I International Summer Seminar "Memòria i Testimoniatge al segle XXI" (Memory and testimony in XXI century)
- Título:
- I International Summer Seminar "Memòria i Testimoniatge al segle XXI" (Memory and testimony in XXI century)
- Cuándo:
- Jue, 3. Julio 2014 - Sáb, 5. Julio 2014
- Categoría:
- Altres Activitats Històric EN
Descripción del evento
I International Summer Seminar "Memory and testimony in XXI century"
La Jonquera, July 3 - 5, at the Museu Memorial de l’Exili (MUME).
In this first encounter organized by the Centre for Memory and Testimony Studies of the Wilfrid Laurier University, which counts with the co-organisation of the Museu Memorial de l'Exili and the Mémorial du Camp de Rivesaltes, the central topis will be "The border of the memory. The memory at the border".
The seminar has been partially financed by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Government of Canada.
At the same time, the organisation of the seminar also counts with the collaboration of Memorial Democràtic de la Generalitat and the support of the Institut de Recerca Històrica, University of Girona (UdG), the Chair Walter Benjamin (UdG), the Centre de recherches historiques sur les sociétés méditerranéennes (CRHISM), University of Perpinyà Via Domitia, the Group Memoria y Sociedad, University of Barcelona, the Town Council of Argelers de la Marenda, the Town Council of Sant Cebrià, the Diputació de Girona, Nau Côclea and Gîtes de France.
To take part, you need to register: Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo.. Registration fee: 25 euros (15 euros for students and unemployed).
As to accommodation, please check the web of La Jonquera (www.lajonquera.cat) and Gîtes de France (www.gites-de-france-66.com)
PROGRAMME
Thursday, July 3
9.30 Welcome and presentation of the Seminar
Sònia Martínez, Mayor of La Jonquera and President of the MUME Consortium
Jordi Font, director of the MUME
Marta Marín-Dómine, director, Center for Memory and Testimony Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
Jordi Palou-Loverdos, director of the Democratic Memorial, Government of Catalonia
10.00-11.15 Inland borders: workers, migrants and natives in contemporary Rome
Speaker: Alessandro Portelli, University of Rome, La Sapienza
Presented by: Marta Marín-Dómine
Coffee break
11.30-13.00 Round table: Memory places: genesis, structures and conflicts of memories
Jordi Font: The MUME at the border. Museum of history and place of memory
Agnès Sajaloli, director of the Ribesaltes Field Memorial: The Mémorial du camp de Rivesaltes project
Bernard Rieu, Councilor for Heritage and Catalanity, City Council of Argelès-sur-Mer: The Memorial of the Field of Algiers
Eric Forcada, director of the Collections of Sant Cebrià, City Council of Sant Cebrià: Remains of exile in Sant Cebrià
Moderated by Serge Barba, Vice President of DAME (Descen-dants et Amis de la Maternité d'Elne)
Lunch
14.45-16.00 Thinking about the border, thinking about the landscape
Speaker: Joan Nogué, University of Girona, director of the Landscape Observatory
Presented by: Jordi Font
Coffee break
16.30-18.00 Round table: Borders and memory in art, photography and cinema
Eric Forcada, art historian, University of Perpignan: Art in the fields of northern Catalonia
Àngel Quintana, University of Girona: The distance from the camera to the horror. Show or not show. That is the question
Marta Marín-Dómine, Wilfrid Laurier University: Photographs of Spanish Republicans in Mauthausen: A Case Study
James Opp, Center for Public History, Carleton University: Photo margins and memory sites
Moderated by: Jordi Font
18.15-19.30 Art workshop
The artist Fernando Sánchez Castillo will present his most important works related to the memorial representation of political events
Presented by: Clara Garí, director of Nau Côclea, Camallera, Catalonia
19.30-20.00 Hearing
Sound pieces by José Manuel Berenguer, sound artist and conductor of the Chaos Orchestra: "Islands" (7 min) and "On nothing" (13 min)
Friday, July 4
8.30-13.00 Guided tour of the Ribesaltes camp and the MUME. Travel by bus for those enrolled in the seminar
Lunch
14.45-16.00 The border between good and evil. Ethics, history and memory
Speaker: Georges Bensoussan, historian, Memorial of the Shoah, Paris
Presented by: Marta Marín-Dómine
Coffee break
16.30-18.00 Round table: The border between history and fiction, storytelling and affection
Hugo de Marinis, Wilfrid Laurier University: The frontier between memorial reconstruction and the legal system in Argentina.
