Desetletka tandema Small but Dangers - intervju na Radiu Odmev

Prva desetletka
Intervju z umetniškim tandemom Small but Dangers

V tokratni oddaji Pozdrav zimi gostimo umetniški tandem Small but Dangers iz Cerknega. V malem, a silnem tandemu sodelujeta Mateja Rojc in Simon Hudolin-Salči, ki letos praznujeta prvo desetletko skupnega ustvarjanja. V ta namen sta v galeriji Križišče pred novim letom pripravila razstavo svojih del, ki bo odprta do 17. januarja. Po razstavi vas bosta vodila v soboto, 10. januarja, ob 18h. Intervju je pripravila Tea Hvala.

Vabljeni/e k poslušanju v četrtek, 8. januarja, ob 17h na Radiu Primorski val - Radio Odmev.  

Spletna stran Small but Dangers
FB dogodek (z urnikom galerije)

 

Oddaja Sektor Ž - 13. dec. 2014

V decembrski oddaji Sektor Ž bomo govorile o reapropriaciji nadzora nad našimi telesi v javnem in zasebnem prostoru .

Tea Hvala je pripravila reportažo s srečanja TransMisija, ki je potekalo 26. 11. 2014 v Hostlu Celica. Prvo srečanje trans oseb in njihovih podpornic_kov v Sloveniji je bilo posvečeno prizadevanjem za demedikalizacijo in boljšo pravno zaščito trans oseb. TransMisijo so organizirali DIC Legebitra, Slovensko seksološko društvo in inciativa TransAkcija.

V noči z 22. na 23. 11.2014 pa je sploh prvič v našem prostoru potekal shod Noč je naša!, s katerim so feministke zavzele nočne ljubljanske ulice in opozorile na nujnost boja proti nasilju nad ženskami, lezbijkami in trans osebami v javnem ter zasebnem prostoru. Tradicija nočnih protestov proti nasilju nad ženskami se je pričela že konec 70-ih pod geslom »Take back the night!« ali »Reclaim the night!«. Reportažo s shoda in nekaj razmislekov ob mednarodnem dnevu boja proti nasilju nad ženskami (25. november) je pripravila Teja Oblak.

Nato boste lahko prisluhnile_i jagodnemu izboru oz. idejam za branje udarnih feminističnih tekstov, ki jih je za mrzle decembrske dni posebej za vas izbrala Klara Otorepec.

Oddajo pripravljamo Klara O., Tea H. in Teja O.

Se poslušamo!

V soboto, 13. decembra 2014 ob 12h v živo na Radiu Študent ali kasneje na tej povezavi.

Na sliki videoposnetek s shoda Noč je naša! Avtorica: Ana Grobler

Bloggin' for City of Women

Druga svoboda / The Second Freedom by Leja Jurišić and Teja Reba

Between Sept. 25th and October 12th, I was writing the City of Women Festival Blog. 
Some of the reviews, dialogues and musings dedicated to the 2014 festival program were written in collaboration with Kristina Hens, some with other writers. It was a pleasure to be part of this temporary community of artists, organizers, journalists and many other curious & courageous feminists.

Sektor Ž: Taktike bojev / Fighting tactics

Still from Raeda Saadeh's video Vacuum

Sektor Ž - Taktike bojev

V oktobrski oddaji Sektor Ž pripravljamo reportažo z 20. Mednarodnega festivala sodobne umetnosti Mesto žensk na temo »Taktike preživetja«, ki od 2.10 do 12.10.2014 poteka v Ljubljani. Intervjujale bomo aktivistko iz Maroka, ki bo spregovorila o taktikah boja za pravice lezbijk, gejev,  biseksualnih, trans in queer oseb, o feminističnem gibanju ter o položaju žensk v maroški družbi. Na koncu bomo pobrskale po novem feminističnem spletnem portalu Spol.si, o zasnovi portala ter taktikah ustvarjanja feminističnega medija pa se bomo pogovarjale z urednico Ano Cergol Paradiž. Sledijo napovedi najzanimivejših feminističnih dogodkov.

Oktobrsko oddajo pripravljamo Teja Oblak, Klara Otorepec in Tea Hvala. Vabljene/i k poslušanju!

