Co-research

We work with co-research, and are inventing specific methodologies for movement co-research that operates both translocally and transversally. In other words: we’re interested in co-learning and collective knowledge production that links different places and different kinds of movements and initiatives. This is part of our core idea in Common Ecologies, that there is a lot to learn from others both within and beyond our own fields and territories – and it’s the back-and-forth between those dimensions that brings oxygen and nutrients into our work as collectives, communities, campaigns, organizations and institutions. It’s important that this work has continuity, so we see co-research as an ongoing process that weaves different moments of encounter, debate, strategizing and study. Each of our strands is dedicated to this in a different way.

How do we do this? Most of our co-research processes start with a broad transnational call for participation, and then weave a process of co-learning where we invite the people and collectives that get involved to share, present and exchange. They also involve the formation of new collective agents, be it through local nodes, editorial or workshopping teams, and also new collective channels for communications such as chatgroups to share news, stories and calls to action across different places. From the Covid pandemic we learned of the power but also limitations of online work, and in our co-research we try find intelligent, pleasurable and low-carbon ways to get together across distances: once in a while that means the luxury of gathering in body and place, landing&learning in a local reality, while digital connection allows us to build continuity and common notions whilst staying rooted in our everyday lives.

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