Partners
- ASSOCIAZIONE ATRIUM, coordinator (Italy)
- Ayuntamiento de Benetússer (Spain)
- SOLUTION: SOLIDARITE & INCLUSION (France)
- MUNICIPIO DE LOUSADA (Portugal)
- VITAL AID FOUNDATION (Netherlands)
- BASHKIA PERMET (Albania)
- UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE (Spain)
- Women Of Mediterranean East and south European Network (Italy)
- NGO NEST BERLIN (Germany)
Objectives
EUrban DECO deals with the colonial legacy of Europe’s recent past on cities and local societies. In particular, the project carries out a joint transnational investigation to show how the colonial ideology is still influential in today’s urban environment through the use of symbols, romanticised narratives, naming and toponymy of EU cities.
The project sets the following specific objectives:
- raise awareness on the relationship between urban landscapes, historic memory and multicultural integration;
- expose the colonial legacy inside EU cities’ environments and start a collective debate about its impact;
- promote new narratives and shared cultural remembrance inside EU cities’ toponymy, with the active involvement of minority groups and immigrant communities;
- set up a transnational initiative to attract wider attention on the topic from public authorities and stakeholders.
Results
To achieve these objectives, EUrban DECO will produce/implement:
- A collection of revised urban maps for the 7 cities involved in the project, outlining the key references linked to the colonial legacy and renaming them under the perspective of colonised peoples;
- 7 transnational events (each focused on a specific sub-topic of EU colonial history) with a highly participatory profile and with the active involvement of target groups;
- One transnational network/citizens’ initiative aimed to attract policy makers’ attention to the topic of colonial legacy in EU cities and demanding collective action to re-discuss it.
