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The Global Casino:How Wall Street Gambles with People and the Planet

12 March, 2026 / 18:00

We are very happy to present our long-time contributor Ann Pettifor, who has just published a new book with Verso. To mark the release, we invite you to a conversation between Ann Pettifor and the wonderful writer, economist, and researcher Grace Blakeley. Together they will discuss the ideas behind the book, contemporary political economy, and […]

Carnival4David 2026 working group meeting

07 February, 2026

This is a working group meeting for the preparation of the Carnival4David: Nairobi, London and Saint Vincent. If you want to join us, please, write an email. Here are the notes from the previous meetings.

the Survival Kit Collection

22 January, 2026 / 05:00

Hi everyone, Happy 2026! We want to bring everyone together who’s been working on or thinking about the Survival Kit Collection. It’s been a busy year, and it feels like time to actually talk to each other and figure out what happens next. The Survival Kit Collection brings together artists, engineers, and activists working on […]

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The State We’re In (Part 1): What is the State?

26 October, 2023 / 20:00

Across the world people often try to use the powers they have been granted by the state to bring about social change. And sometimes they strive to go beyond the state to create autonomous enclaves. In this session facilitated by Corinna Lotz, Paul Feldman will discuss what is the contemporary state. A brief summary of some of David Graeber’s […]

Housekeeping Committee / Mastodon Assembly

25 October, 2023 / 18:00

This is a group of people who assist room curators in taking care of their rooms.If you have the time and interest to help someone realize their vision, their educational efforts, please join us. We will also be discussing the development of a critical project: the Mastadon server, aimed towards creating a publicly run social […]

APT/ART #2: MAKE CARNIVAL NOT WAR

20 October, 2023 / 20:00

ROY BHASKAR’S ‘ENLIGHTENED COMMON SENSE’ AND ‘FROM SCIENCE TO EMANCIPATION’ – READING GROUP PART 9

12 October, 2023 / 20:00

“One of the most influential voices in the philosophy of science and a political revolutionary”– David Graeber This meeting we will discuss dialectical critical realism. Here are the suggested resources: Enlightened Common Sense, chapter 6 The Formation of Critical Realism: chapter 6 Register here.

The Origins of Modern Debt Politics in Greece and Rome – Reading Michael Hudson’s “The Collapse of Antiquity” Part 2

05 October, 2023 / 20:00

In the second session we take a look how debt crises arose in Sparta and try to apply David Graeber’s framework from Debt – The first 5000 years (mainly chapter 5 and chapter 9 – if anybody wants to check their notes). Suggested reading is the summery doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BrkeryoR_-gqstFs0WlIBhAFj3pzPwocS4HZBEcGtFI/edit?usp=sharing Suggested further reading are chapters two […]

Adrian Bowyer’s Lecture

28 September, 2023 / 19:00

The first event in the Brain Trust Lectures series On 28 Sep 2023, Brian Trust is hosting a lecture by the engineer and mathematician, inventor of the open source 3D printer that became the basis for most of the 3D printers in the world today – Adrian Bowyer.“We will not take the means of production away from […]

Housekeeping Committee/Mastodon Assembly

27 September, 2023 / 18:00

The first Housekeeping Committee meeting of the Museum of Care for this season! We’ll revisit the Mastodon project, and everyone is invited to join the discussion from 18:30 to 19:00 London time! Prior to that, at 18:00 learn more about Mastadon project here , we will have our regular Housekeeping Committee meeting. Register, please.

ROY BHASKAR’S ‘ENLIGHTENED COMMON SENSE’ AND ‘FROM SCIENCE TO EMANCIPATION’ – READING GROUP PART 8

21 September, 2023 / 20:00

One of the most influential voices in the philosophy of science and a political revolutionary David Graeber about Roy Bhaskar This session we will resume our studies after our summer break. We’ll review the material we have covered so far in Enlightened Common Sense chapters 1-5, basically the entirety of the first phase of critical […]

2023-2024 Season Opening – Carnival

16 September, 2023

The David Graeber Institute and Museum of Care cordially invite you to the opening of a new season that will include an exhibition, movie screening, carnival, and party. Join us on September 16, 2023, for assembling together, co-creation, caring for each other, and food sharing. DGI Cinema launch DGI Cinema is a project dedicated to public screenings […]

Workshop for Pirate Carnival for David

15 September, 2023 / 17:00

PIRATE CARNIVAL On September 15 and 16 at 5pm, we will gather to celebrate ten years of Rowley Way being recognized as an architectural landmark, along with the opening of the new season of work of the David Graeber Institute and Museum of Care. At 5pm, Friday September 15, at the TRA Hall on the Alexandra Road Estate artists and designers will […]