Who is talking in the garden?

This workshop will bring participants to the garden of Tusculum on the grounds of a historical sanatorium in Prague’s Bubeneč district. Through a collaborative exploration of the site from less conventional perspectives, participants will learn to understand the presence of diverse actors in the environment—human or nonhuman (a plant, a place, an object, a scent, etc.). Through deep listening, observation, and attentive exploration, collective statements drawn from the needs, relationships, and dynamics between the diverse actors will unfold. The final sharing session will open up new ways of interpreting the site and provide inspiration for its long-term vision based on principles of care that challenge the established relationships and hierarchies between humans and nature. Rather than putting emphasis on acting, this workshop builds on attention to the environment, language, and collective reflection.