[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Cenarrusa Foundation for Basque Culture in Idaho, USA, presented the award of the same name 2021 to the Mayor of Gernika, José Mari Gorroño "for his work in favour of historical memory, his commitment to good governance and dedication to the political, cultural and socio-economic growth" of the town. The ceremony was held on...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Iñigo Retolaza, collaborator of Gernika Gogoratuz, has participated in the presentation in the parliament of Navarre of "13 months of dialogue between nine people with very different political and life traditions", an initiative sponsored by the Permanent Social Forum. On Wednesday, 30 November, the Citizen Relations Commission, represented by four participants, recounted their experience and...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Euskaraldia 2022 campaign runs from 18 November to 2 December and Gernika Gogoratuz has decided to join in and support the effort to change the linguistic habits of Basque speakers. In this third edition of Euskaraldia, other entities, large companies, groups, shops, etc. are also taking part through the arigunes, spaces for communicating in Basque. Euskaraldia...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]María Oianguren, director of Gernika Gogoratuz, will participate in the seminar "Discovering the silenced: Italian participation in the Spanish Civil War" with the paper "Citizen diplomacy in reconciliation processes as peace pedagogical practices". The seminar will be held at the Gernika Peace Museum from 2 to 4 December and Gernika Gogoratuz is also participating as...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What is Afaloste? Afaloste is a gastronomic-social laboratory that aims to explore - through conversation and cooking - the impact that politically motivated violence has had on our daily lives and on the social fabric. The Afaloste initiative is promoted by the Eskubidez Forum, made up of 25 organisations from the Basque Country. It is implemented by...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF HISTORICAL MEMORY[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The 10th Anti-militarist and Historical Memory Conference in Gernika will focus on local initiatives for the recovery of historical memory in the Urdaibai region and will present two local investigations that culminated in the subsequent tributes carried out in Gernika-Lumo and Busturia. - The military hospital for prisoners of war in Gernika...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Gernika Gogoratuz is taking part in the annual Aipaz Conference with a delegation made up of María Oianguren Idigoras, director of the centre, Jokin Alberdi Bidaguren, president, Andreas Schäfter, from European Programmes and Juan Gutierrez, founder and first director, in a special edition as it is the 25th anniversary of the association. The event will...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Gernika Gogoratuz celebrated its 35th anniversary yesterday, 6th November, in a ceremony attended by the Mayor of Gernika-Lumo, José Mari Gorroño, Juan Gutiérrez, first director, Jokin Alberdi, president of the Peace Research Association and María Oianguren, director of the Peace Research Centre. The meeting highlighted the work carried out in the field of peace and conflict...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We present the latest publications of the Gernika Network that we have made available to all those interested on our website in PDF format. They are "El declive económico de Busturialdea-Urdaibai: dilemas y propuestas" by Ramón Zallo Elgezabal and "Visión integral de la comarca de Busturiualdea-Urdaibai" by Xabier Arana Eiguren, Rosa de la Asunción and...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The call for nominations for the "René Cassin" Human Rights Prize 2022 awarded by the Basque Government is open from 12 October to 11 November 2022. The aim of the award is to publicly recognise and reward individuals or groups who, through their professional career, have committed themselves to the promotion, defence and dissemination of Human...
