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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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Talking To Strangers
Begins Apr 23, 2015
A conversation with Danielle Allen about social trust, citizenship, and institution building
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Values
Abortion on the high seas
Begins Jan 21, 2015
A conversation about abortion rights, international law and filmmaking
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How to Live Together?
Begins Jan 26, 2013
An artist project revisiting Roland Barthes' seminal lectures on coexistence
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Values
Current Events

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In Philadelphia
Apr 30, 2015
Reentry, Day by Day

A ceremony exploring opportunities and barriers to reentry from the Philadelphia Prison System

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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
May 29, 2015
A People War: Workshop

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

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Current Projects

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Public Voices

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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
May 01, 2015
Advocacy Blog Survey

We seek to be responsive to social issues and the concerns of our publics. Share your reflections with us by completing this short survey.

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