learning in action
Parables for the Polycrisis: a 6 month study group exploring Octavia E. Butler & Ursula K. LeGuin’s writing
Wondering who it’s possible to be under these conditions? Let’s work it out together, guided by these wildly relevant works. All of this on The Portal, a platform for world builders, for people who remain steadfast in the belief that this cannot be all there is.
“Belief
Initiates and guides action -
Or it does nothing.”
Perhaps you are longing for…
People who share your deep concern and insights about the chapter we are living through
Places to examine your responses, practice wholeness and develop your thinking
Sites of sanity and hope rooted in realism
Rehearsal spaces for imagination & healthy relation
Maybe you are feeling…
Like collapse is on the horizon (or closer) and you’re unprepared
A sense of isolation amongst people in your physical life where it’s impossible to share such big worries
Confusion about who and how you can be in amongst all this
Grief for a world you thought you would live in
You’re invited to join me for a 6 month Study Group
Gather with us on The Portal as we explore themes including…
The nature of reality. The nature of humanity. Chaos. Complexity. Crisis. The spiralling of time. Faith. Relation. Transformation. Empathy. Survival. Home. Change. Utopia/ Dystopia. Futuring.
How it works
How it works
how it works
16 gatherings (recorded)
Community Space on The Portal for further discussion as the works layer onto one another and our experiences
We will also be considering relevant interviews and commentary from the authors and those who are deeply engaged with their works
Which books then…
By Octavia E. Butler
Parable of the Sower
Parable of the Talents
A Few Rules for Predicting the Future
By Ursula K. LeGuin
The Dispossessed
The Lathe of Heaven
Selected Essays
“Nothing remains the same from one moment to the next, you can’t step into the same river twice. Life – evolution – the whole universe of space/time, matter/energy – existence itself – is essentially change.”
-Ursula K. LeGuin, The Lathe of Heaven
the practicalities
Dates & Times
You’re encouraged to join live discussions as often as you can, but life will be life-ing as always. All sessions are recorded and discussion is welcome and encouraged on The Portal in between.
All calls are UK time 13.00-14.30
With enough expression of interest, I’ll add another slot, possibly Wednesday mornings or Thursday afternoons
October
Wednesdays 1st, 8th, 15th
January
Wednesdays 7th, 14th, 21st
November
Wednesdays 5th, 12th, 19th
February
Wednesdays 4th, 11th, 25th
December
Wednesdays 3rd, 10th
March
Wednesdays 4th, 11th
“Keri’s groups are resourcing, inspiring, hopeful spaces in which I feel deeply accompanied while navigating growth and change.”
I would love for you to join us if you are someone who…
Cares deeply about our shared lives now and in the future
Is interested in collaborative conjuring of (pockets of) new worlds
This Study Group is offered at the Standard Rate of £180 or £30/ Month for 6 months. There is a solidarity rate of £10/ Month.
(Subject to digital product VAT rates in your locality- calculated at point of purchase).
You’re invited to use the solidarity rate if you’re unpaid, lowly paid, in financial difficulty, or otherwise unable to afford the standard price without causing financial distress. If the solidarity rate would cause financial distress, please email me for a 100% off code.
Capitalist norms train us to try and extract as much as we can from one another. I want to be fair to you and I trust you to be fair to me and everyone else participating.