December 2nd
18:30 – 19.30 EET | TCZ TALK
Mapping Contact Zones: Voices from Within and Beyond Roma Communities
Roma intellectuals, cultural professionals, and activists are invited to reflect on their own “contact zones” — spaces where community life, cultural expression, and social transformation intersect. Moderated by Joachim Umlauf (Coordinator EU Projects Goethe-Institut Bucharest)
Speakers:
Prof. Dr. Delia Grigore (writer, researcher, and cultural activist)
Prof.Dr. Elena Radu (activist and community leader)
Stream via YouTube Goethe-Institut – link
December 3rd
09:00 – 09:30 EET |Arrival participants + coffee greeting
09:30 – 09:45 EET | Welcome word by Markus Huber, director of Goethe-Institut Bucharest
Introduction by Kerem Çelikoğlu (Culture Action Europe)
Stream via Zoom, Q&A online
09:45 – 10:45 EET | Contextualizing Contact Zones: why now, and why they matter?
Speakers:
András Rényi (Human Platform),
Frans Damman (Herrengracht401)
Roberto Gomez de la Iglesia (Conexiones improbables)
Carina Moutinho (PELE)
Konstantin Fischer (Etz Chayyim Synagogue)
Lars Ebert (Culture Action Europe)
Moderated by Joachim Umlauf (Coordinator EU Projects Goethe-Institut Bucharest)
Stream via Zoom, Q&A online
10:45 – 11:00 EET | Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45 EET | Keynote Lecture
Inês Bettencourt da Câmara (former President of Culture Action Europe, Lecturer at the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar)
From Contact to Transformation: Rethinking Heritage Through Mediation and Failure
Moderated by Joachim Umlauf (Coordinator EU Projects Goethe-Institut Bucharest)
Stream via Zoom, Q&A online
11:45 – 13:00 EET | Pilot video screening
Curriculum Presentation
Insights from TCZ Pilot Trainings
Moderated by Maria João Mota (PELE) & Micol Manunta (Herrengracht401)
Q&A with trainers Luiza Medeleanu (Roma Education Fund), Adrian Furtună (Centrul Național de Cultură a Romilor – Romano Kher)
Stream via Zoom, Q&A online
13:00 – 14:30 EET | Lunch
14:30– 15:30 EET | Who gets to tell the story? Exploring Narrative Justice and Cultural Democracy
Workshop facilitated by Roberto Gomez de la Iglesia (Conexioness improbables) & Lars Ebert (Culture Action Europe)
15:30 – 16:00 EET | Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:15 EET | Who gets to tell the story? Exploring Narrative Justice and Cultural Democracy
Workshop facilitated by Roberto Gomez de la Iglesia (Conexioness improbables) & Lars Ebert (Culture Action Europe)
Introduction on the concept of Cultural Rights by Jazmin Beirak (Director of Cultural Rights at the Spanish Ministry of Culture)
17:15 – 17.30 EET | Closing Words – Shared Learnings and Next Steps
Facilitated by Micol Manunta (Herrengracht401) and Kerem Çelikoğlu (Culture Action Europe)
