ERIAC launches Roma component program within the framework of the German Presidency of the Council of Europe in 2021
In the framework of the German Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, ERIAC will organize a series of activities to raise awareness of the importance of awareness of the importance of Roma arts and culture by highlighting the contributions of Roma to majority societies and advocate for the building of institutional alliances to combating the misrepresentation of the Roma and the various manifestations of Anti-Gypsyism. The project “Roma Component of the German Council of Europe Presidency during 2021” is financed by the German Federal Foreign Office and is a continuation of measures implemented in 2020.
The project aims at encouraging greater commitment of the member states of the Council of Europe to support art, culture, history and media of the Roma and strengthening the cooperation and the institutional approach that welcomes the contributions of Roma, following the example of Germany. The ERIAC’s programming includes art exhibitions, online international conferences and youth engagement events.
The program
Wednesday-Thursday, 10-11 March 20201
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: “Hate speech and Antigypsyism in the Media”
Online on ZOOM and live-streamed on Facebook
Hosted by the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) in cooperation with the Council of Europe Roma and Travellers Team and the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma Team and the Anti-gypsyism Research group of the Documentation Center for Sinti and Roma
Tuesday, 16 March 2021
ADI-ROM MEETING Cultural Program Online
As part of the online meeting of the Committee of Experts on Roma and Traveller Issues (ADI-ROM), ERIAC will host an online cultural program, including exclusive online opening of the Family Archives exhibition.
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
Exhibition opening: FAMILY ARCHIVES
Virtual opening on ERIAC website
ERIAC Art Space, Reinhardtstraße 41-43, 10117 Berlin
The Family Archives exhibition is a subjective counterpoint to research into the public and institutional archives. This research is carried out with the participation of European Sinti and Roma public figures, intellectuals, artists, citizens and youth, who are willing to share their own family collections and experiences.
Monday, 22 March 2021
Exhibition opening: Joakim Eskildsen/Nihad Pusija
A Photographic Journey into Roma Lives
Virtual opening
Federal Foreign Office, Werderscher Markt 1, 10117 Berlin
The exhibition will present photographs by two esteemed contemporary photographs: Joakim Eskildsen and Nihad Nino Pušija
Wednesday – Friday, 7-9 April 2021
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “The role of Roma history in the participation and inclusion of young people’
The conference is organized in partnership with the Youth Department and the Roma and Travellers Team of the Council of Europe, and in close association with Roma youth networks and the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma.
Monday, 17 May 2021
Young Roma Talents exhibition, featuring the results of an ERIAC casting and the results of the “Caricature competition for artists of Roma origin”
Virtual opening on ERIAC website
ERIAC Art Space, Reinhardtstraße 41-43, 10117 Berlin