V soboto, 11. oktobra, ob 12.00, v živo na Radiu Študent.
Posnetek oddaje
Sektor Ž na Facebooku

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Sektor Ž – Fighting Tactics

The October edition of radio show Sektor Ž features a report from the 20th international festival City of women, focusing on it's theme »Survival tactics«, an interview with Karima, activist from Morroco, who spoke about the challenges of LGBTQ people, feminists and women in Morroco, and another interview with Ana Cergol Paradiž, the editor of the new online media Spol.si (Gender.si), who explained the media's tactical approach to creating new feminist media spaces. At the end of the show, you can find out where in Ljubljana the most interesting feminist events will be taking place in the following weeks.

The radio show was prepared by Teja Oblak, Klara Otorepec and Tea Hvala. Stay tuned!

Saturday, October 11th, at 12.00 live at Radio Študent.
Online recoding of the show.
Our Facebook page.

Intervju s Silvio Federici na Radiu Študent

Silvia Federici (Foto: Nada Žgank)

V tokratnem intevjuju objavljamo kolaž izjav Silvie Federici, ki je s predavanjem in seminarjem gostovala na 20. mednarodnem festivalu Mesto žensk.

Silvia Federici je legendarna feministična aktivistka, udeleženka številnih radikalnih bojev za osvoboditev in častna profesorica na newyorški Univerzi Hofstra. Med njeni najpomembnejši deli spadata knjigi Caliban and the witch: women, the body and the primitive accumulation (Autonomedia, 2004) in Revolution at point zero: housework, reproduction and feminist struggle (PM Press, 2012).

V intervjuju, ki sta ga pripravili Teja Oblak in Tea Hvala, je bilo govora predvsem o razlogih, zakaj kapitalistično plenjenje, razgradnje javnih storitev in nove prisilne oblike dela ter suženjstva niso naletele na množični upora zahodnih feministk in feministov.

V četrtek, 9. oktobra 2014, ob 18.00, na Radiu Študent. Posnetek intervjuja (v angleščini).

'Ulica spomina na ženske' na festivalu Cmakajne, 20.9.2014

English version below.

Festival Cmakajne 2014, CMAK, Cerkno

Ana Čigon, Tea Hvala
Ulica spomina na ženske
Video projekcija s sprehodom po Cerknem

Posnetek iz videa Ljubljana, mesto žensk (2013)

Ogledale/i si bomo kratka videa Ane Čigon o spominskih obeležjih, posvečenih ženskam. Umetnico je zanimalo, koliko spomenikov v Ljubljani ohranja spomin na ženske, katere od njih sploh poznamo in katere ženske, ki so s svojim delom pomembno sooblikovale našo preteklost, so izginile v pozabo. Po ogledu bomo razpravljale/i o tem, zakaj so izginile in zakaj je vprašanje vidnosti žensk v javnem prostoru feministična tema, ki zadeva tako ženske kot moške vseh generacij. Pogovor bo vodila Tea Hvala.

Sledil bo sprehod, na katerem bomo preštele/i imena cerkljanskih ulic, ki so poimenovane po ženskah. V primeru slabega vremena si bomo v CMAK-u ogledale/i celovečerni film.

Delovna verzija videa Odkritje mačke v žaklju (2014) je nastala v okviru istoimenskega projekta Ane Čigon. Video Ljubljana, mesto žensk (2013) je posnela v sodelovanju z umetnicami Lejo Jurišić, Tejo Reba in Barbaro Kapelj Osredkar v okviru projekta Hodim za tabo in gledam te, s katerim so se predstavile na lanskem festivalu Mesto žensk.

Dogodek je brezplačen in odprt za vse.

Sobota, 20. september 2014, ob 17.00, CMAK, Cerkno

Celoten program festivala Cmakajne si lahko ogledate tukaj. 
Na tej povezavi lahko poslušate radijsko oddajo Alterica (Radio Odmev), v kateri sva s Katarino Štucin 6. septembra predstavili letošnji festival. 


Priporočamo tudi obisk instalacije / performansa Hodim za tabo in gledam te, ki bo v nedeljo, 7. septembra, ob 11.00 in 16.00 pod vodstvom Barbare Kapelj Osredkar in Leje Jurišić krenil/a s Pogačarjevega trga v Ljubljani. Več na spletni strani Mesta žensk.

