The imaginative story of Espérer returns in 2024
2024 is the year of the return of the imaginative story of Espérer. Esperer Island began to take shape …
Asian Migrations in France
In the autumn of 2023 an exhibition provisionally entitled “Asian Migrations in France”, will take place at the Musée national …
Li sconosciuti speciali
Porta Palazzo is home to Europe’s largest local market, and is also Turin’s most multiethnic and multicultural district. Here, the …
Festival du printemps in Paris
1st edition of the event “Festival du Printemps” (Spring Festival) to celebrate the new lunar year, organised by “Les Jeunes …
The Forest of Miss Tang crowdfunding
Our former fieldworker Christine Huynh has been working on the animation film “The Forest of Miss Tang”, directed by Denis …
Augustin Tabo passed away
The sad news reached us, that our Specially Unknown fieldworker from Paris Augustin Tabo has passed away at the age …
Performing the self – the interview
A theatre play by Enrica Camporesi & Elena Mazzi (NL subtitle) (+16) Mon 17/02/2020 at 10 a.m. and 2 …
Newsletter January 2019
How is it to interview a recent refugee? ♦ Mirroring Trilogy in Turin ♦ What do we mean when we talk about …
The Infection
Many friends of Espérer have reported the monologue of the infection to us. Since the theaters are closed in Italy, …
“I am Hussein, who are you?”
A monologue by Hussein Mahdi, production of Madam Fortuna (NL) (+14) Mon 23/03/2020 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. …
The imaginative story of Espérer has returned…
Are you ready? The imaginative story of Espérer has returned… in Piedmont, Tuscany and Emilia Romagna. In Torino, Casciana Terme, …
Crossing worlds: Dumuzi’s memories
A visual performance by Saif Lama’a, a.k.a Dumuzi (EN) (+18) Wednesday 29/01/2020 at 20:00 Visual artist Saif Lama’a (stage …
Specially Unknown on Festival of Popular Cultures in Turin
Sunday 10 November Presentation of 40 stories of asylum seekers in Turin as part of the European project with stories …
Red Star Line – new expo
The Red Star Line collects intense interviews with refugees for new exhibition Last year, the Red Star Line Museum …
The daughter of Dilbi – Bent el Dilbi – 25&27/11/2019
Stories and songs by Sally Ghannoum (EN & NL) (+15) Monday 25/11/2019 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Wednesday 27/11/2019 …
Oracle of Amsterdam 28 June 2019
Conference Oracle of Amsterdam took place on 28th June 2019 in Amsterdam. It gathered experts from different fields from various …
The Imaginative Story of Espérer
Teatro delle Forme and The Goodness Factory present: Wednesday, May 29, 2019, at 21:00 ► THE IMAGINATIVE STORY …
A timeless story of people on the run
Red Starline Museum Antwerp- 29 April – 1 May – 3 May – 5 May 30 stories 4 creative …
Arrived in Bochum – but still unknown?
Festival „Specially unknown“ – 6 to 7 April 2019 – Bochum (Germany) Many refugees live in Bochum. From the …
C’est quoi la vie dans le costume d’un réfugié?
The first artistic event of the European Specially Unknown project will take place Wednesday, March 06 2019, at 07:30 pm …
Project receives European Year of Cultural Heritage label 2018
We are very pleased that “Specially unknown” received the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 label!
First video excerpt of the Paris stories of refugees
Génériques is the partner in France, of the European oral history project Specially Unknown. Discover the first video excerpt of …
Trained fieldworkers start collecting life stories of refugees in 4 EU cities from April 2018
For Specially Unknown EU, a team of 26 special persons have been trained as Oral History …
First round questionnaires Delphi research: 29 January – 28 February 2018
The Delphi method for future oriented research is used to study in 9 Member States the experiences with cultural participation of …
Oral History Training Amsterdam
Kick-off meeting & training for partners in Amsterdam on 13 to 15 November Day 1 Participants: Local coordinators and …
Specially Unknown expands into Europe
Aim of the project Specially Unknown is to promote the participation of refugees (third country nationals) in cultural life and …
