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In this ninth episode of \u2018Ways of Listening\u2019, socially engaged artist and PhD researcher Alex Parry explores workshop practices in depth. Alex\u2019s bio describes her long-term interest in \u2018how things form communities\u2019. She has a history of working in public spaces, creating events and objects that encourage collective experiences.

In a conversation with Hannah Kemp-Welch Alex describes her overlapping interests in collective organising with artistic practices, and how this led to a formative project, intervening in the structure of the seminar to disrupt the usual power dynamics. Alex questions - how do we respond to non-participation? Could there be richness in refusal?

Together with Hannah, Alex discusses the tensions between the requirement or desire to plan a workshop, and creating space to really listen and respond to the room.