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Ana Čigon je na ljubljanski Akademiji za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje zaključila dodiplomski študij slikarstva in magistrski študij videa. Končala je tudi magistrski študij Interface Cultures na Kunstuniversitaet Linz v Avstriji. Deluje na področju videa, performansa in novih medijev. V svojih novejših umetniških projektih se ukvarja z vprašanjem podreprezentiranosti žensk v umetnosti in problematizira uveljavljene vzorce zgodovinjenja umetnosti. www.anacigon.si

Tea Hvala je sociologinja in publicistka z magisterijem iz antropologije spolov. Piše o feminističnemu aktivizmu, medijih in umetnosti. Na Radiu Študent s sodelavkami pripravlja Sektor Ž, edino feministično radijsko oddajo v Sloveniji. Med letoma 2002 in 2013 je soorganizirala festival Rdeče zore, kateremu je posvetila tudi knjigo Rdečke razsajajo! (2011). prepih.blogspot.com

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Women's Remembrance Street at Cmakajne festival

On September 20th at 17.00, you are invited to Cmakajne festival (at CMAK, Cerkno), to the public viewing of two short videos-in-progress by artist Ana Čigon. “Odkritje mačke v žaklju” (2014) and “Ljubljana, mesto žensk” (2013) address the (absence of) memorials, dedicated to women in Ljubljana. The first video was made as part of her same-titled project, the second was made in collaboration with artists Leja Jurušić, Teja Reba and Barbara Kapelj Osredkar as part of their joint project “I'm Walking Behind You and Watching You”, which premiered at last year’s City of Women festival.

Which women who shaped our history are still remembered? Who has been forgotten? Why is the visibility of women in public space a feminist issue that concerns women and men of all generations? These are some of the questions that are going to be discussed after the screening, led by sociologist, writer and former Red Dawns festival co-organizer Tea Hvala.

The event will conclude with a walk, where the participants will count the number of streets in Cerkno, which are named after women. In case of rain, the walk is going to be replaced by a feature film screening.

No entrance fee. Open to all. In Slovene.

Sektor Ž: Kdo potrebuje feminizem?

Živo poročanje s festivala PitchWise v Sarajevu, napoved festivala Mesto žensk in o antifeminizmu

V septembrski oddaji Sektor Ž se bo Tea Hvala s prav posebnimi gostjami v živo oglašala s festivala PitchWise, festivala ženske umetnosti in feminizma v Sarajevu. Tema letošnjega festivala je »Mizoginija, pazi se!«. V nadaljevanju bo Teja Oblak predstavila 20. mednarodni festival Mesto žensk, ki bo potekal oktobra v Ljubljani in se bo posvečal »Taktikam preživetja«. Klara Otorepec bo analizirala antifeministične Tumblr kampanje »We don´t need feminism« (Mi ne potrebujemo feminizma) in hkrati predstavila ozadje in izkušnje nemške pro-feministične kampanje z naslovom »Wer braucht feminismus?« (Kdo potrebuje feminizem?«). Za konec vam bomo servirale najzanimivejše novičke iz feminističnih logov.

Vse_i potrebujemo feminizem! Vabljene_i k poslušanju!

*na sliki ena od fotografij iz nemške kampanje »Kdo potrebuje feminizem?« - odgovor na sliki: »Mi potrebujemo feminizem, ker spol ne bo določal naših življenjskih odločitev!«

V soboto, 13. septembra ob 12.00 na Radiu Študent (ali kasneje na istem linku)

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Sektor Ž: Who needs feminism?

Live report from Sarajevo´s PitchWise festival, presentation of the approaching City of Women festival and about antifeminism

In September´s radio show Sektor Ž ("Sector W") Tea Hvala will report live from the 9th festival of wymyn´s culture PitchWise in Sarajevo. The theme of this year´s festival is »Misogyny, beware!«. Afterwards, the 20th City of Women festival focusing on »Survival tactics« and happening in October in Ljubljana will be presented by Teja Oblak. Finally, Klara Otorepec will analyse the widespread antifeminist Tumblr campaing »We don´t need feminism« and present the contrary motives and tactics of the important pro-feminist German campaing »Wer braucht feminismus?« (»Who needs feminism?«). Finally, the most interesting feminist round-up news will be served up.

All of us need feminism!

Saturday, September 13th, at 12.00, at Radio Študent (or later at the same link).

*On the picture: photo from the German campaing »Who needs feminism?« - the answer: »We need feminism, because our life decisions won´t be defined by our gender!«

Okrogla miza o (post)jugoslovanskih feminizmih na festivalu PitchWise, 12.9.2014

Okrogla miza

Drug/ca (1978 – 2014)

„Ženska historija kroz leće vremena u regiji“

Predavanje ima za cilj da okupi aktivistkinje i feministkinje iz regije, kako  bi se podsjetile na  značaj koji je konferencija „Drug/ca“ iz 1978. imala za razvoj feminističkog pokreta na prostorima bivše Jugoslavije, ali i civilnog sektora u cjelini. Uvodničarke su: Milena Karapetrović (BiH), Gordana Stojaković (Srbija), Lepa Mlađenović (Srbija), Zlatiborka Popov Momčinović (BiH), Željka Jelavić (Hrvatska), Ljubka Kovačević (Crna Gora), Tea Hvala (Slovenija).
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Petek, 12. september 2014, ob 10.00, Hotel Saraj, Sarajevo

Več o okrogli mizi. 
Več o celotnem programu na festivalski FB strani in strani Fundacije CURE.

