The Caring City

Participation is free of carge. If interested and to register: info@skolla.de

The workshops are intended in particular for children, young people and their families who have fled from Ukraine to Germany. However, participants with similar experiences are just as welcome!

I Exist!

9th grade and higher
In Steglitz-Zehlendorf
Starting September 2022
Duration: approx. 7 meetings of 3 hours each
In Russian and Ukrainian

Can we create places of well-being with our own bodies? In several meetings in the urban space, the participants explore the reactions of their body to the environment with the help of exercises from embodiment and improvisation. Step by step, each participant develops a personal “well-being handbook” with tools that help them listen better to their own body.

With Sania Bludova, Katenina Kravchenko

Nature in the City. From the Roots to the Sky

For children ages 6 to 14, families or welcome classes
In Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Mitte, Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf (other districts on request)
August 2022 – October 2022 and March 2023 – April 2023
Duration: approx. 4 hours
In German, English and Russian
Note: The meetings begin as early as 7 am

How can humans and non-humans inhabit the city together? In the workshop, a laboratory and a platform for exploring urban nature is created. The participants examine micro processes in mud and water, record bird calls and traces of animals, create path maps and ground sketches. In this way, they create new ways of dealing with the living creatures that we humans often overlook in the city.

With Olesya Chayka, Petronela Bordeianu, Robin Lietz

Happiness Walks

For children in the 1st to 6th grades
In Pankow
September 2022 – October 2022
Duration: approx. 3 meetings of 3 hours each
In German, English and Russian

The participants take walks in the city and talk about happiness: When do I feel happy? How can I feel happy again after going through a lot of troubles? Together we look at the city from the perspective of its protagonists: What do I need as a house to be happy? What do I need as a street to be happy? What do I need as a bird to be happy? The result will be city maps full of happiness.

With Sabina Enéa Téari, Maryna Markova

Circular City Symphony

For children ages 8 to 14 and families (school classes per request)
In Mitte, Reinickendorf, Neukölln, Treptow-Köpenick, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
September 2022 – October 2022
Duration: approx. 5 meetings of 3 hours each
In German, English and Russian

On a circular city tour, participants visit four places in Berlin where things are acquired, shared, borrowed, exchanged, transformed and given away in a consumption-conscious way. On this tour, various everyday objects are collected and transformed into musical instruments. The workshop culminates in a music performance in the urban space.

With Kulturlabor Trial&Error e.V., Playtronica

City of Sharing

For children and teens 7th grade and higher
In Neukölln, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Mitte
Starting October 2022
Duration: a whole day or two days of 5 hours each
In German, English, Russian and Ukrainian

In a food sharing marathon, the participants go together in search of still edible food. At the end, the collected food is distributed to people in need and the young people can sign up for food sharing and become food savers themselves.

With Mischa Badasyan

Я – Bread

For children in the 4th to 8th grades
In Spandau, Lichtenberg, Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Treptow-Köpenick or Reinickendorf
December 2022 – February 2023
Duration: approx.. 5 meetings of 4 hours each
In German, English, Russian and Ukrainian

This workshop is about food waste and injustice, empathy and care in the urban space, based on a single food: bread. Together, the participants follow the journey of bread through the streets, supermarkets, bakeries, kitchens, tables, bodies and trash cans. In the end, a short film is created in which the workshop participants show the results of their field research.

With Political Kitchen

The City for Breakfast

For families or welcome classes
In Neukölln, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Mitte, Tempelhof-Schöneberg
November 2022 – April 2023

What opportunities are there for gardening in Berlin and where can you borrow seeds? What are the benefits of urban gardening for people, the city and the environment? Participants will go on excursions to urban gardening sites where they will take a closer look at questions about gardening in the city. Together, young and old build a raised bed, plant seeds, harvest and process food crops.

With Thomas Wienands, skolla

Symphony for Urbanites

For children and teens 7th grade and higher
In Spandau, Lichtenberg, Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Treptow-Köpenick or Reinickendorf
March 2023 – April 2023
Duration: 4 meetings of 4 hours each
In English and Russian

What effect do the sounds of the city have on the body? In the workshop, city sounds find their way into the bodies of the participants, who record them and examine their effect. In a final performance, the participants are connected to the recorded sounds via a Playtron device and thus become musical instruments themselves. In their interaction with passers-by, the body orchestra begins to resound.

With Playtronica

Soil, Me and our Bodies

For children and teens 8th grade and higher
In Neukölln
November 2022
Duration: approx. 4 meetings of 4 hours each
In German, English and Russian

What diversity is hidden under our own feet? How can we learn from the ground, from the earth? The participants walk together through the Prinzessinnengarten in Neukölln and turn their attention downwards. They explore the earth beneath them, look for commonalities to their own bodies, explore the multiple meanings of soil, keep research logs and develop maps that enable new perspectives on the Prinzessinnengarten.

With Tanja Sokolnykova

Beastly Berlin

For children and teens ages 10 and up
Lichtenberg, Mitte, Neukölln
October 2022 (during autumn break)
Duration: approx. 4 meetings of 3 hours each
In German, English and Russian

This workshop focuses on the lives of animals in the city. The participants investigate options for keeping animals responsibly and look for ways to get in touch with city animals. In the process, visions of an animal-friendly city emerge.

With Alexandra Lyamina, Masha Zinger

Marvels of December

For children and teens ages 10 and up
Neukölln, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
December 2022
Duration: approx. 7 meetings of 4 hours each
In German, English, Russian and Ukrainian

How do light and illumination change the urban space? What is the significance of light for the city and its human and non-human inhabitants? In the workshop, participants explore the transformation of Berlin in December, when the lights of the Christmas trees and the menorah illuminate the city. Participants will experiment with light and develop sustainable lighting concepts for the holidays.

With Alexandra Lyamina, Masha Zinger, Katerina Gamolina

Next Stop: Berlin ABC

For children and teens ages 10 and up
Charlottenburg, between Spandau and Rudow
Starts January 2023
Duration: approx. 4 meetings of 4 hours each
In German, English and Russian

How does the Berlin underground become a playing field? The participants program a geocaching game about the history and structure of the Berlin subway. In the end, they play the game.

With Alexandra Lyamina, Masha Zinger