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Colonial Histories: Radha D’Souza on the Ghadar movement
“The important thing to bear in mind is that change could happen and happen suddenly. Revolutions in history have always been unexpected events; they have always come as a surprise.”-Radha D’Souza in conversation with Jonas Staal. Radha D’Souza is a Professor of International Law, Development and Conflict Studies at the University of Westminster, London (UK). She is […]
Colonial Histories: monthly lectures
In Debt: The First 5000 Years, David Graeber wrote that the so-called “debts” of the Global South to the North are, in fact, a reversal of justice — it is the North that owes an unpayable debt to the South. His anthropological project aimed to expose these hidden power relations and to envision humanity based […]
Survival Kit Collection: Assembly at Saint Vincent
On technology, art, education. Towards a practical guide for avoiding the upcoming societal collapse On December 11th 1 pm NY, 6 pm UK time we will host a hybrid online/offline meeting to discuss educational, artistic, and technological ideas: the creation of a Survival Kit Collection. If you would like to participate, email us at info@davidgraeber.org or info@davidgraeber.institute to get […]
Poetic technologies with Cory Doctorow and Brian Eno
“By poetic technologies I refer to the use of rational and technical means to bring wild fantasies to reality. Poetic technologies, so understood, are as old as civilization.” — David Graeber We are pleased that Cory Doctorow and Brian Eno will join us to discuss poetic technologies on December 8, 2025. Cory Doctorow has worked for a long time at the Electronic […]
Benjamin Paloff on Bakhtin's adventures
After celebrating the 5th Carnival for David, we will revive and expand the Museum of Care’s reading group on Mikhail Bakhtin. This group has always been about exploring Bakhtin’s ideas on dialogue, carnival, and collective imagination — themes that continue to inspire us. We’ll start with a lecture by Benjamin Paloff on the 14th of November 2025 4PM […]
Public talk : Sharing time: the work of art in a possible World -Tim Ingold
“In the world of possibilities, every work begins with an idea in mind, and ends in its realisation. This is work that cuts across. But the creativity of the possible world is like the wind: it carries on through. Its creativity is no less than that of life itself.”-Tim Ingold Tim Ingold redefines art not […]
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Benjamin Paloff on Bakhtin’s adventures
After celebrating the 5th Carnival for David, we will revive and expand the Museum of Care’s reading group on Mikhail Bakhtin. This group has always been about exploring Bakhtin’s ideas on dialogue, carnival, and collective imagination — themes that continue to inspire us. We’ll start with a lecture by Benjamin Paloff on the 14th of November 2025 4PM […]
Public talk : Sharing time: the work of art in a possible World -Tim Ingold
“In the world of possibilities, every work begins with an idea in mind, and ends in its realisation. This is work that cuts across. But the creativity of the possible world is like the wind: it carries on through. Its creativity is no less than that of life itself.”-Tim Ingold Tim Ingold redefines art not […]
Debt, Empire, and the Future: Dialogue with Michael Hudson, Steve Keen and Ann Pettifor
On October 17th, 2025 Michael Hudson will be joined by Steve Keen and Ann Pettifor as part of our ongoing dialogues on Debt, Empire and the future. Together, they will discuss: These dialogues continue Graeber’s and Hudson’s shared commitment to exposing injustice and imagining new possibilities for global solidarity and economic transformation.The discussions will be streamed live on the DGI Youtube […]
Imagining a Future City: Visual Assembly in Vienna
The Visual Assemblies are coming to Austria: on Saturday October 4, 10:00 – 12:00, we will imagine, discuss and draw cities of the future. Continuing our Visual Assembly project – which David Graeber and Nika Dubrovsky came up with to try out different tools for being together, for creating a community and decision-making, beyond just […]
Carnival for David 2025
“In Carnival, not only was hierarchy temporarily suspended or reversed, but the whole world was reconstructed as a “Land of Cockaigne,” as the saying went, a domain in which there was nothing but bodies happily partaking of the world and of each other.” -David Graeber (Manners, deference and private property: or elements for a general […]
Visual Assembly in New York and everywhere: The Strangers Among Us – or Are We the Strangers?
Join us on July 25 at 11 am New York time! If you’re in New York on July 25th, we’ll be in front of the Roosevelt Hotel on 45 E 45th St, at 11am! If you have any questions, feel free to email. If you are not in NYC, but want to join us, please, […]
Self-organized Visual Assembly – July 18
Re-imagine New York with us. Every week, we will decide together what’s missing, then bring it into chalky existence. Become Robert Moses’ worst nightmare!(Almost) Every Friday this summer, we are bringing the chalk. All we need from you is your understanding of the city, your doodling abilities, and a desire to use our state-of-the-art chalk […]
Self-organized Visual Assembly – July 11
Last week we had some incredible chalk drawn by some great chalkers. If you are one of those people thank you so much your contributions were beautiful This Friday: 6:30pm: 1211 Sixth Avenue It’s outside Fox News headquarters. The theme is: What’s it like being outside Fox News headquarters? What do we think that place […]
Self-Organized Visual Assembly – 4 July
Hi everyone! Last week we had some incredible chalk drawn by some great chalkers. If you are one of those people thank you so much your contributions were beautiful This Friday: 6:30pm: 65 E 57th St, New York, NY 10022 There’s no theme this week, everyone did such a great job on their own we […]