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> Subject: [Imc-research] Athens on knowledge, research, tools and memory
>
> (Please spread broadly!)
>
> Hello!!!
>
> On the one hand, the social movements are generating knowledge from below;
> acting, denouncing, networking, communicating and proposing alternatives.
> Applying innovative research techniques, research internal to the movements
> or studies developed from Universities, can contribute to develop and
> systematize them, to analyze them critically and make them more accessible.
> On the other hand, on the bases of many surveys the most of the
> participants, around 70%, at the ESF and parallels spaces are involved in
> university studies.
> Although those important aspect, it is usual that the issue of knowledge and
> research is not enough present on the ESF agenda, or it only find its space
> at the autonomous spaces. But this year at the ESF of Athens several
> seminars and activities addressing those strategical aspects will take
> place.
> The people and organizations involve on promoting activities addressing
> knowledge, memory, research and tools at the next European social forum
> (Athens, 4 – May 2006 http://www.fse-esf.org) would like to invite you to
> them sending a presentation and the relevant information on the activities
> that will take place.
>
> Hope to see you at Athens!!!
>
> ESF ATHENS ACTIVITIES ON:
> SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN EUROPE:KNOWLEDGE, MEMORY, RESEARCH AND TOOLS
>
> Trajectory of seminars
>
> Firth seminar: Democracy in movements. How global movements are changing
> politics
> Proposal: The issue of democracy is central in the vision and practices of
> global justice movements. They are changing traditional forms of political
> action and re-inventing democratic processes. These themes will be discussed
> with activists and researchers who have studied the forms of activism, the
> political projects of radical and deliberative democracy, and the practices
> of internal democracy within movements.
> Speakers: Donatella Della Porta; Marco Giugni; Angel Calle; Mario Pianta;
> Chris Rootes; Dieter Rucht and Isabelle Sommier
> Organisers: DEMOS project, Euromovements and Transform! Italia
> Thursday 4 of May –Room B10 - Second slot
>
> Second seminar: Knowledge as a common good
> Proposal: The struggle around knowledge production and property is a key
> field of definition of alternatives in the conception of our present and
> future societies. How to define common principles to strengthen
> transformative social movements across Europe?
> Speakers: Luciana Castellina, Arturo Di Corinto, Christophe Aguiton, Mayo
> Fuster and Franz Schaefer
> Organisers: Charter of principles of another Europe, Critical network,
> Austrian social forum, Arci, Euromovements, Transform!Italia
> Thursday 4 of May – Room A - Third slot
>
> Third seminar: Dialogues between theory and practice; Dialogues between
> researchers, activists and activist researchers.
> Proposal: The research on social movements develops internally from the
> social movements and also from Universities. Which cooperation and synergies
> could be developed between them? Which challenges is facing? Why and how the
> research and systematization on knowledge play a strategically role for
> social movements and for the participants of the ESF?
> Speakers: Short introduction from Simon Tormey, Marco Berlinguer, Claudia
> Neubauer, Nicolas Haeringer, Moses Boudourides (Greek Social Forum and
> Institute N. Poulantzas), Hilary Wainwrigh, Roy Bhaska (Centre from Critical
> realism) and public debate. Moderation: Mayo Fuster
> Organisers: Fondation sciences citoyennes, Centre for the study of social
> and global justice (Nottingham), DEMOS, Euromovements, TNI and Transform!
> Italia, Common memory project
> Friday 5 of May – Room A – Second slot
>
> Fourth seminar: Building a common project on ESF Memory
> Organisers: Memory common project
> Speakers: Open discussion with participants of the ESF Common
> memory project and people assistance: Françoise Feugas; Carole Faure; Sophie
> Gosselin; Mayo Fuster; Pierre George; Nicolas Haeringer; Marco Berlinguer;
> Christophe Aguiton; Laurent Jésover; Yves Degoyon; Thanos Chrysos; Nuria
> Verger, Laurent Delcourt and other participants.
> Saturday 6 of May – Room to be determinate – First slot
>
> [If there is any change the information updated could be
> found
> at:
> http://www.moviments.net/euromovements/tiki-editpage.php?page=Activities+at+th
> e+ESF+Athens
>
> Contact e-mail for more info: [log in to unmask]
>
> PARTY MEETING: “Social movements across Europe” singing song!
> Presentation of the Eurotopia 4th issue and presentation and proposal for
> doing an E-yearbook of social movements across Europe in an enjoyable relax
> format.
> Invite: Eurotopia, Transform! Italia, Euromovements and TNI
> Friday 21h Place to be defined
> Contact: [log in to unmask] and/or [log in to unmask]
>
> Permanent space:
> LABORATORY FOR BUILDING THE MEMORY OF THE SOCIAL FORUMS
>
> For the Athens EFS (4 to 7 may), the Memory project will open
> a laboratory space, called CREALAB, aimed at involving the participants
> in the production, the gathering and the streaming of multimedia traces
> of the event.
> Including workshops on web tv; web radio; web photo; “graine de parole”;
> wall of proposals emerging from the ESF; activist research and open tools
> for knowledge systematization; multi-author/multi-trajectorial writing;
> cartography and others.
> Information on concrete activities could be found at:
> http://www.nomadfkt.org/memoculture/doku.php?id=athenes_2006
> You can contact Sophie ([log in to unmask]) or Carole
> ([log in to unmask]) for general info.
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