Maarifa for Transition is a Berlin-based knowledge organization working at the intersection of Mediterranean community heritage, ecological justice, and diaspora identity.
A world where the living knowledge of communities is recognized as the foundation of just, resilient, and inclusive futures, and where that knowledge remains governed by the communities who created it.
Maarifa designs participatory programmes that bring living indigenous and community knowledge into dialogue with climate injustice, ecological collapse, diaspora identity, urban belonging, and coastal resilience.
Communities should decide what is shared, with whom, under what conditions, and in which forms.
Knowledge should move across generations and geographies on community terms, in community languages, and through community pedagogy.
Communities should derive economic, social, and cultural value from the knowledge they hold.
Structural reciprocity
of gross revenue, allocated annually.
Maarifa states that 5% of gross revenue from commercial products is allocated annually to a named partner NGO or community organization as one step toward structural reciprocity.
We acknowledge that true sovereignty requires more than redistribution alone, it requires that communities hold the right to protect, transmit, and benefit from their own knowledge on their own terms.
Whether you are an institution, a funder, a community partner, or a collaborator, we welcome thoughtful conversations.
