Research and art connect for sustainability – a cooperation between the CRC 990 and the University of Göttingen with documenta fifteen

The Sustainable Village Project

Documenta fifteen is supporting this project as one of the three sustainability projects supported by the Sustainability Euro from every documenta fifteen ticket sold.

Exploring sustainable land use in Pematang Kabau village
One village in the province of Jambi is exploring and pioneering transformation pathways towards more sustainable landscape planning and management. The major vision is to enhance local biodiversity and ecosystem functions while at the same time creating and/or safeguarding economically interesting and socially acceptable livelihood options.

Activities 2023


  • Workshop to plan village activities, e.i. replanting of oil palms, aquaponics and maggot farming, business model canvas (October)
  • Villagers met for a participatory scenario workshop and (September)




Activities 2022


  • Trip to Pematang Kabau, Excursion to biodiversity enrichment experiments of the EFForTS project (EFForTS-BEE) with villagers (October)
  • Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) Training for Project Staff in Bogor (August)
  • Special exhibition at Forum Wissen in collaboration with documenta 15:
    Saujana membumi – exploring sustainability (June-September)
  • Project kick-off at Semah Bumi Art-Science Festival in Pematang Kabau (February)
  • Village selection in Jambi province (January)




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