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From Colonial Past to Inclusive Future - Urban Decolonisation Walk & Evening Program
📍 Dresden | 📅 26 February 2026

On 26 February, the event "From Colonial Past to Inclusive Future" in Dresden, organized as a part of the European project "UDEW - Urban Decolonisation Walks in the EU", invites participants to explore urban spaces critically, share perspectives, and reflect on colonial traces. The program combines hands-on explorations, interactive formats, opportunities for exchange in a relaxed atmosphere, and music for a diverse evening of reflection, networking, and collective engagement.

🕒 15:00 - 16:30 | Urban Decolonization Walk
The event begins with a guided Urban Decolonization Walk through selected sites in Dresden. Together, we will critically explore monuments and places connected to colonial histories and power relations.

Using non-formal education methods - guided observation, questions, artistic approaches, and collective reflection - participants are invited to uncover hidden narratives, question dominant historical representations, and reflect on whose histories are visible (and whose are missing) in public space.

🕓 17:00 - 20:00 | Blaue Fabrik - Refreshments, Conference & Activities
After the walk, we gather at Blaue Fabrik in a relaxed atmosphere with food and drinks, creating space for exchange, networking, and discussion.

🟦 Room 1: Country Corners

The Country Corners offer an interactive journey through urban decolonization experiences in Italy, Belgium, Spain, and Germany.

Each corner presents visual materials from local decolonization walks - photographs, maps, and participant reflections - alongside short insights into each country's colonial history and its traces in today's urban spaces.
Through quizzes, reflection prompts, and short informal presentations, participants are encouraged to actively engage with different perspectives and contexts.

🟦 Room 2: Conference

"The City Is Not Neutral: Whose City, Whose Story?"

This participatory conference creates a shared space to reflect on how Europe's colonial past continues to shape cities, public memory, narratives, and everyday life.
After a short introduction to the Urban Decolonisation Walks project, speakers from all four partner countries will share their perspectives using interactive and participatory formats.

Rather than traditional lectures, the conference invites collective reflection on urban space as a site of memory, power, and possibility.

🕗 20:00 | Concert - Banda Comunale
The evening concludes with a concert by Banda Comunale, a well-known brass band from Dresden. Founded in 2001, the band brings together musicians from nine countries and takes a clear stance against racism, xenophobia, and right-wing populism.

They are also known for Banda Internationale, a project that united local musicians and refugees, continuing their strong social and cultural engagement through music.

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From Colonial Past to Inclusive Future - Urban Decolonization Walk & Evening Program
📍 Dresden | 📅 February 26, 2026

On 26 February, the event "From Colonial Past to Inclusive Future" in Dresden as part of the European project "UDEW - Urban Decolonization Walks in the EU" invites you to critically experience urban spaces, share perspectives and reflect on colonial traces. The program combines practical explorations, interactive formats, exchange in a relaxed atmosphere and music to create a diverse evening for reflection, networking and joint creation.

🕒 15:00 - 16:30 | Urban Decolonization Walk

The event begins with a guided Urban Decolonization Walk through selected places in Dresden. Together we will critically explore monuments and places associated with colonial histories and power relations.

Using methods of non-formal education - guided observations, questions, artistic approaches and collective reflection - participants are invited to discover hidden narratives, question dominant historical representations and reflect on whose stories are visible in public space and whose are missing.

🕓 17:00 - 20:00 | Blue Factory - Drinks & snacks, conference & activities
After the tour, we will meet in the Blaue Fabrik in a relaxed atmosphere with food and drinks to create space for exchange, networking and discussion.

🟦 Room 1: Country corners

The Country Corners offer an interactive journey through urban decolonization experiences in Italy, Belgium, Spain and Germany.

Each corner presents visual materials from local decolonization tours - photographs, maps and participant reflections - as well as brief insights into each country's colonial history and its traces in today's urban spaces.
Through quizzes, reflection questions and short, informal presentations, participants are actively invited to engage with different perspectives and contexts.

🟦 Room 2: Conference

"The city is not neutral: Whose city, whose history?"

This participatory conference creates a shared space to reflect on how Europe's colonial past continues to shape cities, public memory, narratives and everyday life.
After a brief introduction to the Urban Decolonization Walks project, speakers from all four partner countries will share their perspectives in interactive and participatory formats.

Instead of traditional lectures, the conference invites collective reflection on urban space as a place of memory, power and possibility.

🕗 20:00 | Concert - Banda Comunale

The evening ends with a concert by Banda Comunale, a well-known brass band from Dresden. Founded in 2001, the band unites musicians from nine countries and takes a clear stand against racism, xenophobia and right-wing populism.

They are also known for the Banda Internationale project, which brought together local musicians and refugees and continues their strong social and cultural commitment through music.

🎶✨