On this page you can find a list of past and future seminars and meetings, as well as information on how to participate.
The first SPAC collective learning cycle is about to begin!
From April 30, 2026 to June 30, 2026, the first collective learning cycle focused on the theme of WATER will be held in Umbria.
Credits: Giulia Bartoccini
What humans do when they name waterways is the work of classifiers, a continuous effort to keep track of something that constantly eludes them: […] everything constantly eludes them in the changing geography of Water. The name is only the name that humans want to give to a controllable portion of something that is beyond their control.
Wendy Delorme, Le parlement de l’eau, 2025.
Are you involved in journalism, performing arts, or another discipline? Do you have a personal project related to water that you would like to develop in a collective context of 3-5 people? Are you interested in receiving support in the realization of this project according to your specific needs, while at the same time would you like to register it in a collective space of collaboration and care?
Projects must be concrete and shareable in the territories.
If you feel called to participate, write to us at info@spacspac.it, and we will send you all the information you need to participate in the call. The last day to participate in the call is Sunday, March 30.
This call is aimed at building a group of 3 people who will experiment
This call is aimed at building a group of 3 people who will experiment with Spac!’s learning space, to build it together with us.
If you are not working on these issues at this stage, pass the call on to someone you know, continue to follow us, and wait for the next invitation, which will be at the end of the summer.
Water is an element of the Earth in constant exchange with humans and non-humans. Water flows through ecological, infrastructural, and bodily systems; aquifers, rivers, lakes, seas, and oceans are all interconnected. Colonialism has privatized and diverted water for its own benefit; it has destroyed, erased, neglected, or stolen water technologies created by states or communities (irrigation systems, water collection basins, canals). It has imposed rigid boundaries and deprived communities of ancestral access to water. Control over water has always fascinated those in power: in addition to ordering flood prevention works, emperors, kings, dictators, and leaders of all kinds have asked engineers to divert and control water to demonstrate that no element can escape their control.
Françoise Verges, Cleaning Up the World: Racial Capitalism and the Decolonial Struggle, 2026
This first cycle is partly funded by the Alfred Toeper Foundation
[DIS]IMPARIAMO INSIEME – SPAC! INAUGURAL MEETING
SPAC! is starting its activities!
We are working on organizing seminars, workshops, and much more from March 27 to 29, 2026, between Ficulle and Orvieto.
We will soon send detailed information and the meeting program to all interested parties who write to info@spacspac.it. We are just getting started and will try to welcome everyone, to take a first step towards [un]learning together!