Enquire ↗Part of Indaba

UNIVERSITY OF THE CHILD · A VISION TAKING SHAPE

A place to meet, reflect and reimagine.

Imagine generous spaces for conversation across disciplines, where the shared concern of childhood brings different experiences into dialogue.

Proposed retreats & gatherings · In development · No facilities, degrees or bookings are being offered.

Concept illustration: Adults gathered around an outdoor table
Concept · Adults gathered around an outdoor table.
Concept illustration: Adults meeting around a table with Indaba signage
Concept · Adults meeting around a table with Indaba signage.

01 · THE POSSIBILITY

Small, purposeful convenings

Seminars and conferences are envisioned around questions that benefit from sustained conversation.

02 · THE POSSIBILITY

Space for reflection

Future retreats could offer educators time to reconnect with their work, alongside thoughtful hospitality and the natural world.

03 · THE POSSIBILITY

An open invitation

Visiting teachers, artists and researchers could contribute perspectives that enrich the institution and its communities.

AN ENVISIONED EXPERIENCE

Imagine a day here.

A future gathering might bring a practitioner, a researcher and an artist around one question: what would it mean to take childhood seriously?

FROM VISION TO REALITY

An invitation to thoughtful collaborators.

This is a long-term institutional ambition. Development depends on partnerships, resources, appropriate permissions and careful planning.

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AN INVITATION

Help shape this part of the vision.