Since the 1st of August 2009 dvv international Bonn, in close cooperation with its national offce in Yerevan, is implementing a project with the aim of contributing to the Turkish-Armenian reconciliation process. The project is generously fnanced by the German Federal Foreign Offce (Auswärtiges Amt).
After a century of confict and lack of dialogue this new project has the aim of building bridges between Turkey’s and Armenia’s populations through adult education, intercultural exchange and oral history research.
For 2009 two main activities are planned: A youth camp for students from both countries in Armenia and an oral history project. The idea is to train and empower young people to interview contemporary witnesses in both countries with a focus on the multicultural memory and identity within this geography. These interviews will form the basis of a website and publication on the joint past of the two communities.
A second camp, this time in Turkey, will be organized in 2010. From 24-27 August all involved partners and specially invited international experts met to discuss the project implementation at a workshop in Istanbul. In Turkey, Anadolu Kültür, a local NGO working in the sphere of culture and the arts, and in Armenia the Centre for Ethnological Studies “Hazarashen” are the main partners of the project. The research component will be carried out by two well-known scientists: Dr. Hransuh Kharatyan-Arakelyan from the Academy of Sciences in Yerevan and Dr. Leyla Neyzi of Sabanci University in Istanbul.
For further information contact Matthias Klingenberg at dvv international Bonn: klingenberg@dvv-international.de
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