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Slought encourages dialogue and relationships through social and cultural programs.
We foster intercultural exchange, research, and advocacy around the world.
Our website functions as an active resource for producing and sharing knowledge.
Recent Projects

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The Bombing of Osage Avenue
Begins Nov 05, 2014
Louis Massiah and others in dialogue about community memory, filmmaking, and the events of 1985
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Values
Dissidanses (sur Nancy Spero)
Begins Mar 11, 2008
Hélène Cixous lit "Dissidanses" (sur Nancy Spero), suivi d'une conversation sur les artistes contemporains
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Values
In Narrow or Wider Circles...
Begins Jan 23, 2011
A space for inter-cultural conversation and research about art and advocacy, exploring a variety of trends, shared differences, and common concerns
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Values
Current Events

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In Philadelphia
Mar 19, 2015
Outside of Russia

A conversation about global conflict, immigration, and diasporic cultural production

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Values
In the World
Feb 08, 2015
The Refusal: A Symposium In the Arctic

An interdisciplinary conversation about resistance and retreat in the remote winter setting of Kilpisjärvi, Finland

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Values
In the Cloud
Mar 20, 2015
A People War: Philadelphia Workshop

A conversation and workshop with Kunda Dixit about war, photography, and the recording of loss

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Values
Current Projects

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Public Voices

Learn what Slought means to our publics - their unique experiences complement our institutional voice

Alanna Rebbeck, a local musician and high school senior, recently interned at Slought, with a focus on exhibitions.

Jeannine Cook, the co-Director of Positive Minds, was a youth facilitator active in Mixplace Studio at Slought.

Sue Ann Prince, the founding director of the American Philosophical Society Museum, has supported Slought since its formation.

Advocacy Blog

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In Philadelphia
Aug 01, 2014
To Call, or Being Called to Something

A conversation with educator and novelist Lorene Cary about social structures and the relationship between memory, caring, and justice.

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In the World
Dec 04, 2014
If it's not illegal, then we can do it...

A conversation with doctor Rebecca Gomperts of Women on Waves about strategies of empowerment and advocating for women's health and reproductive rights

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In the Cloud
Nov 22, 2014
We live in a world of risk

A conversation with Steve Kurtz and the Critical Art Ensemble exploring the art of resistance and revisiting The Electronic Disturbance on its twentieth anniversary.

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