Veliki blatar v Volčah in Solkanu

Veliki blatar potuje v Volče in Solkan!

V torek, 26. avgusta, ob 20h bo Pri Lukatelu v Volčah na Dnevih poezije in vina gostovala instalacija Damijana Kracine, podprta z mojo zgodbo Izvajanje velikega blatarja in njenim kolektivnim video nadaljevanjem Evakuacija Cankarjevega doma. 
  

Veliki blatar bo gostoval tudi na razstavi Damijana Kracine "Več kot eden / Piu di Uno" v Galeriji Dimenzija napredka v Solkanu (Velika pot 15, poslovna cona Solkan). Na razstavi sodelujejo še Vladimir Leben, Katarina Toman Kracina, Alenka Pirman, Jani Pirnat, Sašo Kalan, Ivan Jakac, Rok Kunaver, Ajda Toman, Matevž Paternoster, Ana Ličina in Jaka Mihelič. Kustosinja: Klavdija Figelj

Odprtje: petek, 12. september, ob 20h

Galerija je odprta od ponedeljka do petka med 9 in 16 uro

Kontakt/contact: nullo@itt.si

Sektor Ž: Feminizem, razredna moč in islam

V tokratni oddaji Ida H. recenzira kritično analizo orientalističnega diskurza na primeru turške modernizacije in političnega projekta »nove ženske«, ki jo je pri Mirovnem inštitutu pod naslovom Feminizem in islam letos izdala Ana Frank, strokovnjakinja za islam in turško družbo.

Sledi branje poglavja »Feminizem in razredna moč« iz knjige Where We Stand: Class Matters (2000). V njem ameriška esejistka in aktivistka bell hooks na bolečih primerih iz drugega vala ameriškega feminizma pojasni razliko med reformističnim in radikalnim/revolucionarnim feminizmom. O njegovi aktualnosti se lahko prepričate v prevodu Tee H.

O jutrišnjih volitvah poslancev in poslank v Državni zbor bomo molčale, ker Radiu Študent ne želimo nakopati globe za kršenje volilnega molka, si pa lahko zelo potiho, samo z očmi preberete protestno pismo skupine FemA ob izjavi stranke Mira Cerarja o splavu. Poanto pisma, ki je izvirno izšlo na spletni strani društva Zofijini ljubimci, bi se dalo strniti takole: kaj nam pomagata sekularna država in ustavno zajamčena pravica do abortusa, če vrhunski pravni strokovnjak meni, da prekinitev nosečnosti nasprotuje človekovemu življenju? Amen!

V soboto, 12. julija 2014, ob 12.00 v živo na Radiu Študent. Kasneje na tej povezavi.

Hermaphroditennacht exhibition in Vienna, June 27th 2014

VN Jaeger & Schwarzwald are celebrating the 1st anniversary of their artist-run space in Vienna. For the occasion, they collected several mail art contributions. I am happy that Deutsche Post delivered my Herm-Aphroditic Greetings from Krumme Lanke on time for the exhibition!

 

VN JAEGER & SCHWARZWALD

PROUDLY PRESENTS

HERMAPHRODITENNACHT - EXHIBITION and CELEBRATION:

HERMAPHRODITENNACHT celebrates BIRTHDAY of the TORSO

and ONE-YEAR EXISTENCE of VN JAEGER & SCHWARZWALD

Exhibition of the mail art contributions with hermaphroditic greetings for the

celebration of the birthday of the torso:

Katja Stoye-Cetin, Grit Hachmeister, Tea Hvala, Vinko Nino Jaeger, intervention max, Elisabeth von Samsonow, Nodin Malyi - and maybe some more people, as mail is still expected this week.

Celebration of one-year existence of VN JAEGER & SCHWARZWALD - artist run space.

Freitag, 27. Juni 2014, 13 h bis 0 h

VN Jaeger & Schwarzwald

Neustiftgasse 48/Ecke Neubaugasse

1070 Wien

Sektor Ž: Gemeinsam sind Feminist_Innen stark! Richtig stark!

