the 1st of November 2023 at Aalto University’s Väre Lobby. This is now an archival page.&nbsp;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/7c136ac92082cd1cb0b88592080f9fa0176e21c9b317fb65f6577e1a02bc5b32/ezgif.com-video-to-gif.gif" /> ︎︎︎ Intento was physically accesible from the 18th of October to the 1st of November 2023 at Aalto University’s Väre Lobby. This is now an archival page.&nbsp; Intento is an experiment and a living archive, based on different research initiatives engaging with Latin American contexts present at Aalto University. Rather than relying only on the preexisting structures of the University, Intento opens up a space to foster collaboration, circulation, and reflection, in order to disseminate and instigate forms of knowledge that challenge Western epistemological hegemony. This exhibition launches and explores the possibilities of Intento within the University. It presents a curated collection of Master's and PhD’s theses, mainly from Aalto Arts, that allow us to engage with specific territories around Latin America. This constellation of works embraces the details, the thoughts, the memories, and the experiences that have emerged from and are entangled with specific geocultural localities. Through creating a dialogue among these various possible ways of doing and thinking, we aim to raise value to alternative attitudes towards knowledge production systems. In order to navigate the constellation of the works present in this exhibition, we have mapped three categories (Territory, Familiarity and Making) that group various of the theses, which provide us with a framework to observe and recognise potential decolonial forces latent in these works. <img width="4480" height="6720" width_o="4480" height_o="6720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4bf3629cbe6492fcfc9ff84d9edb5d056de611700827fc22277daab7cdf678bd/IMG_9618.JPG" data-mid="196062491" border="0" data-scale="51" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4bf3629cbe6492fcfc9ff84d9edb5d056de611700827fc22277daab7cdf678bd/IMG_9618.JPG" /> <img width="4480" height="6720" width_o="4480" height_o="6720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/002b4d8f059f6c65c2640258bbfdb88d324b9b485e29e4c523ac67022d10337e/IMG_9619.JPG" data-mid="196062496" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/002b4d8f059f6c65c2640258bbfdb88d324b9b485e29e4c523ac67022d10337e/IMG_9619.JPG" /> <img width="4480" height="6720" width_o="4480" height_o="6720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c816d98459d6335914e8f367d8e7584da1cca115aa1f0aeb27b7b62a4d4c12d1/IMG_9623.JPG" data-mid="196062511" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c816d98459d6335914e8f367d8e7584da1cca115aa1f0aeb27b7b62a4d4c12d1/IMG_9623.JPG" /> <img width="4480" height="6720" width_o="4480" height_o="6720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4796a49d8de2430ad4ef499a6d9f14b0e81510258c1bc80b0a0c03132079cccd/IMG_9621.JPG" data-mid="196062502" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4796a49d8de2430ad4ef499a6d9f14b0e81510258c1bc80b0a0c03132079cccd/IMG_9621.JPG" /> <img width="4480" height="6720" width_o="4480" height_o="6720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9b54142c7c3962172bffbd5ee4f5a361ddff0926b7cef8a8c177b5e1f6a2aafe/IMG_9622.JPG" data-mid="196062506" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9b54142c7c3962172bffbd5ee4f5a361ddff0926b7cef8a8c177b5e1f6a2aafe/IMG_9622.JPG" /> <img width="4480" height="6720" width_o="4480" height_o="6720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d186fdfa1998a375a7b475f0ac991bed548ad5386b7faf84fc846a9ff6534119/IMG_9624.JPG" data-mid="196062517" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d186fdfa1998a375a7b475f0ac991bed548ad5386b7faf84fc846a9ff6534119/IMG_9624.JPG" /> <img width="4480" height="6720" width_o="4480" height_o="6720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9686ce30bcf68755296da0ecf62a52ecd8b54a234ca89787a8a35d59b44b19aa/IMG_9625.JPG" data-mid="196062523" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9686ce30bcf68755296da0ecf62a52ecd8b54a234ca89787a8a35d59b44b19aa/IMG_9625.JPG" /> <img