2013 Rendez vous du lundi Agenda

Banlieues d’Europe is happy to present the 2013 "Rendez vous du Lundi" Debate agenda. Save the dates!

Monday 27th May: “Decentralised cooperation in the Mediterranean, artists at the heart of change?”, in partnership with Gertrude II.
Thursday 27th June: “Participative artistic projects, French and German approaches”. The Rendezvous-Debate will be followed by the vernissage of the Take-Off exhibition at the Goethe Institute, Lyon.
Monday 8th July: “Presentation of the Urbain Arts Pole of Tours: actions in Sanitas neighbourhood”, with Nicolas Simarik and Maud Lefloch.
Monday 30th September: “Cultural Actors, let’s take action and construct a common European cultural agenda”, with Culture Action Europe

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

VISIONS OF (IN)TOLERANCE IN EUROPE TODAY
Tolerance, Pluralism and Social Cohesion: Responding to the Challenges of the 21stCentury in Europe

European conference - ACCEPT PLURALISM Research Project - 24-25 January 2013 - Maison des Passages, Lyon

The Conference is organised within the framework of the project - ACCEPT PLURALISM - Tolerance, Pluralism and Social Cohesion: Responding to the Challenges of the 21st Century in Europe gathering 15 universities, research centres and non governmental organisations and from across the European Union and Turkey. 

ACCEPT PLURALISM is about toleration and acceptance of ethnic, religious and cultural diversity in contemporary Europe. The aim of the conference is to present the main findings of the research undertaken across Europe in relation to tolerance and intolerance practices in school and in political life. 

In the framework of this Conference, the researchers of the ACCEPT PLURALISM project will present the result of research obtained on the question of tolerance and intolerance on two principal subjects, school and political life.

These days of meeting and exchange will be centred on: 

*Plenary Sessions
*Three parrallel workshops concerning case studies in different European countries

- How to incorporate Cultural Diversity in School Curricula?
- Schools and the Roma: Is desegregation the answer? 
- What is Intolerance? and What is Tolerance?  Examples from local and national policies in countries of recent immigration

These research results will be discussed and debated through the contributions of external experts in the research project.

* Venue: La Maison des Passages 44 rue Saint Georges, 69005 Lyon, France (Métro ligne D Vieux Lyon)

* Working languages: French & English (translation)

* No registration fee - Registration deadline: 15 January 2013 (Limited number of places)

The project ACCEPT PLURALISM funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme, DG Research, Social Sciences and Humanities. 

 Download the programme in english

Download the registration form
Website ACCEPT PLURALISM PROJECT : www.accept-pluralism.eu
Informations and registration contact : Charlotte Bohl, Project developer : acceptconference@banlieues-europe.com

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

The Role of Culture Faced with the Rise of Nationalism in Europe. Citizens' Resistance! - 21 - 23 November 2012, Turin (Italy)

> DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH  // > DOWNLOAD THE SUBSCRIPTION FORM

> TELECHARGER LE PROGRAMME EN FRANCAIS  // > TÉLÉCHARGER LE BULLETIN D'INSCRIPTION

> SCARICA IL PROGRAMMA IN ITALIANO // > SCARICA IL MODULO DI ISCRIZIONE

PREAMBLE - Jean Hurstel, President and Founder

"Europe is confronted with a major challenge: the growing rise of nationalism and xenophobia in most countries of the continent.

Permanent appeals to the  Market, the confidence of the Market, the approbation of the Market and rating agencies, and the power of the economy, are not sufficient to ensure social cohesion, the coexistence of communities, the cohabitation of languages, religions or identities, in their plural and singular diversity.

As such, the situation of Roma is particularly worrying. Manifestations of rejection, exclusion, segregation are growing in numbers in several European countries and Roma cannot make their voices heard, or decide their own fate. Attacks against migrants, graffiti and assaults upon religious places show the development of a major crisis affecting European values.

The challenge with which Europe is confronted is not only that of the Euro, but a rather broader challenge: the sharing of cultures.

Opening up to the other person, the comparing of views, values and beliefs, organized in the framework of an artistic project, are essential means to reply to this challenge.

For the last 22 years, Banlieues d’Europe has been bringing together projects that attempt and succeed in going beyond the defence of identity, regionalist or nationalist barriers, and assignation to ethnic origin.

Turin, November 2012, will witness the opening of the Forum of all cultural, social and militant actors, researchers and local councillors who intend, through their actions, to give a more brotherly, friendly and human face to this continent".

At its 19th meeting, the Banlieues d’Europe network is taking up this challenge and focusing on different forms of Cultural projects in Europe fighting against the rise of nationalism and against xenophobia.

By an exploration of these cultural projects and the contribution of researchers, field actors, and artists of we will highlight the problems linked with the transmission of history and memory, question new forms of resistance and activism and look at innovative intercultural practices.

 This meeting and opportunity for exchange will be centred on :

* An Artistic and Cultural Projects village linked to the theme of the meeting

* Plenary Sessions

* Three Simultaneous Workshops :
- Transmission of history
- New resistance and militancy
- Cultural Diversity in actions

* visits to neighbourhood projects in Turin

Further information through Myriam Bentoumi, manager project : contact@banlieues-europe.com
Tel. : +33 (0)4 72 60 97 80

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Take off: - Act VI, from 6 November to 14 December 2012 - Lyon and its surroundings

For the third year, Banlieues d’Europe has pleasure in welcoming a group of twelve young Germans in socio-professional insertion, who will participate in artistic and cultural projects in the framework of the Take off project in Lyon and its surroundings, from 6 November to 14 December 2012.

For this sixth edition, twelve young people from Münich will participate in the following events: - an artistic workshop, training courses in cultural structures, language courses, a cultural programme and inter-cultural exchange.

The results of their work in an artistic workshop will be visible at 6.30 pm on 29 November 2012 in an ephemeral exhibition presented by the Asphodèles Theatre in Lyon.

Take off, financed by the IDA programme “integration durch Austausch” (integration through exchange) of the European Social Fund, is a European project of integration through culture for young people, between Münich, Lyon, Dublin and Ljubljana (in 2012), and carried out since 2010 in partnership with Banlieues d’Europe. 

Further information on line: : www.takeoff-network.eu // www.banlieues-europe.com/cooperations.php?lang=fr
Project coordinator: Christine Ramel : christine.ramel@takeoff-network.eu
Project Assistant,Yann Castagna : : Tél. +33 (0)4 72 60 97 80 - takeoff@banlieues-europe.com

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++