German-Armenian youth project – Invisible and Unsayable – Unveiling Hidden Remembrance

Remembrance of historical events is taking place in society in various ways, as in the shape of monuments and memorials. In many cases remembrance was prohibited in history and sites of historical events were hidden, demolished or as another strategy reinterpreted, so their meaning was not visible anymore. The project will reveal the forbidden, forgotten and surpressed remembrance and analyse the forms of remembrance that took place instead, didn’t take place or took place in another form than usually known.

Who?

9 participants between 18 – 30 years from each country

Dates?

Part 1. Germany 4.-10. of June 2022

Part 2. Armenia 11.-17. of September 2022

During the project the participants will:

• learn about events of history in the country of visit and about the mechanisms of remembrance and suppression of remembrance in specific cases
• visit museums
• visit NGOs in both countries to learn about the work of young local people to raise awareness on remembrance and its importance to deal with in each society.
• take part in workshops and seminars
• organize project work organized to learn about relevant topics and follow up to them

All the participants will have an opportunity to analyse the topic with a different tools for expressing their points of view (photography, writing lyric or prose, drawing etc.)

The project language is English.

Participation fee: 100€

If you are interested contact us by mail@pjr-dresden.de