28-30.9, Bale, Istria, Croatia
AGENDA (tentative)
TRADITIONS, TRANSLATIONS, TRANSACTIONS
Cultural traditions and building contemporary identities and communities
The Oracle Network is inviting you to this year’s ORACLE Annual Meeting which will take place in the lovely region of Istria, Croatia, during three days: 28 – 30 September 2023.
Held in the area of exceptional cultural richness and diversity, the meeting will explore cultural practices that ‘translate’ traditions and heritage into contemporary expression, fostering diversity and building cultural identities and communities.
The Agenda features diverse civic and institutional practices, through:
– Symposium Cultural traditions in building contemporary identities and communities, held in Bale (28.9. afternoon)
– Study visits to Savicenta, Rovinj, Vodnjan and Pula (29-30.9.)
Please see the (still tentative) AGENDA below.
Registration is still open through a G-form, click HERE.
Please feel free to contact us at oraclenetwork@gmail.com.
The ORACLE Annual Meetings are designed to continue the ethos of the European Diploma training and stimulate members to dream up and develop new projects, share innovative ideas and create genuine intercultural exchanges.
Whilst most members are cultural managers who have undertaken the diploma, this is not compulsory – the network also welcomes freelance workers, artists, academics and anyone who wishes to play their part in creating genuine cultural exchanges and dialogue within a modern European and global context.
AGENDA (tentative)
Supported by the Tourist Office of the Municipality of Bale
| THURSDAY28th Sept | Welcome & Symposium | |
| morning | Arrival | |
| 12:00 | Introducing Bale | Walking tour through Bale (optional) |
| 13:00 | Lunch (ORACLE) | |
| 14:00 | Registration | |
| SYMPOSIUM | ||
| 14:30 | Welcome Keynote speeches | |
| 15:30 | PANEL DISCUSSIONS: Community building through fostering tradition and heritage | |
| 15:45-17:00 | Civic initiatives and community building | Presentation of practices + Q&A + Informal talks |
| 17:30-18:45 | Public institutions and community building | Presentation of practices + Q&A + Informal talks |
| 18:45 | Conclusions | |
| 19:00 | Cocktail | |
| 20:00 | Dinner (ORACLE) | |
| FRIDAY 29th Sept | Visit to community initiatives in Istria | |
| 10:00 | Visit to Savičenta | Visit to the Morosini-Grimani CastleMeeting cultural operators from Istria Walking tour through Invisible SavicentaLunch |
| 16:00 | Visit to Rovinj | Walking tour through the Old Town Meeting cultural operators from Istria Visit to Eco Museum Batana & Dinner |
| SATURDAY 30th Sept | Visit to community initiatives in Istria | |
| 09:30 | ORACLE General Assembly | |
| 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:30 | Visit to Vodnjan | Visit to Apoteka and Germano Fioranti galleries |
| 16:00 | Visit to Pula | Visit to Cultural Centre ROJCWalking tour through heritage sites |
| 21:00 | Farewell dinner & drinks in Bale | |
| SUNDAY 1st Oct | Planning sessions and departure |
SYMPOSIUM AGENDA
| SYMPOSIUM: Cultural traditions and building contemporary identities and communities | ||
| 14:30 | Welcome and Intro | ORACLE Board; Robert Raponja, Fort Forno; Sandi Drandić, Tourist Office Bale |
| KEYNOTE SPEECHES: | ||
| 14:35 | Istria – Region of culture and heritage | Duga Mavrinac, MA, Ethnographic Museum of Istria, Pazin, Croatia |
| 14:50 | Culture, diversity and the sense of belonging in the tempestuous world | Sunčica Milosavljević, PhD, ORACLE |
| 15:00 | The Tempest | Jean Pierre Deru, Foundation Marcel Hicter, Brussels |
| 15:15 | Break | |
| PANEL DISCUSSIONS | ||
| 15:30 | Keynote speech: The burden of heritage and origins of mixed European identitiesJacek Bielak, PhD, Lecturer at the Institute of Art History, Department of the History of Modern Art, University of Gdańsk (ORACLE) | |
| 15:45 | CIVIC INITIATIVES AND IDENTITY AND COMMUNITY BUILDINGChair and presenter: Phillip Parr FRSA, Parrabbola, York International Shakespeare Festival, European Shakespeare Festivals Network; London, UKPresenting:Jasminka Mesarić, theatre manager, Fort Forno Art association, Bale: Culture in reinforcing the identity of small communities Maša Milovac, cultural manager, Avanti! Centar avangardi (ORACLE): Invisible Savičenta Marino Jurcan, cultural worker and manager, Metamedij Association, Pula, Croatia (ORACLE) Remix of Identities 8Vanda Velagić, creative theatre maker, actress and anthropologist, Collective Igralke, Rijeka: Community theatre in the example of the Rijeka actors ‘Collective Igralke’ Phillip Parr FRSA, creative theatre maker and cultural manager, Parrabbola, York International Shakespeare Festival, European Shakespeare Festivals Network; London, UK (ORACLE) Just one person… Building a community one step at a timeKatarzyna Renes, The Alexander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, Poland (ORACLE): Wild is common, Bialowieska forest /natural heritage/ | |
| 17:15 | Coffee break + Informal talks | |
| 17:45 | PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND IDENTITY AND COMMUNITY BUILDINGChair and presenter: Danko Dujmović, PhD, Assistant professor, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Studies, Art History Department, CroatiaPresenting:Prof. Irena Lazar, PhD, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities University of Primorska, and Head of the Unesco Chair, Koper, Slovenia: UNESCO Chair of interpretation and education for enhancing integrated heritage approachesRobert Alagjozovski, National coordinator for interculturalism, one society, cultural development and inter-ministerial cooperation in the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia, Skopje (ORACLE): Shared heritage policies for community cohesionAndrea Roknić Bežanić, PhD, Associate professor, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Philosophy, History Department: Interpreting historical and cultural heritage – Case studies (article)Danko Dujmović, PhD, Assistant professor, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Studies, Art History Department: Mapping and documenting cultural heritage in cooperation with local communities | |
| 19:00 | Cocktail + Informal talks | |