Gradovi u pobuni
transverzalno iskustvo
Cities in revolt
transversal experience
20.12.2013.
Hipoteza projekta “Grad u pobuni” je da veze između različitih borbi koje se trenutno odvijaju, između ostalog, i u Madridu i Hrvatskoj stvaraju bazu za razmjenu i solidarnost koja je neophodna kako bi se promijenili trenutni uvjeti života u gradovima.
The hypothesis of the project “Cities in revolt” is that links between different initiatives in struggles that are going on right now in Madrid or in Croatia, form a pool of interchange and solidarity that builds a transversal struggle in the territory which has a potential to change the living conditions in the city.
Iako je Španjolska bitno veća zemlja od Hrvatske, ove dvije Euro-mediteranske države dijele čitav niz zajedničkih točaka u društvenoj i ekonomskoj situaciji poput sloma tržišta nekretnina, visoku nezaposlenost i provođenje mjera štednje. Te činjenice nam omogućavaju da sagledamo paralelne procese koji su se kroz 2013. godinu odvili u Madridu i Hrvatskoj. Budući da i sami pripadamo građanskim incijativama u borbi naša metoda razvoja projekta bila je dvostruka – koristili smo priliku boravka u Madridu da direktno raspravimo sa nekima od protagonista šire socijalne borbe koja se upravo odvija u tom gradu (ovdje su objavljeni intervjui s Gonzalom Garateom i Ignaciom Sancezom). Istovremeno smo nastavili s našim aktivnostima u različitim pokretima u Hrvatkoj, boreći se za slične ciljeve kao i naši drugovi i drugarice u Španjolskoj. Madridski dio projekta bio je fokusiran na učenje, hrvatski dio na primjenu i evaluaciju naučenih taktika.
Although the scale of the current economic and social situation in Spain and Croatia is quite different, these two Euro-Mediterranean countries share many similarities, such as the crash of the real-estate bubble, high unemployment and implementation of austerity measures. This facts enabled us to focus on parallel processes that are happening right now in 2013 in the social context of Madrid and Croatia. Since we are members of a grass-root initiative our method of developing the project was twofold - we used the opportunity of being in Madrid to discuss directly with some of the protagonists of the broad social struggle that is happening right now in Madrid (here we published interviews with Gonzalo Garate and Ignacio Sancez). On the other side, we continued our involvement in different initiatives in Croatia, struggling for similar goals as our comrades in Spain. This twofold approach helped us to investigate specific tactics of social engagement in two different situations, such as Madrid and Croatia. The Madrid part of the project was focused on learning, the Croatia part of the project was focused on implementation and evaluation of learned tactics.
Rezultat projekta se također može sagledati iz dva kuta. S jedne strane iz razvoja nekih novih inicijativa u Hrvatskoj, a s druge strane se naša primjena "madridskih taktika" u drugačijem kontekstu može sagledati kao neka vrsta povratne informacije madridskim inicijativama. Glavno pitanje koje se nameće u trenutnoj fazi projekta "Gradovi u pobuni" je kako se naše zajedničko lokalno iskustvo može iskoristiti za širenje mreže solidarnosti na globalnoj razini, budući da su nam problemi očito zajednički.
Projekt je realiziran u sklopu rezidencijalnog programa muzeja Reina Sofia u Madridu 2013. godine
The result of the project can also be seen from two angles. On the one side in the development of some new initiatives in Croatia right now. On the other side, our experience of implementation of "Madrid learned tactics" in Croatian context can be seen as one sort of feedback to the Madrid initiatives. The main question of the current stage of the project "Cities in revolt" is how the common experience of local struggles can be used to expand the network of solidarity over similar global problems that are obviously common.
The project was realized as a part of a resident program of Reina Sofia Museum in the year 2013.