V junijski feministični oddaji Sektor Ž se bomo posvetile analizi pomembnega mednarodnega srečanja »Varn(ejš)i prostori za ženske, lezbijke in trans osebe«, ki je med 14. in 18.5.2014 potekalo v Potsdamu in Berlinu. Srečale smo se aktivistke in aktivisti iz ljubljanskih in berlinskih feminističnih skupinih, ki skušamo zagotavljati varne prostore za ženske, lezbijke in trans osebe. O izkušnjah s srečanja se bomo v živo pogovarjale s Teo Hvala, ki trenutno deluje v Berlinu, in ki je srečanje zasnovala ter organizirala ob podpori Tanje Škander. Nadaljujemo s poročilom in utrinki s »Shoda proti seksizmu«, feminističnega shoda, ki je 23.5.2014 dodobra pretresel ljubljanske ulice. Sledijo najslajše feministične napovedi in novice.

Junijski oddajo pripravljamo Ida Hiršenfelder, Tea Hvala in Teja Oblak.

Feministke smo skupaj najmočnejše! Richtig! Vabljene_i k poslušanju!

V soboto, 14. junija 2014, ob 12.00 v živo na Radiu Študent. Kasneje na tej povezavi. 

"Performative Gestures Political Moves" Book Launch

Performative Gestures Political Moves book launch
and presentation of the Red Athena University Press

Thursday, June 19, 2014, 5 p.m.
Trubar Literature House, Ribji trg 2, entrance Stritarjeva 7, Ljubljana

The publication Performative Gestures Political Moves has aimed to foster a reflection on research positions and theoretical considerations of performativity, performance art, feminism, historisation and, above all, their political implications in/and/for the “continental Post-Socialist” condition. The Performative Gestures Political Moves has been published by the Red Athena University Press, a collaborative publishing project by the Centre for Women’s Studies Zagreb and trans-Yugoslav feminist scholars.

With contributions by Angela Dimitrakaki, Ana Peraica, Barbara Orel, Dunja Kukovec, Grupa Spomenik and DeLVe, Marija Ratković, Marina Gržinić, Martina Pachmanová, Milijana Babić, Suzana Milevska, Tea Hvala, Waldemar Tatarczuk

Edited by Katja Kobolt and Lana Zdravković

For orders and purchase contact: izdavastvo@zenstud.hr / Sandra Prlenda, Centre for Women’s Studies, Zagreb
Book price: 16 Eur
Language of the book: English

Publishers: City of Women – Association for the Promotion of Women in Culture, Kersnikova 4, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia www.cityofwomen.org and Red Athena University Press / Centre for Women’s Studies Dolac 8, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia www.zenstud.hr

Co-production of the presentation: Trubar Literature House
Funded by: ERSTE Stiftung

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Predstavitev zbornika Performative Gestures Political Moves
in založniškega projekta Red Athena University Press

Četrtek, 19. junij 2014, 17.00

Trubarjeva hiša literature, Ribji trg 2, vhod Stritarjeva 7, Ljubljana

Zbornik Performative Gestures Political Moves doprinaša k refleksiji raziskovalnih pozicij in teoretskih premišljanj performativnosti, performansa, feminizma, historizacije in njihovih političnih implikacij v in za “kontinentalno postsocialistično” stanje. Publikacija Performative Gestures Political Moves je izšla kot nadaljevanje istoimenskega simpozija (v organizaciji Mesta žensk na ZRC SAZU, 2010) pri Red Athena University Press, založniškem projektu Centra za ženske studije Zagreb in transjugoslovanskih feminističnih akademičark. 

S prispevki Angele Dimitrakaki, Ane Peraica, Barbare Orel, Dunje Kukovec, Grupe Spomenik in DeLVe, Marije Ratković, Marine Gržinić, Martine Pachmanove, Milijane Babić, Suzane Milevske, Tee Hvala, Waldemarja Tatarczuka

Uredili Katja Kobolt and Lana Zdravković

Naročanje: izdavastvo@zenstud.hr / Sandra Prlenda, Center za ženske studije, Zagreb
Cena: 16 EUR
Jezik knjige: angleški

Založnika: Mesto žensk – Društvo za promocijo žensk v kulturi, Kersnikova 4, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija www.cityofwomen.org in Red Athena University Press, Center za ženske studije, Dolac 8, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia www.zenstud.hr

Koprodukcija predstavitve: Trubar Literature House
Financira: ERSTE Stiftung

Meeting on Safer Public Spaces for Women, Lesbians and Trans* in Potsdam

The "Overworked, underpaid" presentation in Tristeza, Berlin, May 17th 2014. (Photo: Tanja Škander)

The blog Safer Public Spaces for Women, Lesbians and Trans* accompanies the meeting for WLT* activists working in Ljubljana and wider Berlin area, which took place in Potsdam between May 14th and 18th 2014. There, you can find info about it as well as other sources for discussing different views on what constitutes safer public spaces. 

