May be of interest to some of you based in Europe and/or following Social Forums. G ------ Forwarded Message > 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. > _______________________________________________ > Imc-research mailing list > [log in to unmask] > http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/imc-research ------ End of Forwarded Message