Hosted by Research in Perspective
Date: Tuesday September 29
Time: 16:30-18:15
Location: WdKA Research Station
Reading Rhythms Club (Senka Milutinović and Julia Wilhelm) is thrilled to invite you to a launch of the publication ‘Why Read Together? On Companions, Co-conspirators, and Breathing Words’, published with HumDrumPress. The book was written for those longing for companionship in their love for the written (and spoken) word, those with a desire to conspire together towards building a different world, those who rejoice in breathing life into words through their voices and actions. During the launch, we will be peering into the flesh and bones of the book in ways you wouldn't expect. You are also welcome to ask us questions about the process of making the book and purchase a copy.
The pages within this book document a year-long experimental reading curriculum that explored the different social, political, and economic matters which affect our everyday lives. From the way protest chants travel across localities, to the language of gentrification, to the role of food in queer community building practices. This book includes playful reading methods such as performative storytelling, spatial reading choreographies, and critical neighbourhood walks, alongside a conversation on the urgency of collective reading.
Reading Rhythms Club
Reading Rhythms Club (RRC) is an experimental reading group that works with a range of collaborators to host communal learning sessions which embrace tangents and discussion. Within RRC, reading is approached in a playful manner, and collective learning is favoured over the idea of gaining ‘mastery’ of a text. RRC provides resources and spaces of exchange to collectively make sense of the world around us and understand how the often violent infrastructures we constantly navigate are shaped. Together, we ask what possibilities for refusal there are and how we can create alternatives together.
The book has contributions by: Amy Gowen, Carla Arcos, Cultural Workers Unite, Julian Crestian, Katayun Taraporevala, KIOSK Rotterdam (Flip Driest), Lea Novi, Leomar Imperator, Queer Rotterdam (Sofia Carnelli), Queer Feminist Books (Sam Portnoy), Sami Hammana, Tomi, Christian and the volunteers of the Doe-Het-Zelf Werkplaats, Wibke Bramesfeld, WORKNOT! (Golnar Abbasi and Arvand Pourabbasi), and Yusser al Obaidi. Compiled, written, and designed by Reading Rhythms Club.
