Workshops description
Climate change-induced (im)mobility is an increasingly relevant and controversial topic; however, reductive approaches risk sensationalizing the issue, often perpetuating stereotypical interpretations. The concept of the Panicocene captures the pervasive fear and uncertainty surrounding climate (im)mobilities, as a double crisis narrative of the panic over mass displacement due to environmental disasters. It is essential to question today's narratives and representations, shifting towards messages grounded in evidence rather than relying on preconceived notions.
How can we do this?
Cooperation is the key: different professionalisms and sensibilities can co-create different narratives and awareness around the topic, able to go beyond the panic to re-envision climate (im)mobilities.
- What are the elements to take into consideration when communicating and representing climate change, migration and climate migration?
- What does a critical representation of climate migration look like?
- How could we ensure better collaboration between researchers, media workers, activists and artists?
The workshop will be an occasion to reflect on cooperation starting from an individual perspective to create a collective vision challenging the mainstream narrative around the topic of climate change and migration.
If you want to collaborate in re-envisioning climate mobilities narratives, join us for the three days workshop in Warsaw.
How to apply?
The workshop will be held in English.
The participation in the workshop is free of charge, the places are limited.
We collect applications until 27th of April, the persons selected will be noticed by the 30th of April.
To apply fill in the FORM
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REIMAGINING MOBILITIES - a research collective affiliated with the University of Bologna. Reimagining Mobilities explores the tensions and contradictions between policies, practices and narratives related to climate justice and different mobility systems. Through creative research practices and activities that start from the recognition of one's own privileged position, the collective aims to share strategies and tools to fight injustice and social exclusion.
Professor of Sociology, Culture and Communication at the Department of Sociology and Business Law at the University of Bologna. He is an honorary professor at the University of Melbourne and a research fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Institute for Public Knowledge-New York University (USA) and Monash University (Australia). Coordinator of the PhD program in Sociology and Social Research. Author of books and articles on media and migration, borders and human rights, performing arts and active citizenship, president of the Italian NGO YODA, founding director of the IT. A.CÀ_migrants and travelers, founding member of the Italian Network Against Hate Speech, founding member of the Reimagining Mobilities collective.
Visiting fellow at the Center for Integrated Earth System Information (CIESIN) at Columbia Climate School and Marie-Curie researcher at the University of Bologna, head of the global project “PANICOCENE. Reframing Climate Change-induced Mobilities”, which aims to explore and analyze how media discourses and narratives can lead to stereotypes about migration caused by climate change. Her research focuses on the topics of mobility and migration, borders, climate change, and ethnography.
Researcher at the University of Bologna, member of the Reimagining Mobilities collective, consultant for third sector entities and public administration in the field of migration and social integration. Since November 2023, she has been an assistant in the Effetto Farfalla. Cambiamo le parole per cambiare il mondo project on discrimination issues and in the Turismo delle Radici project. She is collaborating on the project about climate migration Re-think the challenge, a series of seminars that will use creative tools such as creative writing to create collaboration between different target groups: activists, researchers and scientists, journalists. Feminist.
RE-THINK THE CHALLENGE FESTIVAL is a festival of creative activities focusing on exploring the theme of migration in the context of climate catastrophe.
What do we mean when we talk about so-called climate migration? How do we shape narratives about the movement of humans and other living creatures? Through encounters, workshops, seminars and performative activities, we will look at the justice of movement from the perspective of interspecies solidarity, how movement is integral to our existence and how its restriction deprives dignity and prevents survival - for humans, plants and animals.
Festwial will take place from 20 May - 1 June 2025
Festival partners: Zachęta - National Gallery of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Zygmunt Hubner Powszechny Theatre, Komuna Warszawa, Warsaw Cultural Observatory, Cantieri Mettici, Reimagining Mobilities
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The workshop 'Beyond Panic? Climate migration and other contemporary (in)justice' is held as part of a project funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
The festival is taking place as part of the Re-think the challenge project funded by the Allianz Foundation and as part of the “Courage, Freedom, Imagination - a creative laboratory” project co-financed by the City of Warsaw.
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