FREE SPACE FORUM

K. Demirchyan Park, aka Malibu Park, Yerevan

Friday, 17 October

15.00            Opening and Welcome!

15.15            People's struggles for public spaces: panel discussion

• Civic engagement and changing public spaces in Armenia, Gor Hakobyan
• Encounters in public space as a crucial aspect of radical democracy: Gezi Resistance Irem Inceoglu
•  Urban public space struggles in Tbilisi, Alexander Elisashvili

17.00            Break

17.30            "in and between the (re)public" art intervention, Shushan Avagyan

18.15            Female and male subject images in Georgian cinema, Tamta Tatarashvili

Saturday, 18 October

11.30            Women's rights activism in the USA ‘70s and now, working for reproductive 
                    rights, «Our Bodies, Ourselves», Judy Norsigian

12.30            An anti-authoritarian approach to Gezi and notes in favor of temporary 
                    autonomous spaces, Defne Sandalci

13.30            Break

14.00            Guerrilla gardening: creating green spaces in the cities, talk and practice, Nata 

                    Peradze

16.00            Break

16.30            Masculinity and public spaces, Alik Petrov      

18.00            ACTV: researching the public spaces, Davit Stepanyan, Utopiana.am

Sunday, 19 October

11.30            The journalists' responsibility in a gendered society, Guillaume De Chazournes

12.30            Interactive talk on street harassment with introduction of MiLrir, ArtAct 

                    collective

13.30            Break

14.00            Respect my space - interaction in public space, ArtAct collective

15.00            Use of public spaces by feminist movements in Ukraine, Yuliana Paranko
16.00            Break

16.30            Create music and instruments, Yuliana Paranko & Arevik Martirosyan

18.30            Linking our stories, performance

19.00            Closing with some music and food

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