Education for Peace

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] On the memory of the bombing of Gernika and other cultural "goods". [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Gernika Gogoratuz presents its 20th publication in the Red Gernika collection. The research by Kepa Fernández de Larrinoa and Daniel Rementeria Arruza deals with the cultural policies of historical memory and cultural heritage. The publication studies various museographic, memorial and celebratory practices linked to the transmission...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Cenarrusa Foundation for Basque Culture in Idaho, USA, presented the award of the same name 2021 to the Mayor of Gernika, José Mari Gorroño "for his work in favour of historical memory, his commitment to good governance and dedication to the political, cultural and socio-economic growth" of the town. The ceremony was held on...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Iñigo Retolaza, collaborator of Gernika Gogoratuz, has participated in the presentation in the parliament of Navarre of "13 months of dialogue between nine people with very different political and life traditions", an initiative sponsored by the Permanent Social Forum. On Wednesday, 30 November, the Citizen Relations Commission, represented by four participants, recounted their experience and...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Euskaraldia 2022 campaign runs from 18 November to 2 December and Gernika Gogoratuz has decided to join in and support the effort to change the linguistic habits of Basque speakers. In this third edition of Euskaraldia, other entities, large companies, groups, shops, etc. are also taking part through the arigunes, spaces for communicating in Basque. Euskaraldia...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The educational programme "Gernika City of Peace in the 21st Century" today welcomed the visit of the "Albert Schweitzer" Institute from Hürth (Germany), which carries out exchanges with the German School of San Sebastian-Donostia. The group of 47 pupils and 4 teachers travelled around Gernika on two routes, visiting the different important historical-memorial sites of...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The team of young people participating in the summer camp of the European project Venues of victims // Venues of perpetrators travelled on Monday 15th August to Zagreb (Croatia) where the two-week programme of activities began. In the 2022 edition Gernika Gogoratuz has five young people: Maitane Urkiaga, Maria Malaxetxebarria, Olaia Mujika, Garazi Saez, Nere...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Gernika Gogoratuz, partner of the project Venues of victims // Venues of perpetrators, presents the call for participation of young people (18-25 years old) from Croatia, Greece, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Germany in the international summer camp that will take place in Croatia from 15 to 28 August 2022. The camp is part of the...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Maria Oianguren, director of Gernika Gogoratuz will take part in the conference Aportación de la educación y la filosofía por la paz a los Objetivos del Desarrollo Sosotenible. The contribution of peace museums, which will be held on 29 April at the Palau de Vivel Cultural Centre in La Vall d'Uixó. The conference will also be...