European Bildung Day 2021

Welcome to European Bildung Day 2021

Bildung, Unlocking the Spirit; how do we do it?

On this page, you will find information and videos from our two days of celebration of bildung and the European spirit, May 8th and 9th, 2021.


Saturday 13:00-15:00 CET Main Conference


Welcome

Welcome by Lene Rachel Andersen and conference host Nadja Taranczewski

Better Bildung, Better Future.

A bildung manifesto for Europe

Introduction by Niklas Limacher.

Bildung Through Time: A Historical Journey

Zak Stein, USA — Where to begin: Comenius
Lene Rachel Andersen, DK — Bourgeoisie bildung vs. folk-bildung
Gretchen Colon, USA — The Chautauqua Movement
Sturla Bjerkaker, NO — Study circles: the Norwegian way
Michiel Tolman, NL — De Bildung Academie, Amsterdam
Vesa-Matti Lahti, FI — Bildung and sustainability i Finland
Elena Tochilina, UA — Start-up bildung in Ukraine


Saturday 15:00-20:00 CET Local Events

Den menneskelige bevidsthed — Søttrup live
Village Building Bildung: Samtalesalon i Galleri Svinestien — Ringe, live
Der “Bachelor of Being” und die Bildungsbewegung für Orientierungszeiten in Deutschland — Kassel, online
Swiss Bildung – How does Bildung become aware of itself?
Fra folkeopplysning via dannelse til bildung; er bildung folkeopplysningens 3.0? — Oslo online
Bildung, the Future in Education — Eindhoven Online
What is Bildung? / Hvad er dannelse? — Sondrup, live
Dannelse København / Bildung Copenhagen — Open airOrientierungszeiten in Deutschland — Kassel, online
Tulevaisuuden sivistyksen taimia – miten me niitä kasvatamme?
Fra folkeopplysning via dannelse til bildung; er Bildung-ը Հայաստանում / Bildung in Armenia — Yerevan, online
Більдунг в Україні: Започаткування — Bildung in Ukraine: Emergence — Kyiv online

From the local event in Yerevan

From the local event in Ukraine

From the local event in Stockholm


Saturday 20:00-22:00 CET Bildung Bar

Bring your favourite beverage and have a fun evening!

The European Bildung Day organizers will say a few words and toast for Europe at 20:30 CET (we promise that it won’t take long!)

Online, and the biggest and corona saftest bar in the world; have fun!


Sunday 10:00-16:00 CET European Bildung Day


10:00-12:00 Morning Plenary Session

Good morning, presentations from the local bildung events, co-creation workshop on The European Bildung Manifesto, break-out discussions and more…

12:45-13:45 Parallel Sessions

Inspiration from the US
Reed Shafer-Ray, Lead4America, and Gretchen Colon, Chautauqua.
Bildung as Counter Culture
Garry Nicholson, Ginie Servant, and Uwe Gartenschläger.
Bildung in Higher Education
Kees Spijker, Matthes Lindner & Judith Bodenstein, Falling Walls, Ward van der Meiden & Marius de Vries.
Unlocking Bildung with Beauty
Jonathan Rowson, Pippa Evans, and Mark Vernon, Perspectiva, co-organisers of The Realisation Festival.

13:55-15:10 Parallel Workshops & Sessions

Civic Desire
Bildung in 2021
Quote Café
How to start a bildung initiative
Danish Muslim Manifesto
Bildung in the Technasium

15:20-16:00 Concluding Plenary Session

The Global Bildung Manifesto was finalized by the participants at the European Bildung Day on May 9th, 2021, and uploaded for signatures as the conclusion of the conference.

Niklas Limacher led the process and here reads the full manifesto.

You can find the Global Bildung Manifesto and sign it here: https://globalbildung.net/manifesto/


Lene
Mette
Niklas
Sandra

We would like to thank all participants and contributors for unlocking the spirit at the European Bildung Day 2021.This was meaningful and great fun!

Not least, thank you for making the European Bildung Manifesto a Global Bildung Manifesto.

We are looking forward to seeing you all again soon.