Rotterdam based school in process. A grassroots curriculum to collectively learn, unlearn and develop strategies to resist gentrification in our neighbourhoods.
#12 …. Anti Gentrification for mental health Wednesday 19th October 2022 19:00h till late @ Katendrecht It’s been a minute since we went to haunt some of our old meeting locations – now evicted and vacant- in our last AGS session. This time we will discuss the demons of gentrification that not only haunt our cities, but our …
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#11 They are heeeere! Haunting against gentrification Sunday 22 may 2022 19.00 till late @ Pijnackerplein, Rotterdam AGS welcomes you back, with a special XL spooky session on haunting as resistance to gentrification. It has almost been a year since our first session and some of our dear host venues have been evicted or demolished. We …
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#10 Imagining beyond gentrification Wednesday 26 january 19.00 – 21.00 @ Sluisjesdijk 151, 3087 AG Rotterdam During our previous session we had the joy of listening to the fascinating story of Zelfbeheer De Teil. Rooted in squatting activism De Teil organized as a zelfbeheer and managed to maintain full control of their finances and their …
-EN- #9 How tenants became their own landlords: Zelfbeheer Hoek Teilingerstraat Wednesday 12 january 19.00 – 21.00 @ Benthemstraat 30, Rotterdam 3032AA We are back again in 2022 with renewed energies and excitement! For this session we would like to invite you North, in the -not-so-slowly- gentrified ZOHO area, to meet with Bewonersvereniging Zelfbeheer Hoek …
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Call for contributors! -EN- Do you have an idea for a session? Would you like to host a talk, run a workshop, screen a film or facilitate an activity that grows the curriculum of AGS?* Anti-Gentrification School (AGS) is a school in process, with a grassroots curriculum built for and by Rotterdam based cultural workers, …
-EN- Tactical Frivolity + Rhythms of Resistance Film Screening Friday 12th November 19.00-22.00 @ RET building (entrance via Waalhaven Noordzijde 1) It has been a hot minute since we had our last session! The past month we supported and participated in the Woonopstand that left us full of hope for the solidarity we all …
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EN #7 Resist! Rejoice! Ride! Collective protest wagon build in anticipation of Woonopstand Wednesday 29th September 17.00-21.00 @ VARIA(Gouwstraat 3) After a Back to School outdoor screening of Oranje en het oproer on the 1st of September, we are already getting busy with preparations for the Woonopstand on the 17th of October. This Wednesday 29th …
Following a small break for summer we had an outdoor screening of Oranje en het oproer in Oude Charlois. EN: The inauguration of Beatrix in 1980 was not exactly without a struggle. Under the motto ‘No Home, No Coronation’, the city turned into a battlefield. What did the authorities expect on that day? How did …
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Wednesday 4th August 19.00-21.00 @ meeting point RET building (entrance via Waalhaven Noordzijde 1) During our previous session with Nienke and Rob (Fucking Good Art), we delved into post 1960’s housing policy and its relationship to private ownership, cooperative living as well as commoning practices in public space. This week we ask: “do we know gentrification when we …
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#4 HOMES FOR PEOPLE NOT PROFIT Wednesday 21st July 19.00-21.00 De Nieuwe Tuin, Jongkindstraat 5, 3015 CG Rotterdam (the garden next to Het Nieuwe Instituut) This week we met in De Nieuwe Tuin (soon to be replaced by a new park) together with Nienke Terpsma & Rob Hamelijnck (Fucking Good Art) who put together the …