Maktaba Room with Samira Ghoualmia

Reading space by Cate Lartey & Donja Nasseri

Info: Chaos Reading is an open format for collective learning that mixes poetry, fiction, and theory to discover new ways of accessing knowledge — both within ourselves and in others. What might it mean to understand chaos as a method for shared learning? How are Western imaginations of chaos connected to the othered, the feminine, the queer, the Indigenous, or the culturally marked foreign? How can we play with chaotic methods to open up knowledge beyond linear structures? (…) The term Maktaba originates from the North and East African region and means library or book collection. In a broader sense, it also refers to a place where knowledge is gathered, preserved, or made accessible. The Maktaba Room is a kind of pop-up library dedicated to breaking down structural barriers–especially those that limit access to artistic platforms for marginalized groups.