Artemisszio Foundation

Are you active in Prague?

Are you between 20 and 25 years old?

Are you involved in urban social issues OR do you have a strong interest in getting involved with such issues?

Are you free for 12 days long workshop in Budapest?

Can you communicate your ideas in English?

Do you want to meet your counterparts from Bratislava, Budapest and Warsaw?

Do you want to take part in an ongoing project aiming to map the urban activism in the four cities?

Subject areas include:

- homelessness and housing rights,

- migration,

- urban community building and organizing,

- environmental activism,

- HIV/AIDS activism,

- human rights,

- disability rights,

- street art,

- participatory planning,

- cycling,

- guerrilla gardening etc.

On the basis of the workshop an exhibition (“The Right to the city in East-Central Europe”) in Budapest, CD-ROM, booklet and a website will be presented. During the workshop there will be lectures focusing on the topics of urban development in East-Central Europe, theater & activism, street art & activism, participatory urban planning, participatory action research, (alternative) tools & avenues of political participation, and other similar topics. There will also be round-table discussions, presentation of thematic movies and team-work in smaller groups.

Preliminary Programme (doc)

David Harvey - Right to the City (pdf)

The organizing association (Artemisszio Alapitvany/Foundation) covers your accommodation and board in Budapest during the workshop. On the basis of your travel tickets the 70% of your travel costs will be reimbursed.

If you are interested please send by email a motivation letter (in English) including the following information:

- areas of interest

- experience in urban activism/volunteering

- reference works (video, images, art etc.)

- motivation for activism

- why are you interested in the project?

- what do you want to get out of this project?

- what can you give to the project?

- what do you plan to do after the project?

- your photo (or a symbol) you would like to use in the online presentation of the workshop

Please mention the subject "Right to the City Workshop" in your email.

Contact person: Ondřej Daniel

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Deadline for applications: January 30, 2010