BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:22548@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Futures on Our Own Terms DTSTAMP:20260519T205539Z DTSTART:20260606T120000Z DESCRIPTION:On 6 June\, Perdu is hosting Futures on Our Own Terms\, a conve rsation with\ndesigner educator and researcher Dr. Danah Abdulla and poet and outreach worker\nSarona Abuaker about their work on Countless Palestin ian Futures\n[palifutures.com [http://palifutures.com]]. Organised by the Spatial Justice for\nPalestine Network NL\, the event forms part of a broa der solidarity and\nknowledge-sharing initiative\, advancing spatial knowl edge on Palestine through\nresearch\, education and public programming in the Dutch context.\n\n14:00 – 17:00 Countless Palestinian Futures\n\nCount less Palestinian Futures (CPF) is a conversational game that moves\nconver sations around Palestine beyond historical or present framing and toward\n tools that help us think through what a return to Palestine could be. It i s\ncentred on the questions: How is return imagined? and in what ways is r eturn\nconceptualised in a landscape dominated by the materiality of terri tory\, home\,\nand nationhood?\n\nCreated by Danah Abdulla and Sarona Abua ker\, CPF aims to engage and stimulate\nthe imagination by helping diverse practitioners develop tangible outcomes and\nideas around Palestinian fut ures framed around near\, medium\, and long-term\nactualities. The game is inspired by Umberto Eco‘s notion of the ’open work\,‘\nbecause it can be read in an infinite number of ways depending on what the\nparticipants bri ng to\, and how they inform\, future iterations.\n\nParticipation in CPF i s open to Palestinian and Arab cultural producers\, policy\nmakers\, activ ists\, academics and organisers. Registration is limited\, so please\nsend a short email of interest briefly introducing yourself to\nsjpn_nl@proton mail.com\n\n18:00 – 19:30 Futures On Our Terms\n\nIn conversation with arc hitect / researcher Ali T. As’ad\, Danah Abdulla and\nSarona Abuaker refle ct on the conceptualisation of CPF. Through a discussion\nabout their prac tice\, thinking and process\, they will explore the concept of\nimaginatio n more broadly\, the role of CPF today and its ability to imagine\nPalesti nian return and a future for Palestinians in today’s geopolitical\nlandsca pe.\n\nTo register for the open talk: Perdu Registration System\n\nDanah A bdulla is a designer\, educator and researcher interested in new\nnarrativ es and practices in design that push the disciplinary boundaries and\ndefi nitions of the subject. She is a Reader (Associate Professor) in\nAnti/Pos t/Decolonial Histories\, Theories\, Praxes at the Decolonising the Arts\nI nstitute at the University of the Arts London. Danah is the author of two books\nDesign Otherwise: Transforming Design Education in the Arab Region (Bloomsbury\,\n2025) and Designerly Ways of Knowing: A Working Inventory o f Things a Designer\nShould Know (Onomatopee\, 2022). She is a founding me mber of the Decolonising\nDesign platform\, and founded Kalimat Magazine ( 2010-2016)\, an independent\,\nnon-profit publication about Arab thought a nd culture.\n\nSarona Abuaker works in political education. Her work has b een published in KOHL\nJournal\, Mizna\, and other platforms\, and her deb ut poetry collection\, Why so few\nwomen on the street at night\, was publ ished by the 87Press. She is currently an\nLAHP funded PhD candidate in Co mparative Literature at King‘s College London.\n\nAli T. As’ad is a resear cher\, architect\, educator\, and editor based in\nAmsterdam. He is a co-f ounder of the Spatial Justice for Palestine Network (NL)\nand editor-in-ch ief of MAKAN: Journal of Culture and Space\, a trilingual print\npublicati on engaging with architecture\, urbanism and critical arts writing from\nt he SWANA region. He is also a PhD candidate at the Amsterdam School for\nC ultural Analysis\, UvA. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/futures-on-our-own-terms GEO:52.3689174;4.896321 LOCATION:Perdu - Kloveniersburgwal 86\, 1012 CZ Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,books,burgwallen,debate,discussion,english,gam es,lecture,poetry,talk,workshop X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

On 6 June, Perdu is hosting Futures on Our Own Terms, a conversation with designer educator and researcher Dr. Danah Abdulla and poet and outreach worker Sarona Abuaker about their work on Co untless Palestinian Futures [palifutures.com]. Organised by the Spatial Justice for Palestine N etwork NL, the event forms part of a broader solidarity and knowledge-shar ing initiative, advancing spatial knowledge on Palestine through research, education and public programming in the Dutch context.

14:00 – 17: 00 Countless Palestinian Futures

Countless Palestinian Futures (CPF ) is a conversational game that moves conversations around Palestine beyon d historical or present framing and toward tools that help us think throug h what a return to Palestine could be. It is centred on the questions: How is return imagined? and in what ways is return conceptualised in a landsc ape dominated by the materiality of territory, home, and nationhood?

< p>Created by Danah Abdulla and Sarona Abuaker, CPF aims to engage and stim ulate the imagination by helping diverse practitioners develop tangible ou tcomes and ideas around Palestinian futures framed around near, medium, an d long-term actualities. The game is inspired by Umberto Eco‘s notion of t he ’open work,‘ because it can be read in an infinite number of ways depen ding on what the participants bring to, and how they inform, future iterat ions.

Participation in CPF is open to Palestinian and Arab cultural producers, policy makers, activists, academics and organisers. Registrati on is limited, so please send a short email of interest briefly introducin g yourself to sjpn_nl@protonmail.com

18:00 – 19:30 Futures On Our T erms

In conversation with architect / researcher Ali T. As’ad, Dana h Abdulla and Sarona Abuaker reflect on the conceptualisation of CPF. Thro ugh a discussion about their practice, thinking and process, they will exp lore the concept of imagination more broadly, the role of CPF today and it s ability to imagine Palestinian return and a future for Palestinians in t oday’s geopolitical landscape.

To register for the open talk: Perdu Registration System

Danah Abdulla is a designer, educator and rese archer interested in new narratives and practices in design that push the disciplinary boundaries and definitions of the subject. She is a Reader (A ssociate Professor) in Anti/Post/Decolonial Histories, Theories, Praxes at the Decolonising the Arts Institute at the University of the Arts London. Danah is the author of two books Design Otherwise: Transforming Design Ed ucation in the Arab Region (Bloomsbury, 2025) and Designerly Ways of Knowi ng: A Working Inventory of Things a Designer Should Know (Onomatopee, 2022 ). She is a founding member of the Decolonising Design platform, and found ed Kalimat Magazine (2010-2016), an independent, non-profit publication ab out Arab thought and culture.

Sarona Abuaker works in political edu cation. Her work has been published in KOHL Journal, Mizna, and other plat forms, and her debut poetry collection, Why so few women on the street at night, was published by the 87Press. She is currently an LAHP funded PhD c andidate in Comparative Literature at King‘s College London.

Ali T. As’ad is a researcher, architect, educator, and editor based in Amsterdam . He is a co-founder of the Spatial Justice for Palestine Network (NL) and editor-in-chief of MAKAN: Journal of Culture and Space, a trilingual prin t publication engaging with architecture, urbanism and critical arts writi ng from the SWANA region. He is also a PhD candidate at the Amsterdam Scho ol for Cultural Analysis, UvA.

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