[Spotykach] brainstroming help

[olhas]

Hi, people.

Now since with dates and venue is more or less 
clear (?), its possible start prepare call out 
and following programm proposal, which we can 
discuss on preparatory meeting (we still wait for 
more feedback when and with whom do it). Bthw its 
important to know now (please tell us who want to 
come to Berlin for sure that we can look for accomodation).
so back to call out. It could be helpful make 
some brainstorming concerning what we (each of 
you) would like to discuss on the seminar that 
based on it we can write a call-out and futher a 
programm. I started it myself and send it to list 
as an exampe but not a final version. Many things 
there are just an ideas, not well thought 
statements/questions but the one which eating 
from inside.I am sure many have got such. Its 
soemthing like flies whom you want to catch, no 
always succesfully, cause they irritates with their sound once in a while.
  When some points get support and also togather 
with other one we can developt something more 
interesting hopefully. From clear call out also 
depends how many new interested peole we can get 
into our spotykach-circle to share our concept.So 
I would give some attantion for it now.

regards, Olga


Brainstorming


Points/questions, on which an Eastern European 
conference would like to, keep attention.

I. Focus: East and West, Past and Present Reality:
    * East European soviet experience:
a)      Soviet history as a ballast to be angry of or a “treasure”
to use for building an ideal society based on taken lessons?
b)     blaming a communism: resolution of Council 
of Europe on blaming a communists crime during a 
soviet regime and its local interpretations 
(Czech Republic, the Ukraine, Russia).
c)      freedom and unfreedom as a controversies 
combination of the soviet time: avoid “one side” 
approach towards the soviet society experience;
d)     Is it people of soviet time responsible 
for their fortuner and if they need make a 
conscious realizations/reconsideration of their identity?
    * German socialistic experience: during 
Berlins Wall and after. Is it East Germany east or west?
    * Western and Eastern notion of left, right 
and extremists political engagement: to 
understand differences and find similarities to 
prevent a misunderstanding according to an 
analogical recopying from West into East.
    * Retransformation of colonial approach of 
the West now towards the Eastern European countries: how to resist?
    * Are anti-capitalist and antiglobalization 
discourses actual for Eastern Europe now or it 
need its time to swallow capitalism first to come 
with natural need to resist? Is it make sense 
bring anticapitalist revolution to the east now?
    * USSR and EU: two monsters of the same root 
with different ideology or EU the right  option? 
Models of Soviets and European Union governing 
institutions in frame of international community 
of states (republics): similarities and 
differences? Will EU have the same end as USSR?
    * Moral and system’s values of capitalistism 
and socialism: what belongs to whom?
    * Human factor in-between Eastern (new 
unclear-economy states) and Western 
(well-developed industrial countries) 
propagandas. Where the place of ordinary person?
    * Is it political activists on a right way? 
What is the motivation for political resistance 
in the East and in the West (past and current time)?
    * Controvecial role of NGOs in solving social 
problems. Western and Eastern models of NGOs: similarities and differences.
    * Is Anarchism a sectism or solution for 
humanity? Fears from a mainstream as a weak pint of radical activism.
    * Labels: “ossi”, “wessi”, ex-soviets, 
“Russians“, barbarians, easterners in mixture 
with clisches: vodka-drinkers, Kusturica-film-art 
of acting, poor of all levels: what stays behind it?
    * Label of “white-people”, westerner, EU 
citizen, Schangen member with clichés: 
not-drinkers, rational, rich, good-looking, 
“civilized”, sufficient, good auto owner, clean: what stays behind it?
    * Role of different religious institutions 
and believes on developing a different life 
style, patterns and approaches in he East and in 
the West. If this is essential difference?
    * Do I like my counter partner 
Easterner/Westerner or I find her/him strange? If 
yes, why? What irritates me on them? What makes 
us feel close and closed? Hhy need come together?
    * Is is cultural differences important to 
look into for international actions, projects and 
other activities. Or it is enough tolerate each 
other as inhabitants from different planets.
    * Is it gender problems the same on the east 
and west? Where they are different and why?

II. Focus: collaborate and how?
    * preparation of anti-G8 summit 2006 in Sankt-Petersbug.
    * 



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