Common Ground

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An afternoon of participatory workshops, open to everyone! Join for the whole afternoon, or drop in at any time for a session. Food and snacks will be provided throughout.

The four workshops of this event, hosted at Studio 468, St. Andrew’s Community Centre, are an open space for activists, researchers and local residents to discuss how different forms of research and investigation can shape organising around work and housing.

Drawing on experiences across Ireland and Italy, and from London to Berlin, each workshop will introduce a set of ideas and resources, with space for a shared discussion on different methods and examples of organising.

The final session will be a discussion with Neil Gray about his forthcoming book, Take Over the City: Spatial Composition in Italian Autonomy (Common Notions), the first systematic study of radical urban politics and transformation across Italy’s rebellious 1970s.

The full afternoon schedule is available on the event registration page (linked in our bio).

The art collective School of Thought (artist Augustine O’Donoghue & author Dr Conor McCabe) will realise the final stage of their collaboration Taking to the Streets as part of Common Ground’s Collective Futures Awards 2024–2026 in studio 468 in St Andrew’s Community Centre, Rialto.
Taking to the Streets (February – December 2026) builds on the group’s earlier research, including Artwork in Anticipation of Door-Knocking Politicians & a series of Counter Culture events such as film screenings, walks & talks held across Dublin 8 in 2024.
From February - December 2026, the collective will open up studio 468 & work collaboratively with local residents, activists & community networks to co-create a new critical public artwork, Taking to the Streets.
The work will be developed through a series of collaborative workshops, research, talks & walks that include & combine the lived experiences of all participants, & the context of a rich radical history of working-class activism that has existed in the area for centuries. The project will critically examine the flows of capital through land and property in Dublin 8 & their impact on local communities.
Taking to the Streets will take place in 2026, unfolding as a series of collective creative performances across the streets of Dublin 8, alongside an accompanying series of publications.
Please register your interest in attending research / events to e: [email protected]
Taking to the Streets is funded by an Project award 2026 and supported by Common Ground.
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