width="4480" height="6720" width_o="4480" height_o="6720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/80d07a528e6ff539d74e474d07c0b83aa978f931fe7ac38a156514a5977be604/IMG_9626.JPG" data-mid="196062529" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/80d07a528e6ff539d74e474d07c0b83aa978f931fe7ac38a156514a5977be604/IMG_9626.JPG" /> <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e77bff22087cdd6d57384c476e4436f083ed8db3dd9b1d822646c18f34388020/7X9A3695.jpg" data-mid="211149364" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e77bff22087cdd6d57384c476e4436f083ed8db3dd9b1d822646c18f34388020/7X9A3695.jpg" /> <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a37d5f604a2de556c0f2ccb3528618578505a979cef6b9de7155fac057456e2/7X9A3703.jpg" data-mid="211149366" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0a37d5f604a2de556c0f2ccb3528618578505a979cef6b9de7155fac057456e2/7X9A3703.jpg" /> Program Archive&nbsp; Kollektiivi Water poems and Liquid layouts workshop: Part 2 - in collaboration with Debt for Climate FinlandFriday, 20th October13:30-17:00 at Room F101, Väre Building, Aalto University <img width="1280" height="1280" width_o="1280" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/342a1b08ea535aa6f95b029b950a97d8fe82a1a44ae5c910d8f7d8406f0257b2/IMG_8676.jpeg" data-mid="193606273" border="0" data-scale="65" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/342a1b08ea535aa6f95b029b950a97d8fe82a1a44ae5c910d8f7d8406f0257b2/IMG_8676.jpeg" /> <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf34c1b10744cd9ce6ae92e21d0e1e34dcf2c89485c4b005294009cdfdd2d3b9/7X9A3811.jpg" data-mid="211149427" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cf34c1b10744cd9ce6ae92e21d0e1e34dcf2c89485c4b005294009cdfdd2d3b9/7X9A3811.jpg" /> <img width="6664" height="4443" width_o="6664" height_o="4443" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/591f01ae7fbc62926c1c93034d042ae4669688da949657ddf6d8eac6e081a31f/7X9A3801.jpg" data-mid="211149637" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/591f01ae7fbc62926c1c93034d042ae4669688da949657ddf6d8eac6e081a31f/7X9A3801.jpg" /> <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ddb7873fba843d69f3925211ffa6880f09ce219c9b1b3d2dd078c5bc8c0ebf53/7X9A3844.jpg" data-mid="211149691" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ddb7873fba843d69f3925211ffa6880f09ce219c9b1b3d2dd078c5bc8c0ebf53/7X9A3844.jpg" /> Our water inspired workshop is having a part two! This time we will collaborate with Debt for Climate Finland — a grassroot climate movement lead by the global South — as part of the programme of Somos S.U.R “Intento” exhibition. We will reflect on our personal relationship with water and its role in our lives and societies with a more critical perspective.We will write short poems, and then design layouts and drawings inspired by the many forms of water. This is an invitation to visually explore how to communicate water’s flowy, changing and organic nature.All the works will later be exhibited at Aalto University.No previous experience or skills required. Open and free to everyone! No registration needed, limited seats so please arrive on time! Seats available on a first-come, first-served basis.We will provide all the materials and snacks.For further information contact tiivi.kollek@gmail.com An interconnected Earth - What is climate justice activism in the future?Monday, October 23rd at 17:30-19.30 in Room F101 at the Väre Lobby of Aalto University (Otaniementie 14). <img width="1921" height="1006" width_o="1921" height_o="1006" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d0aa7ed542ad423f28f1f5b7a70a9ef2d640e2a2b2c19360ce1c24938653eb12/EARTH_Event03.png" data-mid="193606431" border="0" data-scale="88" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d0aa7ed542ad423f28f1f5b7a70a9ef2d640e2a2b2c19360ce1c24938653eb12/EARTH_Event03.png" /> <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b886d74400929a2e2f71f0196fc54f46bdd507b37c7cc0f4865b8f838cf34c70/7X9A3892.jpg" data-mid="211149875" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b886d74400929a2e2f71f0196fc54f46bdd507b37c7cc0f4865b8f838cf34c70/7X9A3892.jpg" /> <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/73451c5ad56b21f3b7001bfdc0242b0c8fcf2797c7185ee12fa48a45aade8e02/7X9A3908.jpg" data-mid="211150144" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/73451c5ad56b21f3b7001bfdc0242b0c8fcf2797c7185ee12fa48a45aade8e02/7X9A3908.jpg" /> S.U.R. and Debt for Climate Finland will host a panel discussion on the issue of climate justice and neocolonial debt mechanisms. We will discuss the climate finance models that global political