The Project

The European Memories project is pleased to invite all European citizens, men and women of every age and cultural origin, to send their stories.

The archive is composed of three areas; each area can include a lot of different themes and arguments.

Here are some suggestion about, but all each new topic is welcome!

Pathways through Europe (through its diversities):

History, culture and traditions of Europe seen through the lens of personal experiences.

• Tells one or more short memories of your life, memories of childhood or adult life, memories of work, family, love, friendship and the important people in our lives ... Remembers of what we learned and everything that is part of human life ...
• Are there traditions or customs – past or present – which have been important in your life? Do these traditions contain teachings which may be valid today as well?
• Try to recount the experience of travelling in or through Europe, and what the journey has brought into your life…
• My story within the history of Europe. Try to recall your personal experience of historical events, representing moments of upheaval or change….
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Experiences of feeling part of Europe;

life experiences which have contributed to creating in us a sense of belonging to Europe;

• Have there been particular moments and experiences which have created in you a sense of belonging to Europe?
• Identify a photograph in your life which seems in some way to represent somewhat your experience of Europe…
• Identify an object which can represent something of your experience of being part of Europe…
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Another Europe is possible: stories of social commitment and change in Europe...

• Recount your experiences towards another possible Europe, within the different spheres in which social commitment for human rights and democracy is manifested: solidarity and communitarian economy, intercultural dialogue, labour, minorities, housing, health, public assets, fight against poverty, education and training for all, participation, etc. These can be personal or collective experiences, already completed or still ongoing, experiences which have been successful or which have not achieved the expected results

• Experiences of intercultural dialogue. Personal experiences of intercultural dialogue (meeting the ‘other’, in everyday life, in the different contexts and situations where intercultural conflict arises and the need to overcome it is manifested...); experiences of projects and collective social action in the promotion of intercultural dialogue in Europe…
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Works participating in the archive can be developed through different form

Narrations:

• Autobiographical and biographical writings - texts, both in the form of writings about oneself, or stories of others;
• Photo-narrations - photographic reportage, which may be accompanied by texts;
• Video-narrations – reportage, interviews and oral narration.
• Audio-narrations – audio-stories told through the use of reports, interviews and oral narrations.
• Other forms of expression - poetry, novel, fiction, photo stories, comic strips, or other artistic forms of narration.

Studies and researches:

This section will include investigative works on the contest themes developed through qualitative methodologies (interviews, life stories, etc.), including studies and research carried out in memory archives and through oral sources.

We remember you also that...

• It is possible to participate as an individual, a group, a community or an organization;
• It is possible to participate both with autobiographical works, by narrating one’s experience in the first person, and with biographical works, by recounting the stories of others;
• Your story can participate – if you want – to the competition “Narrating Europe”.

It will be possible to submit your works in the following ways:

otherwise

• By post, addressed to the projec partner, with the work description form attached (available from the site or from the Award Office). In cases where submissions are sent by post, the material must, nevertheless, be furnished in a digital version as well, in CD-rom or on another support.
• By e-mail, with the work description form attached (available on the site of the project).