The room of Giants

David’s teacher Marshall Sahlins came up with the idea of MetaPersons, collective entities like gods, ancestors, or nations, given agency and meaning in culture. They help people navigate social life by making abstract ideas relatable.

The Survival Kit Collection

The museum of care is organized around a collection called the Survival Kit, which focuses on the maintenance of human life rather than the preservation of art objects.

Visual Assembly as a Playground

Visual Assemblies rethink shared spaces—hospitals, schools, and playgrounds—exploring how we learn, work, care, and play together. A network of community-built playgrounds as Visual Assemblies could lay the foundation for collaboration and connection.

Islands in the Future

The David Graeber Institute is re-imagining an abandoned ship as an anti-colonial Museum of Care in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Fight club

David Graeber asserted that human consciousness only exists in dialogue with others, and the myth of the individual “thinker-philosopher” is nothing but a myth. David himself was often subjected to public attacks and withstood them with fortitude. Our fights will be between real people, imaginary people, or real people played by actors.

Carnival: reading group and talks

This room is a continuation of the carnivalesque rooms and projects initiated by the Museum of Care and DGI. It combines the format of public talks and a closed reading group.