Myvillages

10/09/2026

30/04/2026

In March Wapke and Inez from Myvillages and got a Wild Card to do a workshop in the course “Methods for Redesigning Resilient Farms and Food Landscapes.” There, we presented and put into practice the “Free Your Inner Cow” methodology. This methodology aims to activate (inner) ways of thinking by exploring images of cows and landscapes through non-verbal learning methods, such as drawing and observing. After a meditation, all 35 students in the room made connections to their “inner cows”, 🐄 and they were grazing - no visibility but yes ! they were there - after that we invited the participants to spend a few minutes looking at a sprig of hay and to draw it. We explored the differences between an analytical way of describing and a participatory way of describing. We concluded by drawing a more abstract version of the sprig of hay while remaining in this participatory mode. We ended with a gallery exhibition - clothes-line style - of the drawn sprigs of hay.

It was great fun to use the methodologies of the “Cow and Landscape” project again, and we thought it was a fantastic group to work with. We thank the course coordinators!