AnthillHacks 2025 - ReCommons Schedule
Thia is a draft, few sessions yet be added
Venue: IruWay Farm, Durgadahalli, Karnataka
Dates: December 15–28, 2025
Build Days (December 15-19)
Setting up mesh networks and preparing infrastructure. Volunteer-led activities: Food preparation, organizing materials, and site readiness.
Day 1-2:
Dates: December 20, 21
Introduction to Ecological Commons & Research Paper presentation “Addressing the human-nature disconnect methodologically to improve social responsibility”.
Biodiversity Walk exploring local flora and traditional ecological knowledge.
by Sheshadri Ramaswamy, Director, Forestry for All Foundation https://forestryforall.life/
Evening session
Kai Thota: Enabling the Farming Commons Through Tech by Peerthy & Vishala
Kai Thota is a way of farming that brings people together. Instead of one farmer working alone for profit, a group - often women, new farmers, or those without land - comes together. The work, the land, and the harvest are all shared. https://kaithota.in
Immersive Art by Roshan Sahi - Artist
Today, we are witnessing a new form of art that challenges our very understanding of what constitutes an art experience. Art is more than an artefact, picture or sculpture. Art is immersive. Art is interactive. Art is collaborative. Art is designing and curating. The way we engage in an immersive art experience today is a tacit and intuitive exploration, often unconsciously made, through a conceptual framework that remains invisible behind the work of art. Art that was made to fit in galleries is rejected and made available in open public spaces for all ages. Immersive art is ephemeral, something passing, something immaterial; an act of doing something as a way of experiencing.
Exploring Queer Ecology by Sanika
For centuries, western science has imposed heteronormative frameworks on the natural world, effectively erasing the presence and significance of queerness in non-human species. A new wave of researchers and educators is challenging these assumptions, revealing the complex and diverse expressions of queerness in nature, giving rise to the field of Queer Ecology. This session explores the philosophical, ecological, and educational impact of this approach.
Day 3-4:
Date: December 22,23
“Mesh Network expansion within villages” by Janastu Team
“Community Engagement” by Manju, Hari and Sarath
Day 5-6:
Dates: December 24, 25
Morning Session
“Sound Journaling around the hills” by Hari
“Exclusion by Design” by Ajmal How caste, class and gender influence design to exclude people from accessing commons?
“Collective Hands” facilitated by Vijayalakshmi - Artist/Architect
Together we make, for all us: a space from what surrounds us.
Evening Session
“Book and Poetry reading” by Kathela Kavya team
A platform for sharing your writings and poetries.
Day 7:
Date: December 26
Morning Session
“Sound Bath” By Hari & Sarath
“Collective Hands” facilitated by Vijayalakshmi - Artist/Architect
Together we make, for all us: a space from what surrounds us.
Evening Session
“Origin of state and its historical Perspective” by Madhu Sudhan - Professor, Dept of Political Science
“Laws and Policies related to Commons” by Rashmi - Lawyer
Day 8:
Morning Session
“Traditional Media, Digital Media & it’s Politics” By Kavitha & Shashi Kumar
Evening Session
“Digital Technology & Commons” By Noor
AI beka? by Padmini - Founder of Design Beku
AI is everywhere but what is it really? Let’s chat about what it is, and what it could be.
Day 8-9:
Date: December 27, 28
“Living Library” By Amrutha
Living Library is a library where people share their experiences, skills, Knowledge with each other and archive for future.
“Experience from the Crafterspace” By Crafterspace artisans
“What a Lake Keeps” by Lohit Y T - Biodiversity Conservationist
A lake keeps far more than water. It holds biodiversity and cultural memory. As a commons, it embodies equity and collective responsibility, reminding us that access and care must be shared across generations. In quiet ways, a lake keeps life, balance, and memory, asking only to be protected so that it can continue to give.
“Art & Crafts Politics” By Sampath
“Art Exhibition” By Ajmal, Emma & Sitara
Exhibiting Photos and videos as well as musical events in Thiminayakahalli village.
“Nekal Vaamozhi” By Hari Govind, Sarath Meraki
Beyond mere vibrations passing through our ears, sounds hold narratives; narratives that we haven’t noticed and narratives that we don’t dare to heed. Moreover each sound is a link to the past, a sign from the present or a navigation for the days ahead. Nekal Vaamozhi is a collective sound archiving process which tends to provoke the dialogue between an individual and the collective voice of the living. Sound reveals more when we stop identifying it and it paves way to be open to re-imagine or rethink.
‘Nekal’, derived from Nizhal (Malayalam for shadow) stands for the spirits of worshipped ancestors among the Kurichiya community in Wayanad,Kerala. For Kurichiyas Nekal functions as a collective vocabulary from the past; which guides them through their agricultural life and role as the caretakers of land. And Vaamozhi stands for oral communication.