{"product_id":"the-garage-school-of-prepping-otherwise-collective-learning-in-practice","title":"The Garage School of Prepping Otherwise: Collective Learning in Practice","description":"\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Garage School of Prepping Otherwise: Collective Learning in Practice\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Garage School of Prepping Otherwise: Collective Learning in Practice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings together tools, methodologies, speculations, and play developed in response to the question: ‘What Can It Mean to Survive Together?’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHosted at Kunstinstituut Melly as the 2025–26 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kunstinstituutmelly.nl\/en\/exhibitions\/9510-clip-7-the-end-is-both-near-and-already-here\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCollective Learning in Practice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e programme and curated by \u003cem\u003ethe Garage School\u003c\/em\u003e, the programme brought together fourteen co-learners and a range of invited guests. 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