{"id":6410,"date":"2020-02-17T20:14:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T19:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ripess.eu\/?p=6410"},"modified":"2021-03-29T15:38:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T14:38:13","slug":"empatheast-and-radical-imagination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ripess.eu\/en\/empatheast-and-radical-imagination\/","title":{"rendered":"Empatheast and radical imagination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>EMPATHEAST is the annual international forum for empathy driven social change of Ideas Factory Association (Sofia, Bulgaria). Its 4th edition in 2019 (1-3 November) attracted the local community spirit for a mindful social change in the city of Plovdiv and mixed it with the wide perspectives of changemakers from around the world. The profoundly instigating topic of EMPATHEAST 2019 was \u201cRadical imagination: emergency exits from a messed-up world\u201d.<br>A rich lecture panel with speakers from Bulgaria, India, Italy, Hungary and UK filled the 1st day of the forum. They covered a wide spectrum of topics and choices that determine our daily lives both as creators and consumers \u2013 the potential of art as a radical community force, alternative lifestyle in Bulgarian villages, examples of solidarity models around the world, creative writing as an activist\u2019 action, how to deal with the power relations in cultural work, and working solutions to energy poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"958\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/europe.ripess.rio20.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/02\/EMPATHEAST-Nov-2019-Bulgaria.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ripess.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/02\/EMPATHEAST-Nov-2019-Bulgaria.jpg 958w, https:\/\/ripess.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/02\/EMPATHEAST-Nov-2019-Bulgaria-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ripess.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/02\/EMPATHEAST-Nov-2019-Bulgaria-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ripess.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/02\/EMPATHEAST-Nov-2019-Bulgaria-185x125.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Among the lecturers were Istvan Sczakats (a director of AltArt Foundation and Fabrica de Pensule in Cluj (Romania), Jason Nardi, Italy, from the board of one the biggest networks for solidarity economy in the world \u2013 RIPESS, Will Buckingham and Hannah Stevens (Wind&amp;Bones) &#8211; socially engaged writers from UK who travel the world and teach storytelling for social change and Vera Petkanchin \u2013 a social entrepreneur from Junior Achievement (Bulgaria).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"We are made of stories. Let&#039;s tell some new ones! - Will Buckingham and Hannah Stevens\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/doD8cgjx-Bk?list=PLWPmqgE_z2EsfINrZElVAt_p6FVPR7xDm\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another highlight within the program was the half-day long world caf\u0435 discussion about the bright opportunities for the future of Bulgarian villages. Young local people, elderly from villages throughout Bulgaria and representatives of NGOs and institutions discussed together strategic and practical solutions to existing problems of the rural areas in Bulgaria. A rural think-tank has been started from the participants of the world cafe.<br>&nbsp;The forum gathered around 300 people during the 3-days of its unfolding. It completely transformed 3 well-known public spaces in Plovdiv \u2013 the Central Post Office, the House of Science and Technics and the building of Total Sport &amp; Squash in the building of a previous tobacco factory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"958\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/europe.ripess.rio20.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/02\/EMPATHEAST-Nov-2019-Bulgaria-speech.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ripess.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/02\/EMPATHEAST-Nov-2019-Bulgaria-speech.jpg 958w, https:\/\/ripess.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/02\/EMPATHEAST-Nov-2019-Bulgaria-speech-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ripess.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/02\/EMPATHEAST-Nov-2019-Bulgaria-speech-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ripess.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/02\/EMPATHEAST-Nov-2019-Bulgaria-speech-185x125.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Article by the international forum for social change <a href=\"http:\/\/empatheast.org\/\">http:\/\/empatheast.org\/<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EMPATHEAST is the annual international forum for empathy driven social change of Ideas Factory Association (Sofia, Bulgaria). 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