In these times of fascism and ongoing genocide – with their intensified sense of urgency, scarcity and fear – both university and activist spaces are increasingly inhospitable to anticolonial forms of knowing – whether embodied, inspirited or more-than-human.

With this public lecture series we experiment with something other-wise, something awkward.

Beginning at Matariki, we will gather for six months around the new moon to respond to a call by Nigerian post-activist Bayo Akomolafe that these times require us to move not simply forward or backward.

Join us, our ancestors and the darkness as we co-host local speakers and other performers to instead help us collectively listen for/to/with THE AWKWARD:: …ancestors… grief… spirit… wonder… love… land(back)…

How does settler colonialism dismiss, distort, deport, detain, denigrate, demand these otherworldly wisdoms, and what might their awkward stance and dance suggest for our decolonial movements in Aotearoa and beyond?

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Hosted by the Pākehā collective of The Tīpuna Project – a creative collab toward Matike Mai.

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**THE LIFT AT AUDIO FOUNDATION HAS BROKEN BUT WE WILL HAVE FOLX AT THE DOOR IF ANYONE WANTS HELP GETTING DOWN THE STAIRS, OR EMAIL US TO MAKE A PLAN IN ADVANCE <3** REGISTER HERE