Babel Forums
Hi and welcome to the forum page! Forums are a medium used to bring discussion, ideas, solutions and problems to the surface. We decided to use the forums - not only, to add information and open opportunities to the participants, but allow for open discussion on many of the issues, some of which are very sensitive. These forums are a way in which the artists can creatively think, communicate, and formulate their later art works. The forums have been designed to maximise participant input, as well as factual and philosophical output. It is also an important environment in order for the participants to get to know each other, for us to understand them, and to collect information on the ideas, problems and possible solutions that our youth are concerned with. When:
- 9am-5pm
Where:
- Global Action Centre
FORUM ONE 21st April
- Active listening
- Cultural identities
- Participants and their stories/identities
- Multiculturalism
- Nationality
- Race
- Human Rights
- Global citizenship
- New Zealand, Wellington.
Speakers
- Global Education Centre
- Arts Access
- Feedback and discussion
FORUM TWO May 6th
- Palestinian/Israeli crisis
- Lessons, questions and similarities it raises.
- The ‘other’
- Media portrayals
- Stereotypes
- Cross cultural bridge building
- Conflict resolution.
Speakers
- Amnesty International
- Wellington City Council
- Feedback and discussion
FORUM THREE May 26th
- Colonialism
- Indigenous issues
- Living in New Zealand and relating to the Maori, how do we ‘fit in’?
- Arts practice and business
- Networking info
- Funding
- Art and the audience
- Individual projects discussed
- Exhibition feel.
- Money matters
- Other matters
Speakers
- Ray Ahipene-Mercer WCC Councillor and artist
- Sonya Yee, Access Radio Project Manager and Artist
- Dr Alice Te Punga Somerville, Professor of English, Indigenous Writing and Literature at Victoria University.
- Feedback
- Evaluation forms completed.
