The Project

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

The archive consists of three areas; each area can include different themes and topics.

Here are some suggestions, but all new topics are welcome!

Pathways through Europe (through its diversity):

Stories of European Inhabitants, Yesterday and Today.

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

Briefly recount one or more memories of your life – about your childhood or adult life, work, family, love, friendship, important people in your life – memories of what you have learned in life – in short, about 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 lessons or values 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?
Talk about a photograph in your life which seems in some way to represent your experience of Europe…
Talk about an object which can represent something of your experience of being part of Europe…
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Another Europe is possible

Stories of s ocial 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 forms:

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, novels, short stories, photo stories, comic strips, or other artistic forms of narration.

Studies and research

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

Remember 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.

You can submit your work in the following ways:

Through the site, www.europeanmemories.eu , by registering with the site , filling in the work description form and uploading the stories into the archive.

By post , addressed to the project partner, with the work description form attached (available from the site). 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 available on the project site.