BBB Cine-Forum
supported by the Film Center of Montenegro
Unveiling Balkan Cinema: past, present and future
Workshop:
#Dominant vs Edge Narratives: How national history is framed
WHEN: Friday, 13/10, 12:00 – 14:00
WHERE: IEC Tehnopolis, Nikšić
ENTRANCE: FREE
If we are all connected in a shared thread that unites all stories, then consecutively it is important to represent the different European narratives in national historiography. How are we taught about history and why some stories are not included in the dominant narrative, effectively becoming edgetales? An introductory workshop by Giannis Ilkos and Christos Angelidis about narratives and perspectives in historiography aims to highlight the importance of edgetails, dominant narratives and public commemoration. Throughout the workshop participants will become familiarized with holistic remembrance through the example of the PeaceLine project.
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What is PEACELINE?
In 2020, the German War Graves Commission used the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War as an opportunity to launch an innovative project that combines encounter, reconciliation and education in a youth-oriented form: PEACE LINE. In PEACE LINE young people between 18 and 26 from different countries travel as a group for two weeks on a route through several European countries. The group visits places of remembrance of the First and Second World War, the division of Europe and the European Unification. Pedagogically experienced team members accompany the journey. The participants learn together about the historical events of these places and about the different existing perspectives that show how the same events are told in different stories. In this way, they experience that the history which is taught in school is not necessarily the history that other young people from Europe learn in their countries or regions. It is one of the main goals of PEACE LINE to show the existence of different historical perspectives and to discuss with the participants the origins and consequences of these stories.
Facilitators BIO:
Giannis Ilkos (he/him) is a recent graduate of International and European Studies from Panteion University in Athens, Greece. Last year he was a research trainee about Democracy and Human Rights in Southeastern Europe, an activity for which he received a scholarship from Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. He has participated, facilitated, and designed more than 20 international youth projects in 17 countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas about active citizenship, youth participation and politics. He has been involved with the PeaceLine project, run by Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge first in 2021 as a participant and then as a facilitator for two consecutive years, where he was facilitating workshops and discussions about European history and politics of the 20th century.
Chris Angelidis (he/him) is a senior undergraduate student majoring in International Relations. Currently, he holds the position of Festival Developer at Balkans Beyond Borders specializing in the management of digital content, and works as a Web Developer at the IT company, Diadrasis, which specializes in the digitalization of cultural sites. His passion lies in cultural heritage and cross-cultural interactions, that’s why he actively participates in international mobility projects. He believes in the limitless potential of soft power and seeks to promote it through festivals, technology, and personal connections. He became Peace Ambassador through Peaceline’s Yellow Route in June 2023.