The Quodlibet Cooperative is a grassroots, barter-based education initiative in Tbilisi, a city shaped by migration, displacement, and informal knowledge economies. Many artists, scholars, and cultural workers who have fled authoritarian post-Soviet contexts now live in Tbilisi, often unable to work in their original academic or creative fields. Quodlibet proposes a people’s school grounded in horizontal exchange: courses are free, teachers attend each other’s classes, and participants are encouraged to contribute knowledge or lead future sessions. Drawing on Giorgio Agamben’s notion of quodlibet – a being ‘such as it is' – the project creates a shared space where diverse backgrounds meet without erasure or fixation. The first year will focus on infrastructure, accessibility, and community-building, aiming for a sustainable, transnational learning network.
The Quodlibet Cooperative is an interdisciplinary collective of educators, artists, and researchers based in Tbilisi, working across philosophy, animation, media studies, music, and feminist activism.
