In this talks and workshop participants explore community imagining as a shared practice: how temporary communities can be formed through collective imagination, collaboration, and shared responsibility, often within a very short timeframe. The session focuses on the conditions that enable people who do not know each other to work together, make decisions collectively, and build trust and a sense of belonging. Imagination is approached not as an individual act, but as a social skill that can be practiced, strengthened, and shared.
In this session, community artist and facilitator Ruth Ben-Tovim offers a deep dive into aspects of her creative methodology, reflecting on the principles, choices, and learnings over 25 years that shape her work, focusing on Town Anywhere; a large scale community visioning process that will be taking place at the festival the day before, on Thursday 27th of March.
Ruth Ben-Tovim | Talk & Workshop | United Kingdom