Report from the Radical Contact Spring Gathering 24 – 28 March 2016 - -
Participation - -
This was the sixth RC event to take place in Sweden. We were 25 adults, a teenager and 2 young children, from Sweden, Finland, Germany, Israel, Syria, India, Singapore, the Philippines and Brazil. What follows are the results of an evaluation session on Sunday 27 March 2016. - -
Evaluation - -
What was good - -
The food - -
The helpers in the kitchen - -
Snacks between meals and enough food - -
The venue – enough studios and space - -
Cosy up to 30 people – good amount - -
Responsibility and generosity - -
The range of didactic tools - -
The base groups - -
the structure, daily rhythm - -
Being here with kids felt good – supported parents a place for the kids - -
The atmosphere – comfortable - -
Not such a strict diet - -
The freedom to escape and not participate in things - -
The openness of labs – letting everyone contribute with topics - -
Legitimating the value of care-work - -
Siesta - -
The performances - -
The concept of moving while discussing - -
The safer spaces and child inclusion - -
The information board - -
The possibility to create labs - -
Going through the basics - -
The general dancing - -
Clear times to wake up and go to sleep - -
What could be better - -
Less farty food – how to get enough protein? Or is it okay with less protein? - -
Packed schedule - -
Too early start - -
Longer slots for labs – but good with the openness - -
Earlier jams and different times - -
Organisations of the base groups - -
Competitive when choosing and creating base groups - -
Someone to co-ordinate the tasks - -
the continuity of something except the base groups - -
More political - -
The adults who want to hang with the kids need to establish a relationship - -
Setting the ground: introducing people to being with children so you know what is wanted for the kids and children - -
A short intro for newcomers – both CI and the political stuff - -
A location closer to nature - -
It could be queerer – both the composition and the political discussions - -
More debate about how to apply what we are doing - -
More set structure - -
Clearer structure of base groups – what is the thought? - -
More child-including labs and classes – maybe every day - -
Not having things at the same time - -
More focused groups - -
shared more responsibilities – made it easier for organisers and the chef - -
More movement and physical activities - -
Not everyone was heard in discussions - -
time during classes and in discussions - -
Smoother way to organise the labs - -
More trust in the groups - -
to start and end the day all of us together - -
Futures - -
Like to do it again - -
Outside of the bubble (get inspiration from here) - -
Focused gathering - -
Gathering focusing on different relationships - -
Offering tools for facilitating and leading - -
Somewhere maybe out in nature - -
Bring it out to the world - -
Like to use what I have learned during these days - -
something in South East Asia - -
Emotions importance - -
Playing with roles - -
Something in Finland or the Netherlands - -
Something in public space - -
More queerer theme - -
an intervention - -
Make a video or something from what we do/discuss - -
Team up with people in Mexico and other places - -
Create things where your background and so on is considered important - -
5-6 June berlin - -
Like the bubble, but open to open it up - -
the intersectional network - -
a weekend in Brussels in September - -
an RC meeting in Sweden - -
A mixed festival RC + martial arts – mixture of different physical practices - -
Communication – clarity Yes and No - -
RC with a children focus - -
Regular meeting trainings in Gothenburg - -