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In the small Swedish town of Östervåla, thirty miles north of Uppsala, we are creating a school called HOME.
It’s a school that grows out of the conversations we bring together around our kitchen table.
It’s the fruit of the projects we led, the books we read, the organisations we built, the people we learned with and the friendships that formed us over the past two decades.
And it’s a new beginning. Something we’re figuring out together as we go along, with the help of that web of friends and collaborators.
HOME is a school the shape of a pocket. An air-pocket. A breathing space. A pocket of resistance and hope.
— Anna Björkman & Dougald Hine
News
November 2025
Winter is on its way up here in Östervåla and we’re nearing the end of a quiet year for our school.
We took a break from holding our usual online series in 2025 so that Dougald could focus on writing a new book. Depending on the writing process, we hope to schedule our next series in Spring 2026. (Sign up for our mailing list to get the announcement.)
Meanwhile, we have set up a new non-profit association, Skolunkans Kulturmakeri, as the home for the face-to-face gatherings we arrange in the old shoe shop. Again, we hope to have some public invitations to share with you in the New Year.
Thanks for your patience and for all the different forms of support that continue to sustain our work.
SUNDAY SESSIONS
a season of overheard conversations
In the spring of 2024, we hosted this season of conversations with friends of the school. Watch recordings from the whole series on YouTube.
At Work in the Ruins
at the Stoa
In this free Zoom event hosted by our friends at the Stoa, Dougald was joined by three thinkers whose work resonates deeply through the work of our school.
order the book
“Essential reading for these turbulent times.” — Amitav Ghosh
“Lucidly unsettling and yet in the end empowering.” — Brian Eno
“A must-read for all those activists feeling lost, desperate and perhaps subject to ‘press-on-itis’.” — Gail Bradbrook
Order a signed copy of Dougald’s new book, At Work in the Ruins.
