SPACE10 and Museum for the United Nations – A participatory event exploring the question of identity and belonging beyond borders
The world is facing a climate emergency, and it is time to bring everyone into the climate agenda and create a sense of global empathy through sharing and storytelling.
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (27 APRIL) - In the popular streets of the Meatpacking District, a global programme is currently facilitating climate conversations across the globe, hosted by SPACE10 and led by Museum for the United Nations. As a part of the programme, a participatory event will take place on 27 April 2023, exploring the question of identity and belonging beyond borders, from 17:30 - 21:00 CEST.
“A sense of home” - Global migration is on the rise and, more than ever, many people are being forced to leave their birth countries to live elsewhere, owing to conflict or disruption. This brings the question — how can we create a sense of home in a new place? Is it possible to put down fresh roots while holding onto old ones? And which elements of daily life can help us feel connected to both locations?
The event will be an evening of film and storytelling that explores migration and creating a sense of home in a new country. A short film by SPACE10 in collaboration with Issam Talib will be screened, featuring four Syrian families who have made Copenhagen their home. See the short film here. The evening will unfold into conversations with guests Sandi Hilal, Haya Termanini, Anemone Birkebæk, and Elsa Dagný Ásgeirsdóttir.
Read more about the event here:
https://space10.com/event/a-sense-of-home/
A global discussion - On the ground floor inside SPACE10 you will find the blue-painted ‘Global We’ portal which will also be open for attendees during the event. Here you can join discussions with people around the world about creating a sense of home. The portal is part of the “Global We for Climate Action”, enabling people to have eye-to-eye conversations with participants in 20 locations across the globe, from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Mexico City, Mexico.
Global We for Climate Action - Led by the Museum for the United Nations, with the support from IKEA Foundation, the Natural History Museum of Denmark, and Augustinus Fonden, the programme is designed to highlight the voices of those who may feel like they are not being included in the climate agenda; with a particular focus on younger generations, people disproportionately affected by climate change, and people in conflict-ridden or impoverished societies. First introduced in September 2022, the project hopes to enable people to listen more deeply to each other no matter the distance, and inspire each other to act on climate change by giving insights to local and personal climate solutions.
The “Global We” programme in Copenhagen will be open to the public until 17 May 2023, and is located at Flæsketorvet 10, 1711 Copenhagen, Denmark, where members of the public can connect with people from Johannesburg, Nairobi, Mexico City, and beyond to discuss climate change across nations. The sessions are based on one of four different themes;
1:1 session: one portal connecting with another somewhere else in the world
Music session: involves musicians performing for each other or playing together between two connecting portals across the globe
Workshops: facilitated, hands-on sessions led by one portal facilitator for participants in a connecting portal in another part of the world
World Café: three, one-hour conversations, where each portal connects with participants in three other locations across the globe
You can register your interest to join the “Global We” programme here:
https://space10.com/event/un-live-at-space10/
UN Live portals facilitate connections between people, collectives, initiatives, NGOs, organisations and leaders from all over the world. Join the Global We for Climate Action. The Global We programme is supported by IKEA Foundation and powered by Shared Studios.
Contact:
Fredrick Pors Jakobsen – Facilitator at the Copenhagen portal