Social Arts for Dialogue Podcast

The Dragon Dreaming Arts Village

A SPECIAL EPISODE WITH A. CALL TO GATHER The Dragon Dreaming Arts Village is a temporary pop-up village taking shape this August in Saaremaa, Estonia. What began as the idea of an arts retreat evolved into something much bigger: a chance to live, create, and learn together as a community. Inspired by the Dragon Dreaming methodology, the village is built around collaboration, shared leadership, and collective dreaming. Instead of a fixed programme, participants co-create an evolving “Art Flow,” bringing their own skills, stories, and passions to share. This includes nature-based rituals, creative practices, communal meals, open-space workshops, and time to reconnect with ourselves, each other, and the more-than-human world. Families, youth, artists, facilitators, and changemakers are all welcome. At its heart, the village is an experiment in how we might live differently—cultivating wonder, meaningful relationships, and new possibilities together. The organizers hope this first gathering will become a seed for more such events around the world. MORE INFO AT: https://imaginaction.org/dragon-dreaming-arts-village-a-living-experiment-in-collective-imagination [https://imaginaction.org/dragon-dreaming-arts-village-a-living-experiment-in-collective-imagination/] REGISTER AT: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScHdAhguMyShNbkFYwm6abXayS0ChNzaGu_88MMLm8zRXzWwg/viewform [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScHdAhguMyShNbkFYwm6abXayS0ChNzaGu_88MMLm8zRXzWwg/viewform] SUPPORT AT: https://hooandja.ee/campaigns/dragon-dreaming-arts-village/ [https://hooandja.ee/campaigns/dragon-dreaming-arts-village/] Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe [https://imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

The Yin and Yang of our Practice - A conversation with Marc Weinblatt

The episode opens questions on intuition as a form of knowing, the responsibility of “decentering” in leadership, and the role of mentorship in shifting the field. A conversation from 5 years ago with Marc Weinblatt, founder of Mandala Center for Change, tracing a life and practice of listening, balance, and social transformation. Reflecting on hiw work with applied theatre, Marc reflects on the interplay between action and reflection as the Yin and the Yang of Social Arts Practice. Read more and connect with Marc' and his work at: https://www.mandalaforchange.com/about/our-team [https://www.mandalaforchange.com/about/our-team/] Stay tuned to the part 2 of this conversation and our next episode Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe [https://imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Inhabit and the Great Green Corridor

A conversation with Luca Urbano, co-founder of Inhabit, exploring ecological corridors as living infrastructures that reconnect fragmented landscapes in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. He describes these corridors as pathways that allow key species like jaguars to move freely, restoring ecological balance. The conversation frames corridors through systems thinking—as networks that exchange energy and information, capable of regenerating when protected. A central shift emerges from ownership to stewardship, where people act as caretakers and advocates for nature. Luca introduces pagamento, a practice of giving back to the land through intention and reciprocity, supporting both ecological and cultural renewal. Inhabit extends this approach through tools like blockchain-based stewardship, enabling global participation in protecting biocultural territories. If you want to go deeper, you can explore more about their work at inhabit.one [https://inhabit.one], and also follow the parallel thread of Soilify soilify.it [https://soilify.it/], an emerging project mentioned in the episode that translates soil data into a sensory experience to foster emotional connection with the earth. To stay connected with the wider research and practice, you can join the Substack, consider becoming a paid subscriber, or take part in the upcoming practice spaces over here: lu.ma/mentoring [https://lu.ma/mentoring] Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe [https://imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Living Library conversation with Ravi Resck

This month’s Living Library revisits a flashback episode from the first season of Imagine Action: Social Arts Across Borders, returning to a conversation recorded over five years ago with Ravi Resck [https://www.linkedin.com/in/raviresck], presented as a time-travel capsule whose insights remain strikingly relevant today. Ravi reflects on how growing up within a family engaged in social-environmental theatre and grassroots social entrepreneurship in Brazil shaped his commitment to curiosity, social justice, and independent thinking. Looking ahead, Ravi shares a vision of an ecocentric society grounded in “mollification,” shifting from large centralized systems toward localized cycles of production and care, and concludes by reflecting on the ImaginAction network as a living organism sustained through shared rituals, transparent onboarding, and light, adaptable agreements rather than rigid institutional structures. Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe [https://imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Legislative Rainbow

The Legislative Rainbow is a participatory theatrical methodology that blends Augusto Boal’s Rainbow of Desire and Legislative Theatre, adapted for small communities. It enables groups to surface shared tensions, embody collective desires and “demons,” and rapidly co-create living norms and codes of conduct. Read more about the practice on the website and the resources it offers: legislativerainbow.com [https://legislativerainbow.com/] Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe [https://imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]