Dear Publishing… (A Network of Relations Through Letter-Writing)
| Dear Publishing… (A Network of Relations Through Letter-Writing) | |
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| Name | Dear Publishing… (A Network of Relations Through Letter-Writing) |
| Location | H&D Studio |
| Date | 2026/07/15 |
| Time | 14:30-16:00 |
| PeopleOrganisations | Mio Kojima |
| Type | HDSC2026 |
| Web | Yes |
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This event was only for participants of the Summer Camp 2026 and not open to the public. For public events you could check: HDSC2026 Clouds to Commons Public Program
In this workshop, we wrote multiple collective letters, diving into our various relationships to publishing.
Dear publishing, dear writing, dear bookmaking…
We will tell you about the hopes and wonders that you bring to us, about the frictions we have with you, about the journeys we took with you. Listen to us while we write and read through our affects. Witness us while we immerse ourselves in our collective stories. While we discover shared currents, diverging ripples, and unknown depths.
Yours truly, the H&D summer camp participants
Participants had to bring a laptop! We worked with Octomode, in an online pad for collective writing.
read here the collective letter(s) that came to be!. Please be mindful while being curious: if you access the pad, or the stylesheet don't delete content :)
Timeline
- 5 min Introduction
- 5 min Grounding with 5-4-3-2-1 meditation
- 30 min Writing
- 10 min Reading
- 10 min Reflection via “Resonance Space” by Eleonora Toniolo
Access note:
- There was a 30 minutes of silent writing on the computer. During that time, you were free to read only, close your eyes, or take a break otherwise, but not disturb the silent atmosphere with any distractions.
A second session took place on the 22 of July!
Bio: Mio Kojima (they/them) is a Berlin-based German-Japanese design educator, editor/publisher, and curator. Drawing from queer intersectional feminist pedagogy and self-organized methodology, Mio critically examines the conditions and formats of learning and coming together, asking which experiences are valued and who gets to be present. Their research and teaching practice often centers on process documentation of self-organized structures, prompts to evoke (somatic) experience, and critical interventions to discuss the politics of collaboration and space-making and expand hegemonic ways of doing. Alongside Maya Ober, Mio is running Futuress, an intersectional feminist publisher and online platform at the crossroads of design and social justice.