{"id":24841,"date":"2025-01-30T12:08:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T11:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/base.milano.it\/?page_id=24841"},"modified":"2025-01-30T17:17:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T16:17:23","slug":"making-kin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/base.milano.it\/en\/making-kin\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Kin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"min-height:600px;aspect-ratio:unset;\" id=\"chisiamo\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-30 has-background-dim\"><\/span><video class=\"wp-block-cover__video-background intrinsic-ignore\" autoplay muted loop playsinline src=\"https:\/\/base.milano.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/01242.mp4\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"><\/video><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container _container_base mb-3\">\n\t\n\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9cbccc16ad29907a687fbf221f48f1b6\" style=\"color:#f8e3da;font-size:28px;letter-spacing:-0.8px\">Genealogies are not only about tracing lines of descent; they are also about recognizing the interconnections, the friendships, and the alliances that we forge in the world. [\u2026]<br><br>We will have to learn to live in the cracks of things. In the broken places. It is there, in the seemingly inconsequential and the overlooked, that life thrives. And it is there that we must learn to cohabit with the earth, to share space with what is other than human, to be undone in each other\u2019s presence\u00bb.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-207653519272d96fe0074037d12b0584\" style=\"color:#f8e3da;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.1px\">\u2014 Bayo Akomolafe, <em>These Wilds Beyond Our Fences<\/em> (2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>\n\n@media screen and (max-width: 991px){\n    \n\nmain {\n    width: calc(100% - 44px);\n    margin-left: auto;\n}\n\nbody #site-footer {\n    width: calc(100% - 44px);\n    margin-left: auto;\n}\n\nbody ._home_newsletter {\n    width: calc(100% - 44px);\n    margin-left: auto;\n}\n}\n\n    .top-menu,\n    #mobileMenu {\n        background-color: #f8e3da 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and creative act that goes beyond biological ties to forge meaningful relationships between humans, non-humans, and more-than-humans. This exploration seeks to rethink relationships through an ecological and intersectional lens, fostering new forms of coexistence and collaboration\u2014where interdependence and alliance replace division and exclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#FFF\"><\/span><video class=\"wp-block-cover__video-background intrinsic-ignore\" autoplay muted loop playsinline src=\"https:\/\/base.milano.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/making-kin_.mp4\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"><\/video><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container _container_base mb-3\">\n\t\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"attivit\u00e0\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-09dd0a3f95460c5280c4fc95033da0ec\" style=\"color:#f8e3da;font-size:28px;letter-spacing:-0.8px\">&#8220;Staying with the trouble&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69a2c2c26ea2d86d01e1a7edaeca8a0c\" style=\"color:#f8e3da;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:-0.15px\">Our previous exploration of convivialism \u2197 was directly connected to the housing crisis in Milan\u2014part of a broader international context of instability and social fragmentation.<br><br>Across the world, social bonds have frayed, while biological kinship has fueled ethnic and religious conflicts, underscoring the urgency of reimagining relationships beyond the historical and ideological frameworks that have long dehumanized the \u201cother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#f1601a\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2250\" height=\"4000\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-25180\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/base.milano.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/c6ffd2ee-4b6a-4aa1-817e-85990ec4b21a.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/base.milano.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/c6ffd2ee-4b6a-4aa1-817e-85990ec4b21a.png 2250w, https:\/\/base.milano.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/c6ffd2ee-4b6a-4aa1-817e-85990ec4b21a-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/base.milano.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/c6ffd2ee-4b6a-4aa1-817e-85990ec4b21a-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/base.milano.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/c6ffd2ee-4b6a-4aa1-817e-85990ec4b21a-768x1365.png 768w, https:\/\/base.milano.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/c6ffd2ee-4b6a-4aa1-817e-85990ec4b21a-864x1536.png 864w, https:\/\/base.milano.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/c6ffd2ee-4b6a-4aa1-817e-85990ec4b21a-1152x2048.png 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container _container_base mb-3\">\n\t\n\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#4e3b35;font-size:28px;letter-spacing:-1px\">Making kin is also an invitation to rethink how we relate across generations and genders.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-95d592d4009a1b49cba7933df93160aa\" style=\"color:#4e3b35;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:-0.15px\">BASE will explore alliances that are no longer based on familial or speciesist ties, but on conscious choices, shared affinities, common interests, and mutual care. 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