This year’s edition of #StopHatredNow takes place 13 – 17 May with the theme Actions & Empathy.
#StopHatredNow is an intercultural and anti-racist week-long platform organised once a year in collaboration with several art and intercultural organisations. The platform strives to create discourse and offers tools to create a more inclusive, diverse and feminist art field; inclusivity, diversity, non-discrimination, accessibility and social as well as ecological sustainability are issues that determine the future of every art and cultural institution. This year’s keynote speakers and panelists include Camara Christina Lundestand Joof and Monica Ifejilika from Norway.
Programme highlights:
Institutional Day
When: 13.5. Monday 8:30-15:30
The day’s program is curated for those working at or with different art and cultural institutions, but anyone interested in the topics is welcome to join.
Registration will close on 10th of May 2024.
Keynote | Role & Responsibility of Institutions in the Time of Multiple Crisis by Monica Ifelijika
When: 13.5. Monday 9:15–9:45
Language: English + speech-to-text interpreting
Panel discussion | Are we there yet? – conversation on representations on Nordic stages
When: 14.5. Tuesday 14:30 – 15:45
Panelists: Camara Christina Lundestand Joof, Teo Ala-Ruona & Nadja Leham
Moderator: Julian Owusu
Language: English +speech-to-text interpreting
#StopHatredNow is a free of charge and the events take place onsite in Helsinki, Espoo and Turku and online in Zoom. The events are held in English or Finnish. The language of each event is written in the program.
Find the full programme on #StopHatredNow’s website.
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#SHN2024 is initiated by UrbanApa and co-produced in collaboration with Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Catalysti, Culture for All Service, EMMA | Espoo Museum of Modern Art, FinnAgora, Globe Art Point, Goethe-Institut Finnland, Kiila ry, MiklagårdArts, Ministry of Education and Culture, Nordic Culture Point, Publics, Tehdas Teatteri, The Finnish Norwegian Cultural Institute, Titanik, University of Arts Helsinki, UrbanApa and Zodiak – Center for New Dance.