Nika Dubrovsky
Nika Dubrovsky is an artist, author, and co-founder of the David Graeber Institute and the Museum of Care. Her latest book was published by MIT Press in 2024 and has been translated into several languages.
The David Graeber Institute carries forward David’s work exploring radical alternatives to capitalism through research, activism, and public engagement. The Institute creates space for collaborative projects reimagining care, community, and social change.
Beitrag
The talk is about the ideas behind setting up the David Graeber Institute and the Museum of Care. The Survival Kit Collection brings together collectives developing open source "social technologies" —spirulina farms, self-replicating 3D printers, modular housing, low-cost water systems, and ... art and education. In 2019, together with David Graeber, we held the first workshop about the Museum of Care at CCC to reimagine the relation between freedom, technology and value. Over these 6 years, the Museum of Care and the David Graeber Institute have experimented with various projects: the survival collection, Visual Assembly, and creating an open space for horizontal knowledge production—something we hope to develop into an actual University.