Grass Socialities
17–19 July 2026
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 gathering
19:00 – 20:30 Forest Kitchen: dinner
20:30 – 23:00 Evening programme
– mustard seed stories: performance, collective playful rehearsal with mario framis pujol – Hand-made syrups from the ERBA collective: produced during their residency at BAU (Italy), presented by Lisa Mazza
– Bonfire
Saturday 18 July
6:00 – 08:00 Sunrise walk 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 Why Grassland Socialities? Seen through the Lens of “Humans as a Keystone Species”:Lecture by Elisabeth Tauber
10:45 – 11:00 Forest Kitchen: snack for children
11:00 – 13:30 The Case of the Missing Herd: A collective investigation with the 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: Workshop with Verpėjos – Laura Garbštienė, Ugnė Venckė, and Milda Urbšytė (EN)
– Weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom: Workshop with Michaela Hyklová (CZ)
– Collective Meadow Wool Tapestry:Wet felting workshop with anto_nie (CZ)
– Wool Reels, a Collective Tapestry + “Felt Patches”:Dry felting workshop with Kateřina Žák Konvalinová (CZ)
– Sonic Walk with MCs Chiffchaff and Chaffinch: Workshop with Alex Sihelsk* and Denisa Langrová (CZ)
– Foraging Plants and Wool Dyeing:Workshop with Michaela Casková (EN)
– NORN: Sensory workshop – practice of wandering with Lise Hovesen – Nomadic Shepherd School (EN)
– Arranging Didukhs, Spirits of the Ancestors:Workshop with Darja Lukjanenko using gathered wild and cultivated herbs (CZ)
16:30 – 17:00 Forest Kitchen: snack for children
18:00 – 19:30 Traces of Wolves in Orlické Mountains: Lecture by Jan Drapák
19:00 – 21:00 Forest Kitchen: dinner for children
19:30 – 21:00 Forest Kitchen: dinner
21:00 – 23:30 Bonfire
Sunday 19 July
8:00 – 09:00 Yoga with Tereza Porybná
8:00 – 09:30 Forest Kitchen: breakfast
9:30 – 10:30 Becoming Fish, Becoming Ocean:Somatic exercise workshop with Barbara Gamper and the Children’s Forest Group
11:00 – 12:00 Designing and Making with Wool (and Sheep) of the Italian Alps:Lecture by Merve Bektaş
10:45 – 11:00 Forest Kitchen: snack for children
12:00 – 13:30 Pasture and Meadow Communities: Lecture and workshop with Barbora Lungová
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