Онлайн-дискуссия "Urban Segregation and Identity"
- irakelner
- 22 мая
- 3 мин. чтения
16 мая 2025 состоялся разговор, посвященный вопросам сегрегации и формирования идентичности в городской среде. Дискуссия велась на английском языке, в ней участвовали спикеры из разных стран.
In autumn 2023, as part of the VI Museum Forum on Children's Programs, a session "How to Talk About Identity" was held. Among the questions asked by the session participants was the following: "How do we get shaped by the place where we live, and how can we influence the perception of this identity by identifying local practices and symbols?".
On May 16, 2025, the session's working group managed to continue the conversation by bringing together speakers from different countries. This time, we focused on the processes of segregation and identity formation in the urban environment.
Anke Bülow spoke about her experience working in the Lichtenhagen district (Rostock, Germany). A number of initiatives were launched as part of the systemic support for the local population. Anke shared the results of her work, which formed the basis of the brochure "My Lichtenhagen" - a collection of personal stories of local residents and their perception of the district from its emergence in the 70s to the present day. Anke Bülow's presentation
Anastasia Kamenskaya presented the Pushkino project, which is part of the Rural School of Economics ecosystem along with projects in Kassel (Germany) and Delft (Holland). The project is a nomadic educational initiative that aims to develop the interest of young people from remote communities in place, agency and social interaction skills . Anastasia emphasized the value of an outside perspective, sharing the results of the joint work of the children and invited artists.
Anastasia Kamenskaya's presentation
Lolita Moitsrapishvili showed how photography can be a mediator in interaction with a difficult past. In the project "The Igumenka River: an experience of photographic research of a river that was hidden underground in Tomsk" the exhibition became a way to acknowledge the collective trauma that affected every second family in the city. Working with the hidden river of Tomsk, the researcher discovered a discrepancy between the information on Yandex and Google maps. And this is not about the difference in names, but about the absence of the existing geographical objects.
Lolita Moitsrapishvili's presentation
Diana Mubarakshina, using the example of the Uppsala Circus in Zeitz (Germany), reminded us that migration processes affect both the actors themselves and the environment they enter and leave. And art based on personal stories helps engage the audience. Diana emphasized that it is important to avoid judgments and show empathy towards each other.
Diana Mubarakshina's presentation
While working on a public space project in Petrovsk-Zabaikalsk (Russia), Petr Ivanov drew attention to the “invisibility” of the Decembrists in the city on which they had a great influence. Seventy-one people, brilliant representatives of their generation, who were imprisoned for a long time in Petrovsky Zavod (as the settlement was formerly called), seemed to have left behind neither memory nor material heritage. Nevertheless, they managed to enrich the diet of the local residents.It was thanks to the Decembrists that tomatoes and onions began to be grown in the settlement. In memory of this, the project team organized a public garden that can be used by current city residents.
The project also preserves in various ways the memory of the Decembrists' wives, twenty-one brave women who voluntarily followed their husbands to Siberia.
Petr Ivanov's presentation
We once again thank all participants for their interest in the topic and their willingness to discuss complex issues in a foreign language.
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