Oo(y)ster Mums is a collective of art workers and parents exploring forms of radical pedagogy. They return to If I Can’t Dance with a two-part workshop on food, ancestral land, storytelling, and radio broadcasting. The workshop is intended for primary school children aged 4 to 9 and their caretakers.

As the bond between the land and the Palestinian people continues to be threatened, the Palestinian struggle is also a struggle to keep that connection strong and alive. For children living in a neo-liberal urban centre like Amsterdam, thinking of land and what comes from it might be a foreign concept. Through this workshop, children are introduced to simple ideas about food and land, departing from Palestinian stories. They are then invited to work with creative materials of their choice to re-create fruits and vegetables growing from a place they feel connected to. During the second session the children will be the protagonists of a radio show. The facilitators will create space for conversation, sharing, and storytelling around the creations made during the first workshop. The conversations will be recorded and later broadcast online via our broadcasting partners Radio Alhara.

Additional information

-The workshop facilitators speak English, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Arabic, and Dutch.

-Children with connections to more home-lands are especially welcome to attend.

-Children must be accompanied by one care-taker.

-It is not mandatory to attend both sessions, children can still attend only one of the two

-If parents do not consent to have their children featured in the radio show, please communicate this clearly to the workshop facilitators.