Remembering for the Future

Remembering for the Future initiative aims at collecting various World War I related projects and activities organised by Adult Education providers together in order to create dialogue, research and discussion.

“Remembering for the Future”, launched by EAEA and DVV, was an initiative connected to the World War I centenary. Throughout 2014 the project collected information and media, highlighting activities that link the remembrance of World War One with discussions and thoughts on the future of Europe.

Background

Year 2014 marked the 100-year mark since the start of World War One. At EAEA and DVV, the year was seen as a chance to reflect on the past while also looking towards the future – and the potential for prolonged peace and cohesion in Europe. The project represented a wide network of Adult Education providers and NGOs all across Europe focusing on World War I. With this initiative, EAEA and DVV International provided a way of linking such undertakings, as well as creating opportunities for sharing and working together.

The main objective of the initiative was to link various WWI related activities (organised by adult education providers) together in order to create dialogue, research and discussion. The idea was to link the history of World War I to the current situation in Europe – what can we learn from the past and how do we want to shape our mutual, European future?

The theme of the initiative was also highlighted in the EAEA Grundtvig Award of 2014.

Objectives

Link World War I related activities together in order to create dialogue, research and discussion
Implement reflection and dialogue on World War I in EU-Countries on a national, regional and/or local level
Tie WWI to current developments in Europe in order to learn from history and to infuse interest in discussing a mutual, European future
Build networks for Adult Educators and learners
Raise awareness among EU-citizens on the impacts of nationalism and xenophobia

Target group

Adult Education organisations and other adult education providers across Europe

Partners

Remembering for the Future

Remembering for the Future project collected activities connected to World War I remembrance. Here are some of the events collected.

Events

WWI History Olympiad in Estionia – An international event with the focus on the First World War. August 27-30, Pärnu, Estonia.
NECE – Networking European Citizenship Education – Conference: 100 Years after the First World War: Conflicts in and around Europe –
Can Citizenship Education contribute to conflict management?” – 16-18 October, 2014, Vienna, Austria
Remembering for the Future conference – 13-14 November, 2014, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Conference

Here you can find all information concerning the “Remembering for the Future” conference in Sarajevo, 13-14 November 2014.

The conference in Sarajevo combined discussions and presentations on World War I remembrance and the role of adult education in peace and conflict resolution.

At the conference we reflected on what remembrance means for adult education in today’s Europe. We debated the role of adult education for peace and conflict resolution. The programme included key note speakers, interactive sessions such as a world café and a gallery walk, as well as a guided history walk through Sarajevo.

The Sarajevo conference also served as an arena for the handing over of the EAEA Grundtvig Award 2014. Conference participants witnessed the Grundtvig Award Ceremony and learned more about the best projects of 2014 during the gallery walk.

Resources

Project resources

Resources in English

Projects

Multi-faceted Memory Project – by EUROCLIO
2WARdS-Europe – Memories of conflicts in Europe – project which aims to open an intergenerational dialogue
ARBAX – Against Racial Bullying And Xenophobia project – A video game to fight bullying in schools
DISCOVERPEACE – project about peace trails in Berlin, Budapest, Manchester, Paris, The Hague, Torino and Vienna – to make people aware of the importance of peace
How do you see World War 1st in your city – multimedia project that aims to commemorate WWI and to understand the situation in Europe 100 years later
WWI in European perspective, digital photography in Flanders Fields – photo project with participants from 12 European countries to portray WWI and to create an exhibition about commemoration culture
Raising Peace – from Grassroots actions To Global Campaigns Promoting Peace and Human Rights
Remember for the Future – history project that aimed to foster critical thinking, respect for diversity and tolerance towards otherness
Mainstreaming Peace Education – learning partnership that aims to develop a coherent transnational approach to peace education as an element in adult lifelong learning fostering active citizenship, intercultural dialogue, gender equality and social cohesion in Europe
TOWARDS PEACE – project that aims to promote peace in Europe
The Book of Plans Hopes and Dreams – project that invites young people to record their own ideas in memory of those whose lives were cut short by the First World War
World War I in Africa – “What happened in Africa should not stay in Africa.”
Joint History Project – an ongoing, social, political and educational initiative that begun under the auspices of the CDRSEE in 1999, aiming at an informed, significant and realistic change in historical research and education in all countries of Southeast Europe
European Crossroads – EHISTO (European history crossroads as pathways to intercultural and media education) is concerned with the mediation of history in popular (science) media and the question of social and political responsibility of journalists and other mediators of history in the field of commercial presentation of history
Ghosts of History – a collection of digital artists from around the world. Taking images of old and blending them with the new.

Publications, Articles etc.

