The imaginative story of Espérer returns in 2024

2024 is the year of the return of the imaginative story of Espérer. Soon the dates will be published.   …

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Asian Migrations in France

In the autumn of 2023 an exhibition provisionally entitled “Asian Migrations in France”, will take place at the Musée national …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Augustin Tabo passed away

The sad news reached us, that our Specially Unknown fieldworker from Paris Augustin Tabo has passed away at the age …

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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 …

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Newsletter January 2019

How is it to interview a recent refugee? ♦ Mirroring Trilogy in Turin ♦ What do we mean when we talk about …

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The Infection

Many friends of Espérer have reported the monologue of the infection to us. Since the theaters are closed in Italy, …

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“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. …

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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, …

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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 …

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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 …

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Red Star Line – new expo

The Red Star Line collects intense interviews with refugees for new exhibition   Last year, the Red Star Line Museum …

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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 …

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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 …

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The Imaginative Story of Espérer

Teatro delle Forme and The Goodness Factory present:     Wednesday, May 29, 2019, at 21:00 ► THE IMAGINATIVE STORY …

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A timeless story of people on the run

Red Starline Museum Antwerp- 29 April – 1 May – 3 May – 5 May   30 stories 4 creative …

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Arrived in Bochum – but still unknown?

Festival „Specially unknown“  – 6 to 7 April 2019 – Bochum (Germany)   Many refugees live in Bochum. From the …

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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 …

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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!

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Oral History Training Amsterdam

Kick-off meeting & training for partners in Amsterdam on 13 to 15 November   Day 1 Participants: Local coordinators and …

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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 …

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