Transition stories from Dnipro, Ukraine (Part I)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tzxIj9YWCQ
Welcome to Transition Dialogue!
As practitioners of history and civic education, our network is committed to the critical evaluation of the period of post-socialist transformation from 1989 onward, to investigating the ways of coming to terms with its political consequences in the present-day societies, and to providing educational resources on transition and how it can be approached by teachers and educators. More details about our network and video interviews with our partners
Here you will find:
- information about our past and current projects
- our publications and teaching materials, such as our newest handbook for history and civic educators
- our collection of stories: events, podcasts, exhibitions, conferences, and more, that provoke reflection and questions on this period of the past and its resonance in the present, which you can also browse through by countries
You can also watch what our partners have to say about our work here below:
Transition story from Serhiy Oliferchuk, Kiev, Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUaeT9mh108
Jaroslav Belinskiy interview, Kyiv
As a child, Jaroslav won a trip to Switzerland in the Red Cross drawing competion, that was announced in the Pioneers Newspaper. But still in 1991 authorities tried to hide the victory from him in order not to let him travel… A story of change
“Man muss im Schutzraum des Privaten seine Haltung finden”
Im Buch “Wie war das für Euch? Die Dritte Generation Ost im Gespräch mit ihren Eltern” erzählen die 1975 bis 1985 Geborenen, warum sie nicht aufhören können, sich mit der eigenen Herkunft und der Familiengeschichte auseinanderzusetzen. Die Interviews und Reflexionen im Buch zeigen aber auch,
“Now people have responsibility for what they are doing”
In the course of the Maidan revolution, the Ministry of Culture was occupied by cultural activists in order to develop a more progressive cultural policy for Ukraine. Yaroslav Belinsky belonged to the group of artists who occupied the Ministry and later created the Congress of
Andrii Chernousov: “I thought it could change the way of decision making”
At a conference in Thessaloniki in October 2015, we asked participants from Eastern and South-eastern Europe about their “Transition Moment”. Could they tell us a little story of a moment, when they realised that something was changing fundamentally in the early 90s.
Stanislav Kuvaldin: “It was the time when many roles seized to exist”
At a conference in Thessaloniki in October 2015, we asked participants from Eastern and South-eastern Europe about their “Transition Moment”. Could they tell us a little story of a moment, when they realised that something was changing fundamentally in the early 90s.
Andrii Chernousov: “I thought it could change the way of decision making”
“When I saw a ballet on TV in August of 1991 I thought that something went wrong. Because in that period of the day actually there were news or whatever else but not a ballet! And than these four guys came on stage and started speaking