Grass Socialities
17–19 July 2026

Friday 17 July
15:00 – 17:00 Arrival, registration, accommodation
17:00 – 18:00 Introduction and opening of the symposium
18:00 – 19:00 Presentation of the Eastern European Shepherd Convention from the Pastoral Conspiracy
19:00 – 20:30 Forest Kitchen: dinner
20:30 – 23:00 Evening programme: mario framis pujol, ERBA’s sirups, fire, reading

Saturday 18 July
5:00 – 08:00 Quiet Walk with the sun with Edith Jeřábková and Gediminas Venckus
8:00 – 09:00 Yoga with Tereza Porybná
8:30 – 10:00 Forest Kitchen: breakfast
10:00 – 11:00 Lecture by Elisabeth Tauber
10:45 – 11:00 Forest Kitchen: snack for children
11:00 – 13:30 The Case of the Missing Herd, moderated by Pastvina group 
12:30 – 14:30 Forest Kitchen: lunch for children
13:30 – 15:00 Forest Kitchen: lunch
15:00 – 18:00 Workshops
– Spinning and shepherd’s notebook creation by with Laura Garbštienė, Ugnė Venckė and Milda Urbšytė (in held English)
– Weaving with Michaela Hyklová (held in Czech)
– Wet felting with anto_nie (held in Czech)
– Dry felting: Kateřina Konvalinová (held in Czech)
– Foraging plants and wool dyeing with Michaela Casková (held in English)
– Sound workshop with Denisa Langrová and Alex Sihelsk* (held in Czech)
– Sensory workshop – practice of wandering with Lise Hovesen (held in English)
– Didukh arrangement, the spirit of the ancestors, using gathered wild and cultivated herbs with Darja Lukjanenko (held in Czech)
18:00 – 19:30 Free time
19:00 – 21:00 Forest Kitchen: dinner for children
19:30 – 21:00 Forest Kitchen: dinner
21:00 – 23:30 Evening programme, fire, reading                       

Sunday 19 July
8:00 – 09:00 Yoga with Tereza Porybná
8:00 – 09:30 Forest Kitchen: breakfast
9:30 – 10:30 Somatic exercises with the Forest Children’s Group: Barbara Gamper and Eva Koťátková
11:00 – 12:00 Lecture by Merve Bektas
10:45 – 11:00 Forest Kitchen: snack for children
12:00 – 13:00 Lecture
13:00 – 15:00 Forest Kitchen: lunch for children
13:30 – 15:00 Forest Kitchen: lunch
15:00 – 16:30 Closing of the symposium
16:30 – 17:00 Forest Kitchen: snack for children and adults