Konferencija u Guernici / “Venues of victims // Venues of perpetrators”

A concluding conference within the Project „Venues of victims // Venues of perpetrators. Mapping, decoding & processing the role of historical-civic education in (European) youth work“ was held in Guernica, in North-West Spain, from the 5th till the 9th of November.

The European Youth Education and Meeting Center in Weimar and Documenta – Center for Dealing with the Past organized the project together; ten further organizations from ten different European countries were also included in it. The local partner, „Asociacion de investigacion por la paz Gernika Gogoratuz“, offered great support in organizing the conference in the glorious Basque town.

Representatives and associates of the partner organizations, as well as young educators and participants in the summer camp, held in the second half of August in Croatia, took part in the conference. The aim was to present the entire project and the highlights of the summer camp to a wider public. One day of the conference was also dedicated to getting to know the host town. The main event at the conference was a public presentation, at which the participants in the summer camp used different methods – exhibitions, presentations, performances and workshops, to present to the visitors the content and the events of the summer camp. The last day of the conference was dedicated to evaluation of the project and to discussions regarding future cooperation.

Photographs: Aleksandra Polivanaya