Kybernein Institute at Index Foundation
The Campaign
Location: Public gathering at Index Foundation in Stockholm, 21 August 2020
Kybernein Institute presents the exhibition The Campaign during one evening at Index Foundation. The Campaign is a new investigation of how a network of think tanks led a hidden revolution in Sweden during the 70s and 80s which transformed the foundation of a unique social model.
Kybernein Academy
Kybernein Institute seeks collaborators, researchers, writers and students to participate and intervene in the construction of Kybernein Academy.
Open Call: March 13 - April 12, 2020
Fake news, fact resistance, conspiracy theories, populism, mistrust of science, political contempt, manipulation of the media, these are widely considered to be some of the greatest threats to our democracies today. These phenomena are all consequences of how different power interests use language, images, and “narrative production” as strategic tools.
Taking its departure point in the exhibition The Campaign, opening 17 April 2020 at Index, Kybernein Academy becomes a platform for research and discussion around how strategic narrative production operates within our democratic systems. The Academy will use a Swedish case study introduced in the exhibition as a starting point for critical discussion about the role of strategic communication in democratic systems.
The selected participants are anticipated to be students from a range of different intersecting fields, which could include journalism, political science, business and economics, art, sociology, contemporary history, resulting in a diverse and interdisciplinary discussion group.
The Academy offers both a theoretical frame and a practical platform at Index in Stockholm. Employing a workshop-based structure combining discussions, lectures and individual practice, the Academy will use the exhibition space at Index as a public working area. As the Academy’s course of investigation comes to a close, the participants can produce a manifestation of their research, either in the form of a text, or another contribution to a new publication, edited by Kybernein Institute.
Send in a letter of intent (max 1 A4) conveying your point of departure and interest in the construction of Kybernein Academy to office@indexfoundation.se by the latest of April 12, 2020.
Kybernein Academy is structured around dedicated collective moments, self-run dig-time to engage with the research material, and re-grouping sessions where we share and discuss our findings and different positions. Throughout the period there is support and individual contact with the organizers of Kybernein Academy as well as with the invited guest teachers. (Confirmed list to come in April)
Collective moments will be held at Index Foundation in Stockholm.