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What makes the language of protest effective? How should we protest so that people listen? Do strong words have power?
During the discussion, we will consider why swearing at protests can provoke objections. Is it because of the strong words themselves? Or is it because they are increasingly being used by women, who until now were not expected to swear in public?
We will discuss all this with three social activists and strong protest personalities: Katarzyna Czarnota, Agata Ferenc and Anna Kowalczyk-Derlęga. The conversation will be hosted by Daria Sudoł.
Moderator: Daria Sudoł
Registration: https://bit.ly/JESTEŚMYZANIEPOKOJONE
Format: debate followed by a discussion with the audience
Who should come: anyone interested in the topic
Room capacity: 20
Live stream on Facebook
Registration: https://bit.ly/JESTEŚMYZANIEPOKOJONE
Format: debate followed by a discussion with the audience
Who should come: anyone interested in the topic
Room capacity: 20
Live stream on Facebook
Katarzyna Czarnota – a sociologist and activist, a doctoral student at the Faculty of Sociology of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and a student at the Faculty of Art Education and Curatorial Studies of the University of the Arts in Poznań. Her projects address issues including the so-called refugee crisis, housing, gentrification, neo-racism and forms of violence against people with experience of displacement and migration. Since 2012, as a representative of the Greater Poland Tenants’ Association, she has worked with the community of Roma immigrants of Romanian origin in Poznań.
Agata Ferenc – a Wrocław social activist involved with many NGOs and grassroots movements, a feminist and president of the PERYFERIA Intercultural Solidarity Centre foundation. She has organised many social campaigns and protests, including “Wrocław Welcomes Refugees”, and is deeply committed to supporting refugees. For the past three years she has combined activism with motherhood.
Anna Kowalczyk-Derlęga – a social activist and campaigner for women’s rights who has organised many equality events. A visible presence in the city’s public life, she responds to social events and educates the people of Wrocław about human rights. She organises and leads demonstrations, pickets, marches and campaigns, including “LGBT+ Are People, Not an Ideology”, “In Solidarity with Białystok”, “In Solidarity with Belarus”, ”A Secular State”, “Free Courts, Free People” and “I’m Going to Vote”. She is a member of KOD Wrocław and has co-led Women’s Strike Wrocław (Strajk Kobiet Wrocław) since 2016.
Daria Sudoł – a cultural critic, university lecturer, journalist, activist and feminist. A social educator, cultural animator and project coordinator, she has long been involved in the NGO sector and in efforts to empower local communities. She is engaged in a range of social and cultural initiatives and grassroots equality movements, and actively supports excluded groups, women’s causes, animal rights and the natural environment. She is president of Fundacja Punkt Widzenia and curator of Dialogopolis.
Dialogopolis is delivered as part of the ReSTART project, co-financed by the National Programme of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and the state budget.
