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Notes from the school
Writing that stays
with the questions.
Announcements, essays, reading lists, and reflections from the School of Instituting Otherwise.
From our Substack · August 18, 2026
thinking with: diba taj-abadi and Fatemeh Kazemi (فاطمه کاظمی) : a dispatch from Iran.
/ Questions to begin with: Diba _ Fatemeh _ Meenakshi/ thinking with: a dispatch from Iran.It started with an email I received from Diba, on April 17th 2026 that opened with these words. “Hi Meenakshi, A very belated update but I am indeed alive and…
From our Substack · August 5, 2026
ANNOUNCEMENT: Kanafani Reading Group (August 16, 23, and 30)
Come join a virtual reading group on "Returning to Haifa" – a post by our friends at Palestine by the Page
From our Substack · July 30, 2026
Ghost States and Settler Tricks: Coulthard and Kanafani on the Politics of Recognition + Kanafani Study Group in August
a text by Meenakshi Thirukode published first on her substack. Sign up for our upcoming Kanafani Study Group in collab with our friends at Palestine by the page
From our Substack · June 9, 2026
Workshop Announcement: Carrying Knowledge: Embroidery, Indigenous Memory, and Writing from the Nilgiris
with Toda Artisan Seetha Lakshmi and Ramya Reddy, Coonoor & Co
From our Substack · June 4, 2026
thinking with: Madeleine Collie
'thinking with:' is a series of conversations with critical thinkers, rooted in study as a collective practice that exceeds institutional forms even as it moves through them.
From our Substack · May 6, 2026
thinking with: live with Dr Wendell H. Marsh, Dr. Abdourahmane Seck and Meenakshi Thirukode
A recording from Meenakshi Thirukode's live video
From our Substack · May 5, 2026
Narrative Writing Workshop Announcement: Writing the Hard Stuff: A Focus on the Fragment, Memory, and Self-Care with Michelle Guerrero Henry
Narrative Writing Workshop , May 23rd and 30th 2026
From our Substack · April 30, 2026
Substack Live!: ‘thinking with’ conversation with Dr. Wendell H. Marsh, Dr. Abdourahmane Seck and Meenakshi Thirukode
Join us here on substack live! on May 6th at 10 AM GMT/ 3:30 PM IST
From our Substack · April 9, 2026
thinking with: Wendell H. Marsh and Dr. Abdourahmane Seck
'thinking with:' is a series of conversations with critical thinkers, rooted in study as a collective practice that exceeds institutional forms even as it moves through them.
From our Substack · March 19, 2026
Announcing Study Group: Black Kings and Pirates: An Aesthetic Inquiry into Power, Inheritance, and Refusal
a School of Instituting Otherwise × GAEC-AFRICA collaboration
From our Substack · March 10, 2026
Workshop Announcement: Stitching the Political: Embroidery + Collective Reading as Slow Resistance
facilitated by Poorvi Gupta, in-person, New Delhi, India.
From our Substack · March 7, 2026
thinking with: Jonah Batambuze
'thinking with:' is a series of conversations with critical thinkers, rooted in study as a collective practice that exceeds institutional forms even as it moves through them.
From our Substack · February 5, 2026
Course Offering: Before Consent, There Was the Kitchen + The Hands of Gods: food, body, home and power.
facilitated by Jonah Batambuze
From our Substack · January 23, 2026
Introducing the Visual Culture Curriculum: collective study and writing workshops as practices of instituting otherwise
designed and facilitated by Meenakshi Thirukode.
From our Substack · January 13, 2026
thinking with: Marie-Nour Hechaime and Meenakshi Thirukode
'thinking with:' is a series of conversations with critical thinkers, rooted in study as a collective practice that exceeds institutional forms even as it moves through them.
From our Substack · December 16, 2025
thinking with: Fred Moten and Stefano Harney
'thinking with:' is a series of conversations with critical thinkers, rooted in study as a collective practice that exceeds institutional forms even as it moves through them.
From our Substack · December 4, 2025
Media Literacy Intensive: Narrating Sudan: Histories, Silences, and the Work of Telling with Husam Mahjoub
registration now open.
From our Substack · November 13, 2025
Upcoming Workshop: The Kitchen is a Story We Tell — a one-day archiving workshop on food, memory, and storytelling
with Meenakshi Thirukode
From our Substack · November 6, 2025
Announcing the Narrative Writing Workshop
with Nawaz Gul Qanungo
From our Substack · October 29, 2025
Returning to School of Instituting Otherwise
what it means to build differently