As part of the 2026 colloquium series Research Ecologies: encounters, disruptions, common grounds, hosted by the Berlin Centre for Advanced Studies in Arts and Sciences (BAS), we warmly invite you to our Summer Intensive on 2 July.

Join us for a day of listening, moving, discussing, and experimenting together. From affective infrastructures and ecological listening to community-based knowledge networks and embodied practices, this year's participants explore how knowledge is shaped through relations between bodies, technologies, environments, and communities. 

Over the past two years, Research Ecologies has evolved into an ongoing conversation among artistic and scientific researchers. With each gathering, new connections emerge while earlier encounters continue to resonate and unfold. We invite you to join this growing ecology by bringing your own questions, unfinished thoughts, uncertainties, and curiosity. Alongside the programme, there will be space for exchange, reflection, and unexpected encounters. This year the Summer Intensive takes place at bUm – Raum für solidarisches Miteinander, a space for community, participation, and collective practice in Kreuzberg.

Programme:

09:30–10:00
Registration

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10:00–11:00
Research Ecologies Welcome Session
A facilitated session for introductions and exchange.

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11:00–12:30
Noa Heyne
Home Taxidermy

Yedam Ann
Affective Infrastructures: From Digital Distance

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12:30–13:45
Yuni Chung & Shuntaro Yoshida
Chōri Dance (Workshop, please see RSVP details)

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13:45–14:30
Lunch Break
Water, coffee and light snacks available. If you need more, please bring your own lunch, or there is a café on-site.  

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14:30–16:00
Pablo Torres Gómez
Auracle, Auracle: An Earth-Shaped Vibration

Friederike Fröbel
sɩmtʋ nɩmaʋ – Wege des Wissens / Paths of Knowledge

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16:00–17:00
Reflections & Connections

We look forward to welcoming you for one part, or the full day. 

Please note that several sessions are participatory and invite active involvement. Come prepared for a hands-on experience.

Please RSVP

The Chōri Dance (Workshop) includes a food performance. For planning purposes an RSVP would be greatly appreciated. Walk-ins are also welcome.

Please RSVP by 29 June 2026 to bas3_ @intra.udk-berlin.de.

When & Where

2 July 2026
09:30–17:00

bUm – Raum für solidarisches Miteinander
Paul-Lincke-Ufer 21 10999 Berlin

The event is open to the public and admission is free.

The venue is wheelchair accessible.

We look forward to seeing you there!