Storytelling/Lightning Talks
8 November 2016 - 16.30 / 18.00
Lightning Talks
A lightning talk is a short, inspiring presentation lasting 15 minutes. Several lightning talks will be delivered by different speakers in a single session. The goal of lightning talks is to articulate a topic in a quick, insightful, and clear manner, to grab the attention of the audience, convey key information, and promote critical thinking.
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Donovan LIVINGSTON
Ph.D. Candidate in Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina
USA
Donovan Livingston is a Ph.D. Candidate in Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. A native of Fayetteville, NC, Donovan is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Columbia University, Harvard University – where he recently earned a masters degree in Learning & Teaching. Throughout his career, Donovan has worked to increase access and equity in higher education, serving first-generation and low-income high school students in pursuit of college admission. In his journey, Donovan has used the art of spoken word poetry as a tool for reflection, healing, and highlighting injustices in education.
Lightning talk - Countdown to Lift Off: Launching toward Democracy in Education
Dave MESLIN
Creative Director
Canada
Using non-traditional methods and creative tactics, Dave Meslin spent twenty years as a social and political entrepreneur leaving a trail of non-profit start-ups, campaign victories, viral videos, new magazines, and public space interventions in his path. An urbanist, community organiser, author and trainer, Meslin inspires us to invert the traditional pyramid of hierarchy by creating meaningful opportunities to engage our employees, our members, our students. His thesis is simple: We’re stronger and smarter when we’re all involved. Transforming top-down leadership into bottom-up collaboration is the true challenge of the 21st century.
Lightning Talk - Teaching Apathy: How we culturally discourage leadership - and how we can turn that around
Alaa MURABIT
Sustainable Development Goal Global Advocate, MIT MediaLab Director’s Fellow, UN High-Level Commissioner for Health Employment and Economic Growth
Libya/Canada
Alaa Murabit is a UN High-Level Commissioner for Health Employment and Economic Growth, one of only 17 Sustainable Development Goal Global Advocates appointed by the UN Secretary General and a MIT Media Lab Director’s Fellow. Her TED Talk, “What my religion really says about women” was “Talk of the Day” & one of four “moving TED Talks to watch right now” by New York Times. At the young age of 15 Alaa completed high school and moved from Saskatoon, Canada to Zawia, Libya. It was there that she completed medical school and, driven by her desire to create inclusive processes and institutions, founded VLW in 2011 at the age of 21.With a strong focus on challenging societal and cultural norms and utilizing traditional and historical role models Alaa champions women’s participation in peace processes and conflict mediation. Her programs, such as the groundbreaking “Noor Campaign” have been replicated internationally. Nicknamed “The Libyan Doogie Howser” by Jon Stewart and applauded for her innovative and inclusive approach to security, Alaa is a champion for inclusive peace processes, and acts as advisor to numerous international security boards, governments and organizations, serving as aboard trustee for International Alert and Keeping Children Safe. An Ashoka Fellow, Alaa is the youngest Marisa Bellisario International Humanitarian Award recipient, New York Times “International TrustWomen Hero 2014”, Newsweek’s “25 under 25 to watch”, a BBC “100 Top Woman” and SAFE Global Hero.
Lightning talk - The Power of Compassion
Ansgar ALLEN
Lecturer on Education at University of Sheffield
United Kingdom
Ansgar is a Lecturer in Education at the University of Sheffield, UK. His research investigates the unquestionable ‘goods’ of education and remains open to the possibility that education in all its forms, even where it appears most benign, is a form of violence. His work offers a history of its ‘good’ intentions.
Lightning talk - Cynical about Education
Leandar LITOV
Professor at Sofia University
Bulgaria
Prof. Leandar Litov graduated from the Faculty of Physics of Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski” in 1980, majoring in nuclear and particle physics. He worked for 10 years at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) – Dubna. In 1990 he returned to Sofia University, where he lectures since then in quantum and particle physics. He has been conducting investigations at the Serpukhov accelerator and – since 1992 – at the accelerator complex at CERN. Founding member of the CMS collaboration and Team Leader of the Sofia University team involved in the experiments at the Large Hadron Collider. He is author and co-author of over 600 scientific papers, and laureate of a number of national and international scientific awards. He is also Chair of the Institution Board of RPC CMS Collaboration, member of European Commission for Future Accelerators (ECFA) and of the CERN Council.
Lightning talk - Knowledge and creativity - the cornerstone of the modern democratic society
Dounia BOUZAR
Founder of the “Prevention Center against Sectarianism related to Islam” (CPDSI)
France
Dounia Bouzar holds a doctorate in French anthropology. Author of many books, she became interested in the process of radicalisation in 2006. Former qualified person of the French Muslim Council, appointed by the Prime Minister in the Observatory of secularism, she currently leads the Prevention Center against Sectarianism related to Islam (CPDSI).
Salim DACCACHE
Rector of Université Saint-Joseph, Beirut
Lebanon
Salim Daccache S.J., Lebanese Jesuit, is since 2012 Rector of Saint-Joseph University in Beirut. After studying theology, philosophy and political science at LSU and at the Centre Sèvres in Paris between 1970 and 1982, he obtained a doctorate in 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne on the problem of the creation of the world in the kalam of Maturidi al (1989) and another defree in Education Sciences at the University of Strasbourg on Pluralism, Citizenship and Living Together in Lebanon (“Pluralisme, Citoyenneté et Vivre-Ensemble au Liban : le salut vient-il de l’école ?”, 2010). He is editor of the al-Machriq review and was director of the Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour.
