Descrizione del progetto
Includere l’eredità coloniale nei dibattiti sul patrimonio europeo contemporaneo
La storia degli imperi e del colonialismo ha influenzato in modo significativo il passato comune dell’Europa, ma questo aspetto storico rimane curiosamente assente dalle narrazioni ufficiali riguardanti il «patrimonio» europeo. Il progetto ECHOES, finanziato dall’UE, sostiene che sia fondamentale che l’Unione europea incorpori questa storia in modo riflessivo e progressivo nella sua identità di base. Inoltre, la memoria del colonialismo deve essere riconosciuta nelle discussioni sul patrimonio europeo contemporaneo. Il progetto si propone di illustrare questo aspetto indagando gli sforzi creativi e le interazioni con l’eredità coloniale in città europee ed extraeuropee. Per farlo, ricorrerà alla diplomazia scientifica orizzontale e stabilirà nuove connessioni e partenariati con artisti, musei e gruppi civici. ECHOES intende agevolare dialoghi interculturali lungimiranti basati su interpretazioni decoloniali delle relazioni coloniali, promuovendo così forme di impegno nuove e inclusive.
Obiettivo
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.
Campo scientifico
Programma(i)
Invito a presentare proposte
H2020-SC6-ENG-GLOBALLY-2016-2017
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H2020-SC6-ENG-GLOBALLY-2017
Meccanismo di finanziamento
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinatore
HU6 7RX Hull
Regno Unito