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28 EASTERN PARTNERSHIP CULTURE CONGRESS EASTERN PARTNERSHIP CULTURE CONGRESS 29Panel session„CULTURE FACING COEXISTENCE”16:00-17:30 Hotel Mercure Unia Lublin, 12 Racławickie AlleyModerator: Krzysztof CzyżewskiKey-disputers: Stefan Batruch, Sofia Dyak, TarlanGorchu, Dariusz Jachimowicz, Peter Jukes,Iryna Magdysz, Stefan Rusu, Payam Sharifi,Stefan WLodarczykEastern Partnership countries together with their neighbours,inherit a historic heritage where ethnic and religious conflicts,border conflicts, tragedies of neighbouring countries, colonialism,imposed assimilation and persecution of national minorities area matter of a dispute. Unsuccessful and discredited integrationprojects such as “socialist camp of friendship” or “homo sovieticus”cosmopolitism come along. While building new foundationsfor a neighbourhood policy, it is difficult to act as if we did notnotice the heritage of tough and painful issues, which were left byour history.As a result, prejudice, aggression and fear are present in public life,which were not suppressed by their social structure transformationprocess and formation of new countries . They were not eithersuppressed by globalisation, new migration process and increasingcultural diversity, taking the form of cultural conflicts.The idea of community and life lived together becomes a greatchallenge for postmodern societies. The role of culture should beessential, but multicultural projects failures and Western culturalconflicts are what we hear about. How to turn culture into authentic,not made up and imposed by other ideologies element ofsocial, European and civil integration? How can universalism andthe power to build “the connective tissue” (Miłosz) be restored toculture, being at national states and distinct identities service?Stefan BatruchPresident of Foundation „TheBorderland Spiritual Culture”,the initiator of the EuropeanGood Neighbourhood dayson Polish-Ukrainian border,rector of the Greek-Catholicparish in Lublin, member ofthe Secretariat of the Chapterof Reconciliation, of theboard of the Polish-UkrainianForum, of the Polish Academyof Science’s Commission onPolish-Ukrainian CulturalTies, the lecturer at the CatholicUniversity of Lublin.Tarlan GorchuTheatre director, publisher,graphic designer; founder andChief Director of the BakuMarionette Theatre; participantof art exhibitions organized inVenice, Zurich, Warsaw, Berlin,Moscow etc.; since 1996, chiefcoordinator of the TUTU Children’sCultural Centre.Dariusz Jachimowiczfreelance consultant in culturalpolicy and management. 20years of experience in managingvariety of institutions,NGO’s, programmes andprojects (Cultural Bureau of theWarsaw Municipal Authorities,Fundacja Konkurs Pro PublicoBono, Director at Centre forArtistic Creation in Wigry).Iryna MagdyszCulturologist, journalist,translator, manager of culture,the author of numerouspublications about culture,society, multiculturalism. Directorof the cultural projects ofNGOs Museum of Ideas (Lvov).Stefan RusuArtist, curator, based inChisinau and Bucharest. Startingfrom the year 2000 he isinvolved in the evolution ofKSAK Center for ContemporaryArt from Chisinau in theframe of which he developscuratorial projects and artinitiatives.Payam Sharifi - Born andraised in Texas, Payam Sharifiis an essayist, artist, and strategistconcerned with the politicsof culture and the culture ofpolitics. He is the co-founderof the art collective Slavs andTatars and has lectured at variousinstitutions, including theRoyal College of Art and theICA in London, The RietveldAcademy in Amsterdam, andthe University of Tehran. Hiswriting has been featured inseveral publications in Europe,North America and Asia. Since2007 he has been a contributingeditor to 032c magazine.