institutions offer to address economic climate injustice. And the implications of these financing models for the economies of the Global South.Through a collective debate, we will discuss: what are the radical solutions for change? What are the roles and responsibilities of climate activism rooted in a social justice economy? In this historical context, where the Global North has a huge historical ecological debt to the Global South, the Global South is struggling with the severe impacts of the climate crisis, and the existence of this debt is denied by global economic institutions.The panel participants will be activist from Latin America, an activist from the Debt for Climate movement, Niko Humalisto, the Finnish Missionary Society's advocacy expert, and with a video statement an activist in the Baaroo village area of north-west Pakistan. There will be plenty of time for questions and dialogue!The panel is part of the Reparations for Baaroo campaign organized by Debt for Climate Finland. The campaign is raising funds for a drilling system for water in the village of Baaroo in the tribal region of North-West Pakistan. It also aims to make social media content of the ecological debt of the Global North and the consequences of this debt in the North West Pakistan region. Decolonizing Knowledge in Design Education26.10.2023&nbsp; at 17:30 – 19:00&nbsp;in Room F101 at the Väre Lobby of Aalto University (Otaniementie 14). <img width="1921" height="1081" width_o="1921" height_o="1081" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b2294d52b12811f04a3dad61e33ad7228b30b987019d51711a88c69e57dc9eac/Panel_DDbanner.png" data-mid="194587797" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b2294d52b12811f04a3dad61e33ad7228b30b987019d51711a88c69e57dc9eac/Panel_DDbanner.png" /> <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/705138c001ea41abf7181f0884cc748864dc9c904e4d0e9707ae7d84f769f5ed/7X9A3939.jpg" data-mid="211150418" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/705138c001ea41abf7181f0884cc748864dc9c904e4d0e9707ae7d84f769f5ed/7X9A3939.jpg" /> <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/75e218efc944f8d571e37c42d921ccef882c90c08eed0679266db0b8842e1890/7X9A4005.jpg" data-mid="211150519" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/75e218efc944f8d571e37c42d921ccef882c90c08eed0679266db0b8842e1890/7X9A4005.jpg" /> This panel opens a discussion about the issue of decolonizing Design education and practices within the Finnish context, with insights from active educators and professionals from the Global South. The central concern revolves around the possibility of integrating decolonial practices into the teaching and designing in Finland. This concern is rooted in the experiences of Latinx students at Aalto University's ARTS school, who have observed a marked absence of Non-Western perspectives, notably in areas such as sustainability. The panel will explore the challenges, possibilities, and implications of incorporating decolonial approaches into Finnish Design education. This is a live panel of the podcast Diseño y diáspora, a podcast on social design hosted by Dr. Mariana Salgado. The panelists are: Dr. Andrea Botero (Aalto University), Dr. Florencia Quesada (Helsinki University), and Jimena Califa (UN Global Pulse). La Gran Fiesta: Cold doesn’t exist, cold is only the lack of perreo. 🔊28.10.2023 at 21:00 - 03.00 🔊 @Muchachos (Iso Roobertinkatu 10)&nbsp; An open invitation to all Latinxs and allies, to join this sweaty, perreo-filled, and deculonizing experience. We kick things off with reggaetón, inviting us to move, drop to the ground and reach the clouds. As we delve deeper into the early hours, the rhythms and dembow transforms into electronic beats, where metamorphosis is unveiled.<img width="800" height="1067" width_o="800" height_o="1067" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c152a85fdeeb8fdd555b78df0da94655aafdc9742558298c6610d68909481cf5/Lagranfiesta.gif" data-mid="193604123" border="0" data-scale="79" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/c152a85fdeeb8fdd555b78df0da94655aafdc9742558298c6610d68909481cf5/Lagranfiesta.gif" /> The grand celebration comes to life in collaboration with the Latinx Decolonization Collective S.U.R., and the Latin American Cinema Festival, Cinemaissí. This evening in Helsinki is a tribute to Latinx bodies, brace yourself for an event where booty-shaking is the key to the revolution. Welcome!