NoBorderSpace / Yerevan

ABOUT THE PROJECT

The project provides a platform to discuss complex and relevant issues of history of the relationships, intercultural contacts, imperial and colonial legacies, memory and history politics, nationalism, and contemporary conflicts, as well as methods and perspectives for their peaceful transformation.

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● A variety of working meetings and dialogues of different formats are planned, inviting citizens of the South Caucasus, Belarus, and Russia to participate.

● The most motivated participants of the first in-country dialogues will be invited to participate in other planned project activities.

● In 2024 the project will implement the online education programme: a series of lectures and discussions on imperialism and nationalism, memory politics and historical politics, postcolonial and decolonial approaches, armed conflicts and the prospects for their peaceful transformation.

● The most prepared and motivated participants of the project will be given the opportunity to work together with experts to produce multimedia materials (podcasts, videos, photo and art projects, articles, etc.).

THE MAIN GOAL OF THE DIALOGUE

Creating a space for an open exchange of opinions and ideas as well as forming a sustainable transnational network of professionals ready to cooperate and work together on different contemporary topics.

Approach

The intensive three-day dialogue and discussions are a chance to bring a different perspective to the key events of the past that affect interstate and intercultural relations in the present. Dialogue participants, supported by experienced facilitators and experts, form the agenda for the discussions themselves. The most important topics will be further analysed in the discussions. In conducting the dialogues, we rely on the methodology actively and successfully applied by the partner organisation - Imagine Center for Conflict Transformations.

INVITATION TO APPLY

● Citizens or residents of Armenia

● Citizens of Belarus and Russia who have moved/relocated to Armenia in the recent years

● Civic activists, social researchers and historians, journalists and bloggers, publicists and artists, teachers, urbanists, etc.

● No age limit.

Terms of participation

• Deadline for the Yerevan Dialogue – 1st June 2023

• The working language is English (understanding of Russian is necessary).

• All costs during the event will be covered by the organisers.