Mainstreaming Peace Education Methodologies, Approaches and Visions – A Practitioner’s Manual – A publication
Shared histories for a Europe without dividing lines – A publication by the European Council
“What Can 1914 Tell Us About 2014? The disturbing parallels between pre-WWI and today” – article
Disaster Centennial: The Disturbing Relevance of World War I – article

Exhibitions

Commemorating the Great War – New Approaches – exhibitions in Austria’s State Museum in Linz
Caen-Normandy Memorial – Centre for History and Peace in France
It’s a long way to Tipperary – online exhibition about an Irish story of the Great War
SHOCK! 1914 – exhibition about the beginning of WWI at the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique
1914-1918. Mit den Augen des anderen / Le regard de l’autre – exhibition about cartoons and propaganda during WWI in Osnabrück, Germany
GLORY & GLOOM. Living with the Great War – exhibition at Castle Schallaburg in Austria

Events

Festival Europe 14|14 – Vote for your favourite poster! The festival concentrates on the theme of First World War – What does it mean to me?
Peace Event Sarajevo 2014 – the biggest international peace event 100 years after World War I, from 6-9 June 2014
Hundert Jahre Erster Weltkrieg – Die Urkatastrophe und ihre Folgen – events organised in and around the German city Offenburg
1914 – 2014: Hundert Jahre Erster Weltkrieg – events organised in and around the German city Bonn

Multimedia and Online (Learning) Material

New WW1 Online Learning Resource – IWM (Imperial War Museums)’s new online learning resource for teachers, looking at Life in the Trenches during the First World War
Hub-page for the Belgian official Commemoration activitiesfor WW1
First World War Centenary – a global program of cultural events and activities related to WW1 (and a network-function for organisations)
The International Society for First World War Studies – website with a lot of resources
WW1 Photos Centenary Website – photos from 1914-1918
EFG1914 – project for digitising film from and about the First World War
EUROPEANA 1914-1918 – collection of interactive material from three major European projects
La Grande Guerre – A Global History of World War I – blog that presents the activities of the Max Weber Foundation’s Institutes in preparation of the First World War Centenary in 2014 (articles also in French and German)
World War I Centenary – Open Educational Resource supporting new directions in teaching World War I
World War I – Resources for teaching, learning and research
To End All Wars – project to create an educational comic about WWI
Historic Newspapers – teaching history resources
A global guide to the First World War – interactive documentary

Competitions

1914 Europe before the great war – essay Contest for European students from the age of 16 to 19
Die Waffen nieder! – poster competition about WWI (already closed)

Resources in other languages

Dutch

War and remembrance – organisation for education on military and local history
De Grote Oorlog Herdacht/Mémoire de la Grande Guerre – project that links various activities on World War I in Belgium

Finnish

Helsinki in the World War I – Finnish experiences of the World War I

French

European Commission: Statement by José Manuel Barroso on the 100 Years on from the First World War
Wartime Schooldays Exhibition – exhibition in Nantes historical museum, in France
De Grote Oorlog Herdacht/Mémoire de la Grande Guerre – project that links various activities on World War I in Belgium
Machine à remontrer le temps 14/18 – “time machine” with which the users can learn more about life during the war
La Fabrique de la Paix – interactive exhibition about peace, conflicts, prejudices and diversity

German

Remembering for the Future – article about the project at German publication “Dis.kurs”
1914 – Tag für Tag – Multimediale Website, die in Zusammenarbeit von der Tageszeitung “Die Zeit” und dem deutsch-französischen Fernsehsender ARTE gestaltet wird, beschreibt den Alltag der Menschen im Jahr 1914 bis zum Ausbruch des Krieges. Unter dem Stichwort “Bildung” können BesucherInnen der Website auch viel über das Bildungswesen kurz vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg erfahren
14 – Tagebücher des Ersten Weltkriegs – documentary series on the German television channels ARTE and Das Erste
Europe 14|14 – festival that aims to explore the meaning of the World War I, national identity and Europe as a common peace project
Zeitmaschine 14/18 – “time machine”, with which the users can learn more about life during the war
“Die Waffen nieder!” – Film project about the book written by Bertha von Suttner
Die Geschichte des Ersten Weltkrieges 1914-1918 – documentary
Wege der Erinnerung – project about the conflict lines during WWI
Nie wieder Krieg! – project and exhibition about the European Union as the most sustainable peace project of modern times
WAR WAS? – history competition “Heimat im Ruhrgebiet” about places of remembrance and memories

Italian

LA GRANDE GUERRA 1914-1918 – I diari raccontano – a project that can be seen as a new meeting point between archival work and journalism, an extremely user-friendly editorial that brings a new public closer to the use of unpublished content