Luminate: Summer Solstice Community Philosophy Workshop

The world is heating up. The shadows are illuminated. What happens when we pause and really see what’s around us? This Summer Solstice, we invite you to explore what’s illuminated when we truly pay attention to where we are — in both place and time.

Join us for a community philosophy walkshop designed to help us connect with the world around us. In this two-hour experience, we’ll practice the art of observation and collective meaning-making through reading, walking, and creating together. It’s an invitation to wander, listen, and reflect.

We’ll journey across a 1km route, weaving threads of thought as we stop to share, read, and map the things that matter to us. Along the way, we’ll explore how our surroundings shape our understanding and deepen our connection to the world.

Details:

Distance: 1km over 2 hours, with regular stops. The route includes dirt paths and some inclines.

Date: Saturday, December 21st

Time: 6:00 PM sharp

Departure: lot19

Please reach out if you have any accessibility concerns and we will do our best to accommodate your needs to ensure a comfortable experience for all.

FAQs

What is community philosophy?

Community Philosophy is a practice of thinking together about the big ideas with compassion, humility and tenderness.

Who is running this workshop?

This workshop is run by Dr Kelly Lee Hickey, an artist and community philosopher. She developed her community philosophy practice through her creative PhD, which developed a series of creative and place based practices to support communities responding to social and ecological crisis. She has delivered community philosophy workshops and events at arts festivals and conferences across Australia, and online.
 
Who is this workshop for?

Anyone who is wondering how to navigate these times, or struggling to find direction and hope in the current political and social climate. It is especially useful for activists, and others involved in front line struggles for social and ecological justice.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS WORKSHOP IS NOT A THERAPEUTIC SPACE, NOR IS IT A SUBSTITUTE FOR THERAPY. WHILE WE AIM FOR A CARE-FULL SPACE, ALL PARTICIPANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR WELL BEING AND ACTIONS, DURING AND AFTER THE EVENT.