Will boys be boys?
A feminist approach to masculinity
Everyone has preconceived notions and beliefs about masculinity and femininity. We have picked them up simply by growing up in a certain environment with Often, people may find the concepts of masculinity and femininity difficult, or uncomfortable to talk about. Let’s come out and say that they do not have to be. Masculinity and femininity are not predefined – they are what we make of them! Join us for this event and let’s explore the concepts of masculinity and femininity together.
For this event we will come together to be curious about our own beliefs and behaviours, and to reflect on our preconceived notions. What does it mean to be masculine? How do we openly address and celebrate our identities? How can we become better at recognising toxic behaviour? Questions like these (and many more) will be explored through discussion, creative expression and playful activities.
ARTitectureWag
ARTitectureWag is a creative workshop inviting inhabitants of Wageningen to visualize and negotiate their ideal living environment. Using the Wageningen city plan as our playing field, participants crafted and described their needs and dreams.
We're planning to offer a continuation to this project. If you're interested, follow RUW Stichting through the Jester Instagram: @thejesterwageningen.
Bodies of Art
On March 5 & 7-10 2025, Wageningen hosted the Feminist Festival, an inspiring five-day event focusing on women empowerment.
RUW Foundation will also be present with the event Bodies of Art.
We are converting the reading tables at the ground floor of the bbltk to one big table for collaging, discussing and lego-ing. Our theme is the human body, with a focus on the reproductive system. We’re going to dive into the known, the unknown, the misconceptions, and above all, the beauty.
We’re going to come together on two separate moments to be creative with the material with the help of the facilitating artist (@dafni_petratou). All materials will be available on site. We invite you to leave your artwork with us for a while if you wish, so we can exhibit it in our art corner in the university (Aurora's corner) and publish a selection in the Jester newspaper. The activity is appropriate for all ages.
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Creative Tuesdays-making the Jester
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Shapeshifting-a multispecies creative series
Creative Tuesdays-making the Jester
Shapeshifting-a multispecies creative series
The Jester/RUW and OtherWise are coming together for this four-part series! we will explore multispecies worlds through creative writing, art, map-making and more. in the month of March, every Tuesday-evening we are inviting you to explore a new perspective on your connection with the world around you
Through mapping and writing, talking, walking, being silent and loud we will explore our own beingness and those of others. We will brush through various ecological timelines and create our own rituals. We will explore art-based forms of dismantling hegemonic discourses, more-than-human worldmaking and deepening our relationship with and as part of the natural world.
We invite you to shed our human skin to connect with the more-than-human, allow the edges of our being to become porous, imagine new worlds🪽🍃🪺
We will meet every Tuesday of March for these sessions, from 17:30 till 19:30.
LOCATION: Clock house, General Foulkesweg 37, 6703BL
It is not necessary to attend all sessions, or to have been to the previous one to attend the following one!
To keep these sessions manageable, we do have a maximum signup per session (20 ppl max), so please sign up via this link.
Website of Otherwise: www.otherwisewageningen.org
MORE INFO for individual sessions:
Creative sessions every Tuesday
We meet at the clockhouse to be busy with different themes, materials, discussions, ideas.. follow us on instagram and whatsapp to learn more !
Capita Selecta on Intersectional Feminism
(click on poster to download)
We are happy to tell you that this spring RUW Foundation & The Jester are bringing back the famous Capita Selecta Course on Intersectional Feminisms!
This is a great chance to dive into topics or discussions like gender, sex, identities, decolonization, spirituality, queer ecologies & consent cultures in a safe space. It is the right place to learn and un-learn theories, concepts and practices.
It doesn't matter if you consider yourself a feminist warrior or you don't even distinguish between patriarchy and patriot. This course is open to everyone with an open and curious mind. It doesn't matter your background, we are here to learn together. Sign up (QR) for the whole course (you can get 2ECTS credits!) or just for a single session (or all the sessions you like!). Remember, you don't need to be a student. Bring your friends, neighbours & even your enemies.
Illustration by the artist Margherita Bertossi ✨
We are happy to tell you that this spring RUW Foundation & The Jester are bringing back the famous Capita Selecta Course on Intersectional Feminisms!
This is a great chance to dive into topics or discussions like gender, sex, identities, decolonization, spirituality, queer ecologies & consent cultures in a safe space. It is the right place to learn and un-learn theories, concepts and practices.
It doesn't matter if you consider yourself a feminist warrior or you don't even distinguish between patriarchy and patriot. This course is open to everyone with an open and curious mind. It doesn't matter your background, we are here to learn together. Sign up (QR) for the whole course (you can get 2ECTS credits!) or just for a single session (or all the sessions you like!). Remember, you don't need to be a student. Bring your friends, neighbours & even your enemies.
Illustration by the artist Margherita Bertossi ✨
Creative expression workshops
(Download flyer here )
These workshops have the aim of bringing people together, warming up their creative muscles, and throwing them out of their comfort
zones in the MORE comfortable zone of creating. Come and explore this question through poetry, collage, and drawing. And each workshop has a topic, which are:
1st workshop: ‘Our 5 senses”
2nd workshop: “The art of satire”
3rd workshop: “Stories about the other”
Facilitators will provide a combination of
materials and methods to help you express
yourself creatively. No experience needed!
WhereAt the Superette, the ‘Broeinest’ at Churchwillweg 27.
WhenSaturday 4 May
12:00-14:00
Thursday 9 tMay
at 19:00-20:30
Saturday 18 May
at 12:00-14:00
Poster and flyer by Dafni Petratou.