Oscar Jané, Autonomous University of Barcelona and director of the magazine Mirmanda: Resilience and frontier: adaptation, assimilation and improvement
Abdherraman Beggar, Professor of Literature, Wilfrid Laurier University: The Border and Cross-Cultural Memory
Enric Berenguer, psychoanalyst, Escola del Camp Freudià, Barcelona: The unconscious as a frontier. Implications in memory construction
Moderator: Marta Marín-Dómine
18.15-19.30 Art workshop
Rene Meshake, artist and poet. It will invigorate the workshop using tools for oral storytelling from Canadian Aboriginal communities
Presented by: Kim Anderson
Dinner
21.00 Cinema-Forum. Who killed Walter Benjamin ... (Spain / Netherlands / Germany, 2005, 73 min), by David Mauas. www.whokilledwalterbenjamin.com. With the presence of the director
Presented by: Marta Marín-Dómine
Saturday, July 5
10.00-11.30 Round table: The border between visibility and invisibility
Kim Anderson, Canadian Indian Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University: Oral Narration and Canadian Aboriginal Memory Colman Hogan, Ryerson University, Literature and Cultural Studies: The Zombie Era: A Mnemesis of Forgetfulness
José Antonio Donaire, University of Girona: The potential of border spaces in the field of cultural tourism
Gabriela Reneé Rodríguez, Member of the Observatory of the Criminal System and Human Rights, University of Barcelona: The ethics of survivors vs. the law of denial: frontiers between humanity and law
Montserrat Iniesta, anthropologist, museologist and member of the "Memory and Society" research group, University of Barcelona: A brief tour of the border through history: 5 images
Moderated by: Rubèn Doll-Petit, Ribesaltes Field Memorial
Coffee break
11.45- 13.00 Case presentation: Maps and memory paths
Hannah Jung, Research Assistant, Center for Memory and Testimony Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University: Digital memory map of the Kitchener-Waterloo region, Ontario, Canada
Jordi Guixé, University of Perpignan - CRHISM (MEFROP project): Memory in the digital age: debates, conflicts and examples
Géraldine Caprani, Chargée de Mission Coopération, Pays Pyrenees Mediterran: To value the memory of the republican exile
Moderated by: Colman Hogan
13.00 Final conclusions by Marta Marín-Dómine and Agnès Sajaloli: towards the preparation of the Second International Summer Seminar 2015, which will take place at the Ribesaltes Field Memorial.
13.30 Appetizer - farewell
- Simultaneous translation in Catalan, Spanish, French and English
At the same time, the organization of the seminar also has the collaboration of the Democratic Memorial of the Generalitat and the support of the Historical Research Institute of the University of Girona, of the Walter Benjamin Chair of the University of Girona, of the Center of recherches historiques sur les sociétés MEDiterranéennes (CRHISM) of the University of Perpignan Via Domitia, of the Memory and Society Group of the University of Barcelona, of the City Council of Argelers de la Marenda, of the City Council of Sant Cebrià, of the Diputación de Girona, Nau Côclea and Gîtes de France.
To participate, you need to register at Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo.. The registration fee is 25 euros (15 euros for students and unemployed).
Regarding the accommodation, you can consult the websites of the City Council of the Jonquera (www.lajonquera.cat) and Gîtes de France (www.gites-de-france-66.com)