&nbsp;9-11 Juls Sanchez 11-12:30 DJ BURANA 12:30-1:30 DJ Carlos Papi 1:30- 3:00 DJ WekesaJuls Sanchez (Aka -Rola Salsera) for the need to share what listening to Latin Rhythms generates, -Especially Salsa- of finding in their lyrics the appropriate words to express a feeling that reflects the experiences, identities and cultural fusions of the migrants, through the lyrics and rhythms with passionate dance steps, that process the themes of nostalgia, love, identity and adaptation, creating a unique fusion that resonates with the experience of the life abroad. DJ Burana, playing neoperrex, and trying to create a safer-antipatriarchal dance floor with music created mostly by femme artists. DJ Carlos Papi is a chaotic multidimensional entity playing some forbidden dembow, cumbia, guracha, and rhythms of the true old gods. Proper sounds If the sugar wine and other night delicacies didn't hit properly yet. DJ Wekesa is a Helsinki based dj and a dancer, who plays amapiano, afrobeats, dancehall, hip hop, rnb and various remixes. Wekesa is a socially skillful dj, who can read the dancefloor while serving surprises and their own strong artistic view. This time they will focus on bashment, amapiano and remixes.Safer space guidelines, taken from Myös’ collection of resources:Respect dissenting opinions, experiences and perspectives. Respect everyone's identity. Do not assume anyone's gender, sexual orientation, financial situation, background or state of health. Respect everyone's physical and emotional boundaries. Consider your words. Take responsibility for your behaviour and actions. Don’t make physical or verbal threats. Be aware of your prejudice, your privileges, and the space you take. Take care of fellow human beings.By acting against the rules of the space, you are excluding yourself from the event. Collaborators Collectives&nbsp; Cinemaissí: Diego Ginartes, Lois Armas Debt for Climate Finland: Upu Laukkanen, Taru, Pargol, AmjadDiseño y Diáspora: Mariana Salgado Edible Landscapes: Alejandra Alarcón Kollektiivi: Adelaida Ávila,&nbsp;Milja&nbsp;Komulainen, Hau Lok Lo.&nbsp; Muchachos&nbsp; You Tell Me Collective: Seela Pentikäinen and Siiri Hänninen Research AuthorsAlejandra AlarcónAmy Gelera Andrea Botero Brenda Vertiz Carolina IsasiClaudia Garruño Eduardo HernándezEva Gallegos Florencia PochinkiLeonardo HidalgoLandys Roimola Maria&nbsp;Ferreira LitowtschenkoMaritere Vargas Nandara&nbsp;Mendes &nbsp;&nbsp;Nathaly Pinto IndividualsAlicia RomeroAndrea Botero Maija-Tilda Kovalainen Otso Jämsä Vertti Virasjoki With the support of &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="520" height="152" width_o="520" height_o="152" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e424ad45a34df8790aad3a2288a085a36a3e5c9cd01785e7b181a101218f88fb/Asset-204x.png" data-mid="193298682" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/520/i/e424ad45a34df8790aad3a2288a085a36a3e5c9cd01785e7b181a101218f88fb/Asset-204x.png" /> <img width="1181" height="283" width_o="1181" height_o="283" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a62de42370237885f0b697993bb823f7348c01fe719ead2972a940007872a91b/Nordisk_Kulturfond_Black_RGB.png" data-mid="193298713" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a62de42370237885f0b697993bb823f7348c01fe719ead2972a940007872a91b/Nordisk_Kulturfond_Black_RGB.png" /> https://somos-sur.org/Collaborations Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:21:38 +0000 Somos SUR https://somos-sur.org/Collaborations Islands of Kinship Helsinki21.11.2023 <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd6ae3f45cbb8e5c4a5b5b63dd9d3b8567b3af20305bc981f4e3b34893a1b5f7/Social-Media.jpg" data-mid="210978364" border="0" data-scale="74" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd6ae3f45cbb8e5c4a5b5b63dd9d3b8567b3af20305bc981f4e3b34893a1b5f7/Social-Media.jpg" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/617fe6e6075da71f693adcf2a22b007e592ee7d3693e9c2be4299b4dbf9d9c17/Social-Media-1.jpg" data-mid="210978345" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/617fe6e6075da71f693adcf2a22b007e592ee7d3693e9c2be4299b4dbf9d9c17/Social-Media-1.jpg" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6dc4e549a60d42f2a84e447ed59a4b1b52e44b6abc6ae1748b94c66aa419d096/Social-Media-2.jpg" data-mid="210978349" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6dc4e549