Wednesday 11 March, 17:30–21:30 / Casco Art Institute, Lange Nieuwstraat 7, 3512 PA Utrecht
Wednesday 18 March, 17:30–21:30 / de Appel, Tolstraat 160, 1074 VM Amsterdam
Join us to help translate and expand the Learning Palestine library. We are focusing on English-to-Dutch translation, responding to their call to amplify the political writings in diverse mother tongues.
Learning Palestine is a group of artists, academics, intellectuals, and community members who aim to disseminate knowledge on the history of the ongoing struggle for justice, liberation, and freedom of Palestine and the Palestinian people.
One of their methods is the (re-)publishing of texts that ought to be read, circulated, and acted upon urgently. These texts are printed as small pamphlets and distributed through cultural institutions, bookstores, and other channels. So far, Learning Palestine has (re-)published contemporary voices such as Rana Issa, Noura Alkhalili, and Layal Ftouni, as well as classical texts by Jean-Luc Godard, Gilles Deleuze, and Jean Genet. The pamphlets are printed at lumbung press.
To spread the word and localize knowledge about Palestine in the Dutch context, we study and discuss one or more texts, collaboratively work on a translation, and share a meal together.
We meet on Wednesdays, 11 and 18 March – first at Casco Art Institute: Working for the Commons in Utrecht, and second at de Appel in Amsterdam.
Walk-in: 17:30
Sessions: 18:00–21:30
If you’d like to attend and contribute, please send an email to Luke (luke[at]casco.art) and Jan-Pieter (janpieter[at]deappel.nl) shortly introducing yourself.
