Practical
Monday, 27 April, 2026
- 17:00 until 20:00
Pilar
Triomflaan, VUB (Entrance 6)
1050 Brussels
Triomflaan, VUB (Entrance 6)
1050 Brussels
Free participation but registration mandatory
Get to know the campus in a different way through the edible plants growing here. Foraging has long been, and still is in many places, a way of eating and living with what a place provides. In this session, it becomes a practical way to explore sustainability and feel more connected. It’s also a reminder that we’re part of an ecosystem, not separate from it.
Join Juliette from Kin Hands for a collective walk. You’ll learn what to look for, pick a small selection, and then prepare and share a simple meal. Along the way, we’ll take time to exchange plant stories, memories, and personal connections. Together, we'll create a welcoming space for kinship with plants, with place, and with each other.
Programme
17:00 (5:00 PM) - Meet at Pilar to start the walk
18:30 (6:30 PM) - Prepare and share a meal from foraged edibles
20:00 (8:00 PM) - Expected end of the workshop
Registration
Participation is free, but places are limited (max. 15). Registration is required. Please note: this session is for students only.
Bio
Juliette works on the relations between and amongst humans, non-humans, and land. They do so through writing, collage, and the domestic arts. Herbalism, foraging, earth pigments... are all tools in creating and reclaiming the means of art production. Juliette is devoted to exploring our dis/connections to territory and community amidst migrations, political turmoil, and global capitalism. Through their practice Kin Hands, Juliette aims to bring people together while centering land, with all the heritage, emotions and sensorial knowledge that brings. Kin Hands facilitates workshops to solidify joyful, inherited and popular knowledge against a world of hierarchy and extractivism.
Part of The Foragers
The Foragers: Engagements Beyond The Human is an interdisciplinary art and science project that reimagines foraging (the gathering of edible or useful materials in one’s immediate surroundings) as a creative and ecological practice. Between October 2025 and December 2027, a series of activities invites you to rediscover your connection with the environment, not only in nature but also in unexpected places across the city and its edges.
The series is co-curated by artistic researcher Gosie Vervloessem, historian Benoît Henriet (VUB) and VUB Crosstalks, and supported by ERC FORAGENCY and the Chair Casterman-Hamers: History and Philosophy of Sciences. This event is organised in collaboration with kotcoach Justine (VUB) and Pilar.
The world needs you
This initiative is part of VUB's public programme, a programme for everyone who believes that scientific knowledge, critical thinking and dialogue are an important first step to create impact in the world.
As an Urban Engaged University, VUB aims to be a driver of change in the world. With our academic edcuational programmes and innovative research, we contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations and to making a difference locally and globally.