a60d42f2a84e447ed59a4b1b52e44b6abc6ae1748b94c66aa419d096/Social-Media-2.jpg" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/114b8384b8e542e8453622ef327761e6d3f0fe305cce882ef1622ccea73a036d/Social-Media-3.jpg" data-mid="210978352" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/114b8384b8e542e8453622ef327761e6d3f0fe305cce882ef1622ccea73a036d/Social-Media-3.jpg" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3503a831ab55dd48a9aee9be475de37b0ebfac3745a62c533f09b64bb8252498/Social-Media-5.jpg" data-mid="210978360" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3503a831ab55dd48a9aee9be475de37b0ebfac3745a62c533f09b64bb8252498/Social-Media-5.jpg" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/450ff70120893fe53585b25e8c367f8219962b014101e214660aa260c55d33a2/Social-Media-4.jpg" data-mid="210978356" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/450ff70120893fe53585b25e8c367f8219962b014101e214660aa260c55d33a2/Social-Media-4.jpg" /> Entitled 'Climate Justice in Art Institutions: How to Infiltrate ⤵︎,' this engaging workshop delved into innovative strategies for fostering climate justice within the realm of art institutions. Participants were invited to explore various mechanisms of infiltration, each symbolized by a unique natural entity: Fruit flies, Polypores, Lupine, Large blue, Termites, and Siphonophores. Through interactive worksheets and group discussions, attendees were encouraged to envision art institutions they wished to infiltrate, and creatively emulate these natural mechanisms as strategies for activism and resistance. By intertwining ecological metaphors with practical activism, the workshop fostered thought-provoking dialogue and inspired actionable steps towards climate justice within the art world. Islands of Kinship interconnects and transforms the practical functioning of six mid-scale visual art institutions across diverse European regions (Prague, Bratislava, Bitola/Skopje, Cologne, Helsinki, Riga) in an innovative collaboration model addressing issues of inclusion, kinship and togetherness, democratic exchange and the ethics, emotions and practical solutions for environment-friendly institutional operation. islandsofkinship.org Stop Hatred Now Helsinki 18.05.2023 #StopHatredNow is an intercultural and anti-racist platform organised in collaboration with several art and intercultural organisations. The platform strives to create discourse and offers tools to create a more inclusive, diverse and feminist art field; inclusivity, diversity, non-discrimination, accessibility and social as well as ecological sustainability are issues that determine the future of every art and cultural institution. Diseño y Diáspora&nbsp;Helsinki 18.05.2023 “They tell us in this interview how they are opening spaces for reflection and interest in sustainable design, with ideas and inspiration from the Global South. In the future, they are interested in creating a specialization in decolonial studies at the University. Soon they are going to do an exhibition on works that came out, or are now being produced, in the Design department, that represent decolonial ideas. This interview is part of the lists: Design students, Designers' collectives and cooperatives, Colombia and design, Finland and design, Guatemala and design, Chile and design. The lists are found on our website, in the recommended section.” Listen here (in spanish).&nbsp; Elokapina: El agua vale más que el oro Helsinki 27.06.2023 <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58d1690baa01071137ef9ab755534303e7ae648b4822633be029f9732e178eef/IMG_5991.jpg" data-mid="181704178" border="0" data-scale="62" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58d1690baa01071137ef9ab755534303e7ae648b4822633be029f9732e178eef/IMG_5991.jpg" /> https://somos-sur.org/Debt-X-Climate Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:21:55 +0000 Somos SUR https://somos-sur.org/Debt-X-Climate Debt X Climate May 2022 - ongoing Helsinki S.U.R. is one of the co-starters of Debt for Climate Finland. Debt For Climate is a global movement that seeks to recognise the unequal responsibility towards the climate crisis that exists between the Global North and the Global South. In that sense, seeks to recognise the climate debt that the North owes to the South in order to truly be able to step into just transitions. Instagram:&nbsp; @debtforclimatefi Website: www.debtforclimate.org/ <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c37494e014054b370122fb8cd231af27e88fd544e1c1760a5d1ec26ab2a325e6/IMG_4308.jpg" data-mid="181703918" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c37494e014054b370122fb8cd231af27e88fd544e1c1760a5d1ec26ab2a325e6/IMG_4308.jpg" /> <img width="1081" height="1251" width_o="1081" height_o="1251" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ebf158b57be50d203998ee2f28e6bc9640cf487f9889c86d513aae1aac38735c/movienight-01.jpg" data-mid="181703906" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ebf158b57be50d203998ee2f28e6bc9640cf487f9889c86d513aae1aac38735c/movienight-01.jpg" /> <img width="755" height="604" width_o="755" height_o="604" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5bc41ab9de969709832d9c8ad7d674d25e350770ccdecc5c232f9fb9c299470d/IMG_3202.jpg" data-mid="181704199" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/755/i/5bc41ab9de969709832d9c8ad7d674d25e350770ccdecc5c232f9fb9c299470d/IMG_3202.jpg" /> <img width="960" height="1280" width_o="960" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/74688bd0ad3be544ab2865870167d677b9fcac4e917f24521cb9184619efd707/IMG_3206.JPG" data-mid="181704202" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/74688bd0ad3be544ab2865870167d677b9fcac4e917f24521cb9184619efd707/IMG_3206.JPG" /> <img width="4624" height="3468" width_o="4624" height_o="3468" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b836d84d9f96c5e7910df47fba132692f7c486953938e60fc59f9e8c95471953/20220627_142123.jpg" data-mid="181703921" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b836d84d9f96c5e7910df47fba132692f7c486953938e60fc59f9e8c95471953/20220627_142123.jpg" /> <img width="1081" height="1251" width_o="1081" height_o="1251" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/95342dab1b9111aed84f16c31e3363473d3fb337b2f2c2894aa5b6f57fdda2c8/PosterIGpost-01.png" data-mid="181704194" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/95342dab1b9111aed84f16c31e3363473d3fb337b2f2c2894aa5b6f57fdda2c8/PosterIGpost-01.png" /> https://somos-sur.org/Nasty-Delicioso Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:21:08 +0000 Somos SUR https://somos-sur.org/Nasty-Delicioso Nasty Delicioso: Banana EditionD.I.O. Space Aalto UniversityMay 2022 Nasty Delicioso is a collective feast that stews dialogues revealing the interconnection of the ephemeral act of eating and its unpeeled implications.During the Banana Edition, we gathered in the public space in order to hand in free banana cupcakes, which have previously been cooked with care ︎. Ironically, this was a tempting invitation to join us to converse about the bloody and poisonous history (and present) of Chiquita Banana. Sweet and sour feelings, and lots to digest! The colonial plantation systems are huge, and so complex to disentangle, that stories of hope will not fit. Nevertheless, among the nasty stories, we have no other choice than to keep on trying. We need to keep crafting alternative ways to inhabit this planet, new ways of relating-with-others. These words might not alleviate all difficult emotions, but it can be helpful to remember that, as Donna Haraway has said, cultivating responsabilities — that is, the capacity to respond — matters. <img width="1280" height="960" width_o="1280" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d46dfdf8299efc6bafb35887def40909d0ccd3410f3d5355fcdb1e99c1fa6e0/photo_2023-03-06-12.36.54.jpeg" data-mid="170677413" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7d46dfdf8299efc6bafb35887def40909d0ccd3410f3d5355fcdb1e99c1fa6e0/photo_2023-03-06-12.36.54.jpeg" /> <img width="960" height="1280" width_o="960" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe62d366f8d201257f397138bdbfdcbb6489478b928f391e483c5ba47a501e14/photo_2023-03-06-12.37.33.jpeg" data-mid="170677660" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/fe62d366f8d201257f397138bdbfdcbb6489478b928f391e483c5ba47a501e14/photo_2023-03-06-12.37.33.jpeg" /> <img width="960" height="1280" width_o="960" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/545e6cfd675868c64556e3710b5375624ae74be9a80c4b0d6ca233e69741e649/photo_2023-03-06-12.37.19.jpeg" data-mid="170677675" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/545e6cfd675868c64556e3710b5375624ae74be9a80c4b0d6ca233e69741e649/photo_2023-03-06-12.37.19.jpeg" /> <img