Upcoming events by the Youth Section at the Goetheanum

Dearest friends of the Youth Section at the Goetheanum worldwide,

We are very excited to announce that registration is now open for our next (Re)Search Colloquium & Debate and February Days 2020 "Bound to Earth: Freedom, Responsibility and Destiny in Times of Climate Crises".

Also, the North American Youth Section is also hosting an online Insight Open Mic with our very own Johannes Kronenberg and everyone is welcome to tune in from wherever you are in the world.

For any questions, please get in touch with us. We hope to see you at one of these gatherings!

With warm autumn wishes,

The Youth Section at the Goetheanum team,

Andrea de la Cruz, Ioana Viscrianu, Johannes Kronenberg and Constanza Kaliks

For the past two years, the Youth Section's research team has collected testimonies, visions and ideas from youth around the world. As a project by the Youth Section at the Goetheanum - School of Spiritual Science, the research project is grounded in anthroposophical knowledge of the human being and the world. This means that the Youth Section’s researchers constantly strive to deepen understanding of human life in the present time, a reality which is in a state of becoming.

Through its methodologies, (Re)Search encourages all its participants – from researchers, to interviewees and readers – to live in process, in questioning, in the constant renewal of knowledge and understanding. The study does not aim to produce finite answers, but to access deeper layers of knowledge and understanding with each new phase of research.

About the Colloquium

After publishing some initial insights from the first phases of study, the team will present new questions and findings from the second phase of research. We invite you to participate in a presentation of new results and take part in our focus groups and debates on themes such as education, relationships, spirituality, ethics and morality, agency and autonomy and our generation's impact in the world.

Everybody of all ages is welcome to attend the colloquium and bring their questions with them. We also welcome other people interested in initiating their own research projects! If you would like to hear about a specific theme/insight, you can contact the team in advance to help us tailor the content to your project, organisation or ideas.

Any questions and registration:
mail@youthsection.org

About the programme

On Saturday 7th of December, the research team will present new insights, which will be followed by a question and answer session with participants. On Sunday 8th of December, we would like to invite participants to debate and research with us our hypotheses and debate some of the statements collected from the interviews.

A full weekend programme will be released closer to the date.

Participants are welcome to stay at the YS house in Dornach. Email house@youthsection.org to book your space.

Breaks will be offered during the colloquium. Lunches and dinners will not be provided but attendees are welcome to use our kitchen in the Youth Section House on donations.

This winter we will focus on questions of the complex climate crises and the effects on our home planet, our social environment and human built structures, agreements and habits. This undoubtedly asks each human being to awake and become conscious of deep considerations about freedom, responsibility and destiny.

The February Days is the Youth Section’s winter conference where we deepen our study of relevant topics through Anthroposophy. The program will consist of lectures, workshops, dialogue, a panel, a film screening, storytelling, performance and night cafes.

Speakers and contributors include:

Dr. Constanza Kaliks (Goetheanum)

Guillermo Scallan (Avina Foundatioan, Chile)

Prof. Dr. Jost Schieren (Alanus University, Germany)

Patricia Roth (worker at the Secretary for Environment in Acre, Brazil)

Marco Aurelio Ancaten Yañez (Brazil)

Johannes Kronenberg (Goetheanum),

Anastasia Laukkanen (director EcocupRussia)

Joan Melé (founder Dinero & Conciencia, Spain)

Brazilian-German singer Bê Ignacio.

Check out the full programme and register by clicking here!

The Youth Section Insight Open Mic will be a monthly virtual gathering; a learning community platform for us to cultivate and share individual lines of inquiry with supportive peers. We’ll hear from one friend each month followed by conversation and questions.

Whatever the inspiration- a previous Open Mic, something you’re working on or have been wanting to learn more about, an impression from a section meeting or gathering, a story... Share, listen, and find support to deepen your own independent study.

It’s a brand new attempt for us in the Youth Section to foster international connections, support one another’s self-education, and explore different research methods. There is no expertise requirements and no level of experience should keep you away! We will be experimenting together!

10 October: Welcome to the students of the Anthroposophical Studies programme

17 October: School's evening. For all students (young and not so young) studying in and around Dornach (painting, sculpture, eurythmy, etc!)

24 October: Theme to be announced

31 October: Biography evening with Anne de Wild

7 November: Dinner with the General Secretaries and Country Representatives of the Anthroposophical Society Worldwide.

And more to be announced soon! Keep an eye out on our Facebook Page, where we upload new events every week.