Photo by Prem Krisnamurthy
Transforming Texts- An experimental reading group
When: Wednesdays March 5, April 2, May 7, June 4, 2025 @ 6-8 PM
Where: Room 309 @ The Clemente
Organized by: Department of Transformation
Can we redefine our futures by redefining our forms? How might the act of reading together itself be transformative? Transforming Texts takes place monthly in 2025 as part of the Department of Transformation’s residency at The Clemente. This free and open program invites participants to propose complex, challenging, and otherwise urgent texts for collective investigation. Through a collaborative process, the group will both identify specific readings and develop experimental formats for engagement, drawing on a wide range of disciplines and modes of practice to cultivate a community of creative connectivity while building an ongoing bibliography of transformative texts for our times.
This month, we’ll discuss “Pedagogy of the Oppressed,” the foundational text of critical pedagogy by Brazilian philosopher and teacher Paolo Freire, which proposed education as the practice of freedom. In a session co-facilitated by Katie Freeman and Sam Rauch, we’ll explore the liberating potential of learning through a combination of movement and collective knowledge-production exercises from Brazil to Indonesia.
Transforming Texts is led by Prem Krishnamurthy and Sam Rauch of Department of Transformation, with contributions from a rotating cast of brilliant co-facilitators. This program is free and open to the public, supported by The Clemente. Graphics by Mark Foss @markjfoss
For more info, contact hello@dept-of-transformation.org