Nie wieder und jetzt? Mein Nazi-Großvater

In the organizer's words:

Workshop with Laura Fiorio

When: 1.6.2024 at 3 pm

Where: Bärenzwinger Berlin, Rungestraße 30, 10179 Berlin.

Registration required by 31.05.24, 3 pm at the latest via the following link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSceJwbgJFhvo7IYms_mGSamEmr_nwFHMLfpxaSTABeJcYIP-A/viewform

Due to the size of the premises, a maximum of 10 participants will be able to take part in the workshop. You will be notified by email. Thank you for your understanding!

https://baerenzwinger.berlin/aktuell/

EN

According to historian Ann Laura Stoler, there is an "aphasia" when it comes to history in some contemporary discourses, i.e. an inability to talk about one's own past, especially when it comes to tracing systemic violence and power relations.

Drawing on her own family history and her grandfather's involvement in the fascist regime in Italy and the colonial war in Ethiopia, Fiorio is developing a collaborative long-term project that uses participatory archival methods to engage with stories that reveal the normalization of ideologies through their intimate involvement.

How do these legacies influence our present?

This workshop invites the public to bring items (images, objects, documents) or oral memories from their own family archives or to share family stories that can be considered "difficult heritage", especially related to the Nazi era in Germany. The collected material will be activated to initiate a discussion at the intersection of public and private.

The aim is to create a space for exchange and discussion in order to establish connections between the diverse personal stories, but also to reflect on the many silent and hidden traces in our everyday lives. Through the collective unfolding of narratives and stories associated with the loss of democracy and genocides, the workshop invites reflection on the present.

The workshop is aimed at individuals who wish to open their memories and collectively open private archives and need a safe space and a trusting community to share them. The group will discuss the possibilities and ways of reusing the collected objects and documents to rethink and rewrite personal and collective history. The aim is to practice storytelling and apply common methods to counter revisionist intentions, one-sided partly institutionalized narratives and the instrumentalization of history. The workshop is also an invitation to remember that every single narrative matters and plays a role in shaping history.

EN

Following the historian Ann Laura Stoler, an "aphasia" can be observed with regard to history in some contemporary discourses, i.e. an inability to speak about one's own past, especially when it comes to tracing systemic violence and power relations.

Departing from her own family history and the involvement of her grandfather in the fascist regime in Italy as well as in the colonial war in Ethiopia, Fiorio developed a collaborative long-term project that uses participatory archiving methods to deal with histories that, given their intimate sphere of affection, demonstrate the normalization of ideologies.

How do those legacies influence our present?

This workshop invites the public to bring to the event items (pictures, objects, documents) or oral memories from their own family archives or to share family histories that can be considered a "difficult heritage", specifically in connection with the NS-time in Germany. The collected material will be activated to initiate a discussion at the intersection of public and private.

Creating a space for sharing and discussion, the aim is to weave connections through the multiplicities of personal stories, but also reflect on the many silences and hidden traces on our present everyday. Collectively unfolding narratives and narratives linked to loss of democracy and genocides, the workshop invites to reflect on the present.

The workshop addresses individuals interested in opening up their memories, unfolding together private archives and need a safe space and confident community to share them. The group will discuss the potentialities and ways of reusing the collected items and documents to rethink and rewrite personal and collective history. Aim is to exercise storytelling and shared methodologies to counter revisionist intentions, one-sided, partly institutionalized narratives and the instrumentalization of history. The workshop is also an invitation to remember that every single story counts and has a role in shaping history.