Description du projet
Intégrer l’héritage colonial au sein des débats contemporains sur le patrimoine européen
L’histoire des empires et du colonialisme a considérablement influencé le passé commun de l’Europe. Curieusement, cet aspect historique reste absent des récits officiels concernant le «patrimoine» de l’Europe. Le projet ECHOES, financé par l’UE, considère que l’UE doit impérativement intégrer cette histoire de manière réfléchie et progressive dans son identité fondamentale. En outre, la mémoire du colonialisme doit être reconnue dans les discussions portant sur le patrimoine européen contemporain. Le projet entend illustrer cela en étudiant les efforts créatifs et les interactions avec l’héritage colonial dans des villes européennes et non-européennes. Il fera appel à la diplomatie scientifique horizontale et établira de nouveaux liens et partenariats avec des artistes, des musées et des groupes civiques. ECHOES entend faciliter des dialogues interculturels tournés vers l’avenir et fondés sur des interprétations décoloniales des relations coloniales, promouvant ainsi des formes d’engagement novatrices et inclusives.
Objectif
ECHOES addresses a pressing dilemma at the heart of contemporary Europe: the fact that while the history of empires and colonialism undoubtedly constitutes a shared European past, this past remains strangely silent in official narratives about Europe’s ‘heritage’; those things it values enough to save for future generations. We argue that the EU urgently needs not just to acknowledge this dilemma but to reflexively and progressively include it at the heart of its identity. ‘Europeanising’ difficult colonial heritage is becoming all the more necessary today as the EU operates in increasingly global contexts, relationships and geographies, where its ongoing ‘deficit’ towards accepting colonialism as a part of European history collides with the palpable ‘surplus’ of colonial memory in much of the outside world with which Europe grows ever more entangled. ECHOES therefore proposes that the memory of colonialism needs to find its place in contemporary European heritage debates. Drawing on the proven expertise of a team of leading international scholars, ECHOES will show that it is through exploring the creative activities and engagements with colonial legacy in European and non-European cities still imbued with manifold traces of the colonial past that one can identify new forms of progressive heritage practice. Through a facilitation of horizontal science diplomacy between cities and the creation of new links and partnerships with artists, museums and civic groups, ECHOES will foster new future-oriented forms of intercultural dialogues based on de-colonial understandings of colonial relations. When lifted to a European level this science diplomacy will contribute to a rethinking of existing tensions between Europe and its global neighbours.
Champ scientifique
Programme(s)
Appel à propositions
H2020-SC6-ENG-GLOBALLY-2016-2017
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H2020-SC6-ENG-GLOBALLY-2017
Régime de financement
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinateur
HU6 7RX Hull
Royaume-Uni