Abschlusswochenende “Decolonising Cultures of Remembrance”
9.–11. Oktober, Fürstenberg (Havel) ///
Als Abschlussveranstaltung des Projekts „Decolonising Cultures of Remembrance“ laden wir euch zu einem Wochenende mit Ausstellung, Workshops und Spaziergängen in Fürstenberg/Havel, Brandenburg, eine Stunde nördlich von Berlin ein.
/// Eröffnung am 9. Oktober, 18 Uhr
Final Weekend of “Decolonising Cultures of Remembrance”
October 9-11, Fürstenberg (Havel) ///
As final event of “Decolonising Cultures of Remembrance” project, we invite you to a weekend of exhibition, workshops and walks in Fürstenberg/Havel, Brandenburg, 1 hour north of Berlin (Germany).
/// Opening 9th October, 6pm
Online workshop “Remembrance as the Ultimate Decolonial Decision”
This workshop looks at how grief and remembrance function together, and why the decision of what to remember is one of the most consequential decolonial acts available to us.
Online presentation of the zine on commemoration practices by Solidarity Collectives
Speakers from Solidarity Collectives will share information about the work they do and present some parts of the zine they created within the framework of the project Decolonising Cultures of Remembrance.
“Self-Organisation on Maidan” a special lecture and discussion with Dr. Emily Channell-Justice
An inspiring evening dedicated to understanding the Maidan protests of 2013–2014 through the lens of political activism, self-organization, and left-wing participation.
Between Silence and Repression. Germany‘s Culture of Remembrance and Palestine
In this session, our guest speakers Dr. Pegah Byroum-Wand and Ahmad Dakhnous tried to shed light on Germany’s culture of remembrance, focusing specifically on Palestine and Palestinian perspectives, introducing the concept of multidirectional memory.
Moldavia/Moldova under Ottoman, Tsarist and Soviet Empires. Commonalities, specificities and consequences.
Cultures of Remembrance hybrid event. As part of the educational trip to Moldova in April 2026.
Open Call – Educational Travel to Moldova / apel deschis vizită educaționalăîn Moldova
Already in the past – Together with 25 participants we learned about the intersections of decolonisation, remembrance work, queer visibility, and activism.
Networking meeting in Poland. Public event with Zarina Mukanova.
We keep moving on our journey of “Decolonising Cultures of Remembrance”. Together with our project partners we are meeting in Poland to get deeper into the topic of decolonial work. We will explore it on different levels: how it is implemented in art, in the work of the museums, in the academic research, in collective practices and in daily activism.
One of the inputs is from Zarina Mukanova on “Between Two Empires (China and Russia): A Decolonial Critique of Kazakhstan’s Contemporary Approaches to Memory Management”
Networking meeting in Poland. Public screening of the movie “With love, Stela”
We keep moving on our journey of “Decolonising Cultures of Remembrance”. Together with our project partners we are meeting in Poland to get deeper into the topic of decolonial work. We will explore it on different levels: how it is implemented in art, in the work of the museums, in the academic research, in collective practices and in daily activism.
One of the events is a public screening of the movie “With love, Stela” and a Q&A session with Stela Pascal afterwards