Safer Public Spaces for Women, Lesbians and Trans*
May 14th-18th 2014, HochLLand, Holzmarktstraße 12, Potsdam

The meeting was open to women, lesbians and trans* only. The film screening at Sputnik and the "Overworked, underpaid" presentation in Tristeza were open to all audiences.

In German, the asterisk or little star sign (*) is used at the end of words to denote inclusivity and a variety of self-identifications that are covered by umbrella terms. For example, the term trans* includes everyone whose gender identity differs from the one assigned at birth. The dash sign (_) is used similarly; to create a visual space in language for everyone who defines as other than woman or man (as in Aktivist_in). It is also known as the “the gender gap” sign.

Summary of the discussion on main concerns about safer public spaces. (Photo: Tea Hvala)

Why a meeting on safer public spaces?
The purpose of this meeting was not to question the political significance of safer public spaces, but to create an opportunity for the exchange of experience between women, lesbians and trans* (WLT*) activists who advocate and practice the concept of safer spaces for WLT* in different ways and circumstances. The idea was not to measure different approaches against each other, but to broaden the discussion about them in a supportive environment.

What does the term safer public space mean?
Obviously, it means different things to different people. The main aim of the meeting is to talk about what the term (as well as other terms that describe the idea, such as counterpublics, oppositional spaces, autonomous spaces, protected spaces, spaces by/for the oppressed) means to the participants.

Here is a provisional definition, proposed to situate the organizer and suggest a starting point for the debate: safety implies that everyone feels comfortable in the space: welcome, heard and respected. While physical (offline) spaces are at the core of the concept, media (radio, print, web) and online spaces (social media, forums, chat rooms) are going to be discussed as well. For a space to be public, it has to function both internally and externally. Internally, it has to offer a space for retreat, reflection, self-help, community-building and the articulation of issues that cannot be discussed elsewhere. Externally, it has to serve as a training ground for political agitation and education that targets other publics. From the external point of view, safer public spaces allow us to address society as a whole without having to put aside our identities; they allow us to introduce neglected issues to the official public sphere.

What was the program like?
See Program.

Who was the meeting for?
The meeting was open to WLT* activists from Ljubljana and wider Berlin area who are engaged in groups which maintain safer spaces for WLT*. It was also open to WLT* who do not consider themselves activists but wanted to participate. To see the list of guests, go to Participating groups.

Who prepared the meeting?
Tea Hvala conceptualized and organized the meeting during her three-month “Europa gestalten – Politische Bildung in Aktion“ studentship at HochDrei e. V. in cooperation with Ljubljana-based association KUD Mreža, and with the indispensable help of Tanja Škander. Both of them are going to participate at the meeting; Tea as the moderator, Tanja as the (geopolitical) translator.

Tea Hvala is a writer and organizer. She studied comparative literature, sociology of culture, and gender studies. She writes columns and essays on local feminist activism, grassroots media and public space reclaiming, most of which can be read on her blog Prepih. She co-hosts Sektor Ž, the only feminist radio show in Slovenia, and has co-organized the International Feminist and Queer Festival Rdeče zore (Red Dawns) from 2002 to 2013. Her book Rdečke razsajajo! (2011) is dedicated to the festival. Her most recent zine is called Stiff Smiles (2013).

Tanja Škander studied political science in Ljubljana and Bohemian studies in Brno. Currently, she is studying sociology of culture at the Viadrina University in Frankfurt (Oder). At the university, she works for the Office for Equal Opportunities. She also worked in the area of students’ labour rights and accessibility. She co-founded the student activist group Querschnitte and collaborated with LesMigraS / Lesbenberatung Berlin e.V. Currently she works for Notübernachtung für Frauen, the only shelter for women in Berlin which is open throughout the year.

The meeting would not be possible without precious conversations with Kathrin, Tab, Rüzgar, Valentin, Ida, the co-organizers of Red Dawns Festival and Lesbian-Feminist University. Thank you.

Who supported the meeting financially?
Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung and Robert Bosch Stiftung.