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ECoC cities and culture of sustainability, Berlin 16 - 17 May 2011

Program:

Place of the meeting

Address:
Universität der Künste Berlin
Hardenbergstr. 33
10623 Berlin
Room 110 

DB, U, S Zoologischer Garten (3 Min. Fußweg / on foot)or else subway station Ernst Reuter Platz
(Hardenbergstreet connects Ernst Reuter Platz with Bahnhof Zoo)
Bus 145,245

Monday May 16, 2011

15.00

Introduction

Reflections about recent ECoC experiences and the EU Commission's public consultation about the future of ECoC beyond 2020: Hatto Fischer

Questions derived from a notion about a 'Culture of Sustainability': Oleg Koefoed

“The idea that I have been nudging, of setting up a transversal, transdisciplinary and transcultural action-research/action-philosophical project around how the ECoC cities handle the whole issue of sustainability, how they understand the issue and its challenges, how they manage it into their bids (before becoming official ECoC cities), into their plans, and into their development and unfolding of networks, empowerment, inclusion, economy, political choices, connections, environmental actions, incorporations of complexity, etc.  (or, of course, the negative of any of those examples); and how the issue continues (or ceases) to play a role for the city after the ECoC year. Many other questions or angles may turn up, some more theoretical, some closer to strategy, some drawing very closely on experiences, and others more on visions. “ - Oleg Koefoed  April 5, 2011

15.30 “Sustainability as the handling of complexity: an overview about art and sustainability” Sacha Kagan (30 min. power point presentation + discussion)

16.30 Coffee break

17.00- 18.00

Open discussion after following brief interventions:

 

21.00 Joint evening dinner

 

Tuesday May 17, 2011

Further presentations of experiences and outlooks and replies/reactions to these

9.00 Thematic perspectives and the European debate about ECoC - discussion moderated by Hatto Fischer and Oleg Koefoed

1. Do ECoC cities fulfill the criteria set out for selection, monitoring and evaluation purposes?

i. City and Citizens: participation by entering the creative process together

ii. European dimension and the EU Vision 2020 and the future of ECoC institution after 2020

iii. Dialogue between cultures and culture as third dimension of international relations

2. ECoC - the lack of sustainability when it comes to criticism of the artistic program and participation by the free art scene, artists and people wishing to enter the creative process

3. The link between creativity, innovation and planning

in reference to the discussion about cultural planning held at the ECCM Symposium 'Productivity of Culture' in Athens 2007: http://productivityofculture.org/symposium/cultural-planning-2/ and paper given by Anna Arvanitaki at the conference organised by the University Network of European Capitals of Culture in Pecs, Oct. 2010.

4. Sustainability and Communication in a modern age - the examples of Wroclaw 2016 and Sonderborg 2017 - but also a matter of how youth and different generations participate


11.30 Coffee break

12.00 Open Discussion

Further going research actions looking into the question can ECoC cities contribute to a culture of sustainability: Oleg Koefoed

The archive question and an active memory base for future organisational strategies to link cities to the Institution of European Capitals of Culture and world wide efforts to achieve sustainable development: Hatto Fischer

Future actions:

 

This meeting is organised jointly by Poiein kai Prattein: www.poieinkaiprattein.org and cultura 21

For further information contact:

Oleg Koefoed  oleg@cultura21.dk

Hatto Fischer  hfischer@poieinkaiprattein.org

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