Symposium II: Which city for whom? Democratising the city
- 24th to 26th February 2006 -
In many cities in the global South and North there is resistance against neoliberal globalisation, especially in basic organisations of social movements. The political actions cover a broad spectrum, all political activists though are confronted again and again with municipal institutions and local politics. Often basic organisations take on formerly ”public” tasks and in doing so are in danger of not following their initial demands anymore. What demands are to be made on municipal institutions against this background? Which elements of cooperation are promising, and why are they promising? In which ways are basic organisations dealing with the withdrawal of local institutions from formerly public tasks? What we possibilities to counteract the possible appropriation in the course of neoliberal reorganisation?
PROGRAMME
Friday, 24th February
18 hrs arrival
20.00 hrs welcome and introduction of speakers
20.15 hrs Autonomous political work and neoliberal „instrumentalisation“
Thoughts and Observations concerning the situation of self-organisations and NGOs
Short statements by Stephan Lanz, Katrin Steiner, Judith Welkmann subsequently: discussion
Saturday, 25th February
9.00 – 9.30 hrs A city for all! Self-Organisations, Autonomy and Integration
Presentation of workshops and speakers
I: Models of self-determined power
With Boniface Mabanza, Kongo and Knut Unger, tenant association Witten
II. The system within the system
With Graciela Draguicevich, Mutual Sentimiento, Argentina
and Sebastian Müller, International Network for Urban Research and Action, Dortmund
III. Social Movements: Urban Politics from below
With Rhoda Viajar, Philippine Human Rights Information Center, Philippines and Klaus Ronneberger, Frankfurt
starting 9.30 hrs Workshops, including short statements and discussions
12.30 – 14.00 hrs lunch
14.00 –16.30 hrs workshops continued
16.30-17.00 hrs coffee and tea break
17.00-18.00 hrs Open Space: Exchange between the participants of the workshops
18 hrs dinner
19.30 hrs public discussion:
Crisis in Asia, Crash in Argentina
Similarities after the economic crises in 1998 and in 2001
Talk and discussion with Rhoda Viajar and Graciela Draguicevich
starting 21 hrs „Socialising“ and party
Sunday 26th February
09.30-11.15 hrs Urban Movements struggling for autonomous political work
(combined with perspectives for a new internationalism)
with Boniface Mabanza, Graciela Draguicevich, Rhoda Viajar
short statements and discussion
11.15.-11.30 hrs break
11.30 – 12.00 hrs feedback
12.00 hrs lunch
subsequently: departure
