BRIDGE DECK
(composite action between public and private)
This initiative meeting in Medellin, has a vital desire, "Latin America solidarity" with people who make culture, social activity, management and development in the city was once more convulsionada del continente, y hoy 100 organizaciones sociales latinoamericanas en Medellín se dan cita para lanzar desde aquí una PLATAFORMA PUENTE (acción mixta entre lo público y lo privado) una gestión conjunta entre redes, entorno a:
Políticas de arte y cultura.
Arte y transformación social.
Arte puente para la salud.
Comunicación para el desarrollo.
Encuentro de Cultura y Desarrollo.
Gestores sociales para el desarrollo
Ciudades sustentables.
Ciudades imaginadas.
Entre otras iniciativas que dialogan por esta América Latina.
Lugar: Medellín-Colombia
Fecha: 13 al 16 de octubre de 2010. (Tentativas y sujetas a cambios)
"In a city marked by more violence, and dominated on many occasions in recent history by gangsters and paramilitary, the claim of institutional strengthening, governance, the strengthening of citizenship, has become one of the major challenges of what is called as "the transformation of Medellín" set of policies, strategies, programs, projects, actions, intentions, desires, dreams, commitments, a new generation of political and many of its citizens. " Jorge Melgar. Secretary of Social Development in Medellín.
And in this transformation have had much to do Art, Culture and Education, achieving provide spaces for meeting, for the recognition of the other, other, total commitments, subjects who refused to lose the joy and the future, and in the middle succeeded in mobilizing the grief and sense of reason in a common purpose, the defense of life with dignity, defending its territory, social and cultural identity, which is in transformation.
"The biggest learning that Medellin was forced by the violence have threatened the entire social order of the City and produced a substantial change in culture: society became so showing dramatic, the failures of any kind on which was supported. Opened a collective question what was happening, were investigated in the culture of the reasons for this transformation, we think collectively understood social capital as a basis for the transformation of this city. "
"The demand for space for dialogue and representation, allowed to understand that war is not fought with war." Lucía González. Director of the Museum of Antioquia.
This meeting is held with a foundation course, Latin American utopias, organizations and networks to a common horizon, in which you want to see a region with greater power of determination and allowing to go learn from the valuable experiences along to be interdependencies in the region - different culture - and articulating the voices of citizens.
"We need to celebrate our bicentennial of Latin American emancipation re-start the spirit of" revolutionary liners "that characterized the founding fathers like Bolivar, San Martin and Marti."
"Prevailing in this ideology is unhook the utopia of disappointment to find it again in the transforming action without borders that once made us as free people." Ines Sanguinetti. Crear Vale la Pena
It proposed as a methodology for meeting each RED present in 4 thematic panels in session during the morning, with plenary sessions in the afternoon and a final round of conclusions open to the general public. In these moments you can share ideas, increase knowledge of networking, valuing the different experiences and strengthen the unity and inter-sectoral partnerships.
This meeting will be held by educational and cultural centers of the city, Moravia, Santa Cruz, San Javier, Museo de Antioquia, smaller areas of the city of Medellín warm and welcoming environments, seeking "to propose to these representatives of 100 organizations a space for dialogue and the conclusion of a bridge platform, with local development actors public and private, have been found throughout the continent reasons to forge alliances that can bring about public policy, and a very real and certain policy known as "Points of Culture" currently promoted in Brazil, which rescues the experiences organized to promote cultural, art and development in the area, strengthening, with equipment and connecting with each other from social networking, this policy reflects a new paradigm of relationship between public, community and state. "
The organization of this Latin American initiative is joint head of the Latin American Culture and Politics, Art Network, and Social Transformation, the Latin American Network of Community Theatre, International Association of Art Educators, Museo de Antioquia, Cultural Corporation Our People, among others, organizations, "From Civil Society and more than twenty countries of our continent, develop initiatives that combine artistic production, communication and educational devices cultural and social organization that in many cases, have led to major transformations of singular public policy and access to rights by their populations and recipients. " Eduardo Balan, Snake Timbal.
hope this mixed platforms, located in Medellín partners for discussion, reflection, dialogue and deliberation to promote the construction of a more just and fraternal society. The meeting has the support of the Mayor of Medellin, we hope that this initiative will join other governments in the MERCOSUR, the Andean Parliament and PARLACEN.
and will be supported by the Avina Foundation in the first instance. We hope that the initiative to find other public and private auspices, to provide each guest arrives to the city of Medellin where they meet all the conditions to weave hope.
Those interested can obtain more information on how to participate, to help build the platform and general programming, visit the Web site, www.plataformapuente.blogspot.com
continental count for this action with the support and leadership of Celio Turino, policy mentor Pontos de Cultura and Cultural Citizenship current Secretary of the Ministry of Culture of Brazil, Jorge Melguizo, Secretary of Social Development, Luis Miguel Usuga, Secretary of Culture of the Municipality of Medellín to accompany the group of parliamentarians and officials American culture that are being held by social organizations in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. This
MEETING FOR LATIN AMERICA HOPE, 100 ORGANIZATI ONS OF LATIN AMERICA IN MEDELLIN, is prior to the 7th Ibero-American Biennale of Architecture, based in Medellin, as a proposal to coordinate the dialogue between social architectures.
e-mail: plataformapuente@gmail.com