width="960" height="1280" width_o="960" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c8e0f60c7af2a37d6de57fd93b1d8ec7756792ced8e59d3a5ec4d2cadf580e79/photo_2023-03-06-12.37.23.jpeg" data-mid="170677464" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/c8e0f60c7af2a37d6de57fd93b1d8ec7756792ced8e59d3a5ec4d2cadf580e79/photo_2023-03-06-12.37.23.jpeg" /> https://somos-sur.org/Crafting-the-Beast Mon, 27 Feb 2023 09:57:50 +0000 Somos SUR https://somos-sur.org/Crafting-the-Beast Crafting the BeastProtest Stop Cutting Arts Aalto University March 2022 S.U.R. joined the strike happening in Aalto University, which aimed to demand that the institution stop the cuts on arts. In the context of a global tendency of neoliberal approaches towards education, we firmly believe in the importance of defending those spaces in where other forms are cultivated. For this occasion, we comfily sat in the stairs in the lobby of Väre, inviting the students to join us to collectively craft a beast. <img width="960" height="666" width_o="960" height_o="666" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/83656f0162d27bdd75603b5da6d4f12a7d6f9f8085180c5e7973243bd8fc40f2/photo_2023-01-06_19-28-31.jpg" data-mid="170123458" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/83656f0162d27bdd75603b5da6d4f12a7d6f9f8085180c5e7973243bd8fc40f2/photo_2023-01-06_19-28-31.jpg" /> <img width="720" height="900" width_o="720" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08c6f2c256711383ea95a2214bb7688106b51e14dc3a762b2168f4656d75fafc/5EA979D5-2441-4221-9592-60AFE7B27146_1_201_a.jpeg" data-mid="170317910" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/720/i/08c6f2c256711383ea95a2214bb7688106b51e14dc3a762b2168f4656d75fafc/5EA979D5-2441-4221-9592-60AFE7B27146_1_201_a.jpeg" /> <img width="720" height="900" width_o="720" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e4c3bd54cde9b8f3519993cd2dd123be142b2e6dafc3a20f59c5660702c6bb2/F2DB4F0B-01E4-4B16-97B5-8B17B508E7C6_1_201_a.jpeg" data-mid="170318002" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/720/i/3e4c3bd54cde9b8f3519993cd2dd123be142b2e6dafc3a20f59c5660702c6bb2/F2DB4F0B-01E4-4B16-97B5-8B17B508E7C6_1_201_a.jpeg" /> <img width="960" height="1200" width_o="960" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/750d9f7a552678523e3e4ddddd413268ca09a380c118595f90ce3b14d34368e9/4654627A-026D-425B-97ED-D0C5250EA2EE_1_201_a.jpeg" data-mid="170317927" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/750d9f7a552678523e3e4ddddd413268ca09a380c118595f90ce3b14d34368e9/4654627A-026D-425B-97ED-D0C5250EA2EE_1_201_a.jpeg" /> The University was one of the central institutions of modernity, configuring the normative self, which becomes human, modern and universal. The normative self is constituted as such by distinguishing itself from the Earth, from animals, and from the worlds of other people who inhabit an exteriority, outside the here and now of modernity. And in this way, transforms everything else into otherness. The beast is the figure that allows us to embody and explore this otherness. If on the one hand there is the human or even the superhuman, God, the State, masculinity, the North, the white, the heterosexual subject, the civilized and the progress, on the other there is the beast, which is considered as animality, nature, femininity, the South, the slave, the non-white subject, the abnormal, the underdeveloped and the barbaric. ... but the beast does not seek to be accepted or recognized. On the contrary, they keep on walking along the marshy margins, entangling themselves with alternative ecosystems. And by this way, the beast is gestating, perhaps with other creatures, new ways of inhabiting the world. Through the actions of the collective body, and through threads, needles and textiles we build the beast. The assembly of the uncomfortable and the knitting of the terrifying allows us to reflect. Together we ask, how can the University move away from its normative position and rather engage with decolonial transformations? <img width="811" height="649" width_o="811" height_o="649" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b3ca2c5eab5b259b4d93b5982c95ecc4793d024027b1ebdb2093cf3f2fda07a0/A0BC421F-1D61-4AEA-826D-85C1A4E09610_1_201_a.jpeg" data-mid="170318353" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/811/i/b3ca2c5eab5b259b4d93b5982c95ecc4793d024027b1ebdb2093cf3f2fda07a0/A0BC421F-1D61-4AEA-826D-85C1A4E09610_1_201_a.jpeg" />