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SUMMARY:Techno-Ecologies and Bodies of Memory : The Environment as Battleground
DESCRIPTION:Date : 22–24 October 2025 from 10:00–15:00\nLocation: Goethe-Institut Tunis, Tunis\nLanguage: English (except for the first workshop)\nEntry is free, with registration via this email: projekte@kunstraumkreuzberg.de, subject to availability.\nThe Merian Center for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) is pleased to collaborate with the Goethe-Institut Tunis and eSseda.lab for the program Techno-Ecologies and Bodies of Memory: The Environment as Battleground, initiated by Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien and curated by Marianna Liosi (MECAM Alumni Fellow). The workshops will also include two presentations by MECAM Fellows: Cyrine Kortas and Souhir Zekri.\nThis project explores the environment as a battleground where political, social, and ecological tensions intersect, highlighting the connections between memory, technology, and ecology. The satellite program in Tunisia reflects the themes addressed in Berlin through screenings, roundtables, and workshops in Chott-Meriem and Tunis.\n22 October 2025 — Extremophiles\nWorkshop led by Bochra Taboubi\nParticipants will imagine and create specimens capable of surviving extreme conditions, along with their fictional environments, using drawing, printing, and mixed media techniques.\nLanguages: FR / EN / AR | Max participants: 20 | Registration: projekte@kunstraumkreuzberg.de\n23 October 2025 — Juice\nWorkshop led by Dennis Dizon\nCentered on Aleppo pine resin, this workshop explores the tension between care and extractivism through reading, writing, touch, and a walk in Parc du Belvédère.\nIncludes a presentation and conversation with Souhir Zekri, MECAM Fellow.\nLanguage: EN (with self-organized translation) | Max participants: 20 | Registration: projekte@kunstraumkreuzberg.de\n24 October 2025 — Caring and Learning with Lake Balkhash\nWorkshop led by Aigerim Kapar (Artcom Platform)\nInspired by the community project Care for Lake Balkhash, this workshop addresses the ecological and colonial memory of the lake through participatory mapping, memory work, and artisanal knowledge.\nIncludes a presentation and conversation with Cyrine Kortas, MECAM Fellow.\nLanguage: EN (with self-organized translation) | Max participants: 20 | Registration: projekte@kunstraumkreuzberg.de\nMore information: click here   ( https://www.goethe.de/ins/tn/fr/ver.cfm?event_id=27087745 )\nDownload full program:  Link  ( https://www.goethe.de/resources/files/pdf354/satellite-program_full-program_21-26-oct_short-descript_fr_final2.pdf )\n
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