Lightning talk - How can the University, in a pluralistic context, educate for democracy and equality? Five theses.
Storytelling
Storytelling can be defined as the conveying of events in words, sound or images. The “storytellers” speak about personal events in their life, related to a given topic. Storytelling is a means for sharing and interpreting experiences. Stories are universal in that they can bridge cultural, linguistic and age-related divides.
Farah ABDI
Award-winning blogger
Somalia/Malta
Farah Abdi is a Somali refugee and award-winning blogger. Farah arrived in Malta from Libya by boat in 2012, fleeing fear of persecution. Farah is author of the autobiography ‘Never Arrive’ and a human rights activist. Farah is also the recipient of the International Bremen Peace Award by the German NGO, Stiftung die schwelle, and the Queen of England award for young leaders. Farah says: "I have been told many times by family, friends, colleagues and strangers; that I am a black, African, refugee, Muslim, trans woman; that I am outside the norms accepted by society. That my dreams are a reflection of my upbringing in a decadent amoral society that has corrupted who I really am. As a young trans African, I have been conditioned from an early age to consider my gender identity a dangerous deviation from my true heritage as a Somali by close kin and friends. As a young trans African coming of age in Malta, there was another whiplash of cultural confusion that I had to recover from again and again: that accepting my gender identity doesn’t necessarily mean that the wider Maltese community, with its own preconceived notions of what constitutes a ‘valid’ identity, will embrace me any more welcomingly than my own prejudiced kinsfolk do.”
Storytelling - The Emancipation of Mimi
Simone HAENEN
City Councillor and Education Activist
Netherlands
“How democratic education prepared me as city councillor”: Simone learnt to become an active citizen, through actually experiencing true and full democracy in my school. Her democratic education also taught Her to learn and work together with people of all ages, cultures and backgrounds, and to treat them as equals. She now knows how precious it is to have fundamental rights. She is defending them to build a more democratic, transparent and inclusive society - by being a city councillor and an education activist.
Storytelling - How democratic education prepared me as city councillor
Moderator
Dariusz GRZEMNY
Youth worker, trainer/consultant in educational projects addressing violence, discrimination, hate speech, racism, peace and human rights
Poland
Bashar HASSOUN
Activist and Founder of MyGrade e.V.
Syria
Three years ago, Bashar fled from Damaskus, Syria, to Berlin, Germany. Having been an export merchant in Syria, he is now looking forward to studying Political Science or Economics in Germany. Since 2015, he is member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) of Germany and board member of the working group „Migration and Diversity“ in SPD Berlin Tempelhof-Schoeneberg. Bashar has completed two internships in the German Parliament in 2015 and 2016 and is founder of the association “MyGrade”, which supports refugees on the job market.
Storytelling - A new beginning
Nadia KHIARI
Cartoonist and Artist
Tunisia
Nadia Khiari, painter and cartoonist, has released a collection of chronic revolution and publishes drawings in Sine Mensuel, Courrier international and Zelium. She received the Award Honoré Daumier (at the second meeting of Cartooning for Peace in Caen in 2012), the insignia of Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Liège in 2013 and also received the international price of political satire in Forte dei Marmi (october 2014), The Agora Med Price in Genova (june 2015) and The “Couilles au cul” at the Off off off Festival of Angouleme (January 2016).
Storytelling - The history of Tunisia in press drawings (1987-present)
Moderator
Nadine LYAMOURI-BAJJA
Intercultural psychologist and international trainer/consultant
France
with:
- Ansgar ALLEN, Lecturer on Education at University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Leandar LITOV, Professor at Sofia University, Bulgaria
- Alia SCHWELLING, Center for Political Beauty, Germany
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- Dounia BOUZAR, Founder of the “Prevention Center against Sectarianism related to Islam” (CPDSI), France
- Salim DACCACHE, Rector of Université Saint-Joseph, Beirut, Lebanon
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with:
- Farah ABDI, Award-winning blogger, Somalia/Malta
- Simone HAENEN, City Councillor and Education Activist, Netherlands
Moderator:
- Dariusz GRZEMNY, Youth worker, trainer/consultant in educational projects addressing violence, discrimination, hate speech, racism, peace and human rights, Poland
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with:
- Bashar HASSOUN, Activist and Founder of MyGrade e.V., Syria
- Nadia KHIARI, Cartoonist and Artist, Tunisia
Moderator:
- Nadine LYAMOURI-BAJJA, Intercultural psychologist and international trainer/consultant, France
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Theme 1
A, B, Citizenship, Democracy, and Education
Theme 2
Education bridging social divides – pass or fail?
- LAB 10
Gamify democracy - LAB 11
Embracing Global Citizenship - LAB 12
DemocrARTization - LAB 13
Refugees: Opportunities without borders - LAB 14
Deciphering media - LAB 15
Global classroom - LAB 16
Learning respect - LAB 17
Education on the move - LAB 18
Intergenerational learning - LAB 19
Education for Democracy: innovative experiences in the Francophone world