International interdisciplinary conference devoted to the analysis of the relationship between space and historical memory, the uses of the memorial heritage and the treatment of memorial spaces in public policies. The conference will consist of an opening session and then three thematically structured sessions, with three presentations and then one workshop for each. Experts from several European and American countries will participate as lecturers. The conference is aimed at researchers and professionals, as well as legacy management technicians and activists from the social networks who are interested in the broad field of urban memorial space.
PAPERS
Proposals for papers related to the conference topics are invited for
submission. The papers can be presented at the conference in poster
format, accompanying the written texts. The texts will be published in
CD format. Deadlines for submission of proposals and final papers are as
follows:
-Proposals: September 30, 2010. The proposals should include the
following information: full name of the submitter, field or profession,
work or research center, telephone number, email address, title of the
paper and a brief summary of its contents (maximum 500 words).
Notification of acceptance of proposals received will be made by October
30, 2010.
-Papers and posters: January 31, 2011. The text should be submitted in
digital format as a Word file, and should not exceed 50,000 characters.
The authors of the accepted proposals for papers will be duly informed
of the guidelines for the poster format
International Conference
"Urban space, memory, and citizenry.
Restoration, transmission and resignification
of the democratic legacy"
BARCELONA, MARCH 15-18, 2011
Organized by:
· Center for the Study of the Francoist and Democratic Eras (Centre d’Estudis sobre les Èpoques Franquista i Democràtica, CEFID) of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
· Democratic Memorial of the Generalitat de Catalunya
With the cooperation of:
· Barcelona History Museum (MUHBA)
· Heinrich Böll Stiftung Cono Sur
PRESENTATION
The treatment, preservation and resignification of memorial spaces, the conflictual relationship between the citizenry and them, and their inclusion in or exclusion from the democratic heritage are all matters of great importance, laden with symbolic weight in the configuration of public memory, both national and international.
Interest in this topic relative to memorial spaces has been expressed in the growing demand for information, analytical criteria and concrete action, in a vast literature, and in a proliferation of exhibitions, cultural initiatives and various territorial actions.
With the aim of fostering the exchange of knowledge and approaches toward the treatment of these spaces, CEFID-UAB and the Democratic Memorial of the Generalitat de Catalunya have called an international conference with the title Urban space, memory, and citizenry: Restoration, transmission and resignification of the democratic legacy.
The conference will bring together the experience of research teams, institutions, groups and experts acting in this area, in both Europe and the Americas. It will thus gather the various intellectual reflections that contribute to the understanding and the use of this heritage. At the same time, it will take in account the use of new technologies in the determination of and dialogue with the spaces. The conference is hence aimed at researchers working on the broad and complex field of memory, but also at heritage management professionals as well as at activists from the social networks which are interested in this field. To sum up, the conference’s aim is two-fold: deepening the scientific debate and promoting the transfer of that debate’s results to society.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
TUESDAY, MARCH 15
19:00 h. Opening session
· Opening Speech
The opening will take place in the Democratic Memorial Auditorium, Via Laietana, 69, Barcelona
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16
First session: Policies
9:30 h. Public space, public memory. Ricard Vinyes (Universitat de Barcelona, UB, and CEFID)
10:30 h. The making of the democratic heritage in the European urban space. From Paris to Berlin. Régine Robin (Université du Québec en Montréal and Center for European Studies-Harvard University)
11:30 h. Discussion
12:00 h. Break
12:30 h. The fall and rise of national memories, Jewish and Polish. Idith Zertal (Institut für Jüdische Studien, University of Basel)
13:30 h. Discussion
14:00 h. End of the morning session
16:30 h. Workshop: Urban spaces
· The narratives of memorial sites in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The “Nunca más” in the streets. Emilio Crenzel (Universidad de Buenos Aires and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas – CONICET-, Argentina)
· Memorial discourses in the city of Barcelona. Manel Risques (UB and CEFID)
· Presentation of the map and the research “Democratic memory in Barcelona”
19:00 h. End of the session
THURSDAY, MARCH 17
Second session: Memorial heritage
9:30 h. The democratic heritage: between the civic value and the added value. Montserrat Iniesta (anthropologist and museologist)
10:30 h. Borders and exiles: memorial interventions, preservation of democratic values and socialization of a shared history. Jordi Font Agulló (Museu Memorial de l’Exili, La Jonquera)
11:30 h. Discussion
12:00 h. Break
12:30 h. The Art of Memory / the Memory of art. Some projects from Europe, Latin America and Asia. Horst Hoheisel (artist)
13:30 h. Discussion
14:00 h. End of the morning session
16:30 h. Workshop: Media and narratives
· The TV space, between the showbusiness and the memorial production. Claudia Feld (Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET, Argentina)
· Internet, an space for memorial action and association. Inès Garriga (Fundació Digitalent de noves tecnologies i xarxes socials, Barcelona)
· Photography and memory. Laura Terré (photography historian and exhibitions organizer)
19:00 h. End of the session
FRIDAY, MARCH 18
Third session: Citizenry and memory
9:30 h. Barcelona and the defense of the democratic heritage. Ferran Mascarell (former minister of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya; audiovisual consultant , RBA).
10:30 h. Memory’s imprints upon territory. Elizabeth Jelin (CONICET and Núcleo de Estudios sobre la Memoria-Instituto de Desarrollo Económico y Social, Argentina)
11:30 h. Discussion
12:00 h. Break
12:30 h. Memorial discourses in Catalonia: territorial actions and urban resistences of an emerging heritage. Jordi Guixé (Memorial Democràtic)
14:00 h. End of the morning session
16:30 h. Workshop: Interventions
· Memorial sites as an stage for political action: research in Santiago de Chile. Isabel Piper Shafir (Universidad de Chile)
· The mourning spaces as public memorial spaces: the common graves from the Civil War and the Francoist repression. Conxita Mir (Universitat de Lleida, UdL)
18:30 h. Closing session
CONFERENCE VENUE: Museu d’Història de Barcelona (MUHBA). Plaça del Rei, s/n, Barcelona
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Xavier Domènech (UAB), Jordi Font Agulló (Museu Memorial de l’Exili), Jordi Guixé (Memorial Democràtic), Martí Marín (UAB), Carme Molinero (UAB), Manel Risques (UB), Francesc Vilanova (UAB), Ricard Vinyes (UB), Pere Ysàs (UAB).
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