24-25 May 2008
EF Kunsttour
1 May 2008
EF Euromayday
21 November 2007
Does a progressive Euregionalism exist?
6 July 2007
Mapping the Euregion
14 June 2007
A flag for the Euregion
23 - 25 novembre 2006
L'Eurégion en tant qu'espace public-politique
16. - 18. November 2006
Die Euregio als ein raum der Übertretung
22 June 2006
The Euregion as economic opportunity
21 June 2006
The Euregion as global knot
Euregional Forum Eupen: Mapping the Euregion Meuse-Rhine.
Friday 6 July 2006,
Headquarters of the Euregional Meuse-Rhine Foundation
Gosperstrasse 1, Eupen
Would you like to express your opinion on…
• the legitimacy of the current borders of the Euregion Meuse-Rhine?
• the political agenda behind representing the Euregion Meuse-Rhine as an established, integrated territorial unity?
• maps of the Euregion Meuse-Rhine through the ages?
• The (ir)reality of the internal borders of the Euregion Meuse-Rhine and the consequences for a unified representation?
• alternative mappings of the Euregion?
• the power of maps to make inhabitants and visitors of the Euregion Meuse-Rhine more conscious of the complex trans-national structure of their everyday lives?
… and many more issues related to mapping the Euregion Meuse-Rhine?
… then join the Euregional Forum in Eupen that offers two days of informal discussions, interviews, meetings and public lectures!
This invitation adresses experts and non-experts, institutions and individuals, inhabitants of the Euregion Meuse-Rhine and beyond. Participation is free.
Special Guests:
- Marina Gzinic
- Cornelia Offergeld
- Ruby Sircar and Elisabeth Penker (FO/GO Lab)
- Wim Cuyvers, Maartje Dros and Jozua Zaagman (Traces of autism project)
When one tries to map the Euregion Meuse-Rhine, one soon finds that is border geography is not really transparent. What is the exact status of the external borders of the Euregion? Who decides on these borders and what were the criteria used: territorial unity, physical distance, psychological proximity, historical convention, political consensus or institutional jurisdiction? Perhaps even more difficult is the question of how to represent its diffuse ‘internal’ borders. Although the well-known subway map of the Euregion Meuse-Rhine (drawn by the Foundation EMR) suggests a unified, integrated Euregion, this unity soon dissolves in situ. Inadequate transport connections between the old nation states makes the ‘space-time’ of the Euregion even more fragmented and discontinuous. All this makes the Euregion very complex to map; any mapping act should include parameters of time, historicity and mobility.
Regardless of these technical difficulties – or precisely because of them – one cannot underestimate the social and political importance of mapping. In the first place, a cartographic representation is an essential tool for the inhabitants and users of the Euregion Meuse-Rhine to cognitively map their position within the bigger, trans-national context. It thus allows them to become more conscious of the complex, geographical organisation of their lives. Mapping immediately raises political questions: ‘A map of the Euregion, that’s all very well! But what should the map represent?’ Any ‘alternative’ mapping act should go beyond the institutionalized consensus that sees the Euregion Meuse-Rhine as an established, integrated territorial unity and come up with a more adequate cartographic representation of the Euregional reality.
Friday 6 July 2006,
Headquarters of the Euregional Meuse-Rhine Foundation
Gosperstrasse 1, Eupen
Would you like to express your opinion on…
• the legitimacy of the current borders of the Euregion Meuse-Rhine?
• the political agenda behind representing the Euregion Meuse-Rhine as an established, integrated territorial unity?
• maps of the Euregion Meuse-Rhine through the ages?
• The (ir)reality of the internal borders of the Euregion Meuse-Rhine and the consequences for a unified representation?
• alternative mappings of the Euregion?
• the power of maps to make inhabitants and visitors of the Euregion Meuse-Rhine more conscious of the complex trans-national structure of their everyday lives?
… and many more issues related to mapping the Euregion Meuse-Rhine?
… then join the Euregional Forum in Eupen that offers two days of informal discussions, interviews, meetings and public lectures!
This invitation adresses experts and non-experts, institutions and individuals, inhabitants of the Euregion Meuse-Rhine and beyond. Participation is free.
Special Guests:
- Marina Gzinic
- Cornelia Offergeld
- Ruby Sircar and Elisabeth Penker (FO/GO Lab)
- Wim Cuyvers, Maartje Dros and Jozua Zaagman (Traces of autism project)
When one tries to map the Euregion Meuse-Rhine, one soon finds that is border geography is not really transparent. What is the exact status of the external borders of the Euregion? Who decides on these borders and what were the criteria used: territorial unity, physical distance, psychological proximity, historical convention, political consensus or institutional jurisdiction? Perhaps even more difficult is the question of how to represent its diffuse ‘internal’ borders. Although the well-known subway map of the Euregion Meuse-Rhine (drawn by the Foundation EMR) suggests a unified, integrated Euregion, this unity soon dissolves in situ. Inadequate transport connections between the old nation states makes the ‘space-time’ of the Euregion even more fragmented and discontinuous. All this makes the Euregion very complex to map; any mapping act should include parameters of time, historicity and mobility.
Regardless of these technical difficulties – or precisely because of them – one cannot underestimate the social and political importance of mapping. In the first place, a cartographic representation is an essential tool for the inhabitants and users of the Euregion Meuse-Rhine to cognitively map their position within the bigger, trans-national context. It thus allows them to become more conscious of the complex, geographical organisation of their lives. Mapping immediately raises political questions: ‘A map of the Euregion, that’s all very well! But what should the map represent?’ Any ‘alternative’ mapping act should go beyond the institutionalized consensus that sees the Euregion Meuse-Rhine as an established, integrated territorial unity and come up with a more adequate cartographic representation of the Euregional reality.
First Euregio Meuse-Rhine Democracy Awards awarded (19-5-08)
On May 24th 2008, during the EF KunstTour, the first two Euregion Meuse-Rhine Democracy Awards will be officially handed out to Wim Cuyvers of the project Traces of Autism: Wander Research in the Euregion Meuse-Rhine and to Saskia Gorgels-Lindelauf of the KvK Limburg. Read the press announcement.EF on Euromayday Parade Aachen (14-4-08)
On May 1st, the EF will organize a mobile forum during the Euromayday Parade in Aachen, which is organized on occasion of the awarding of the Karlspreis to Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy.
Weekend of Euregional debates during Kunsttour 2008 (14-4-08)
On Saturday the 24st of May, the EF will organize a full day of debates, interviews and live columns in the Jan van Eyck Academy as part of the Kunsttour (art fair) 2008 in Maastricht. The gravitational point of the event will be a House of Commons (Lagerhuis) in which Euregional issues will be discussed and voted on. EF aims at the people of the Euregion (1-1-08)
On January 1st, the EF launched its new campaign for the year 2008 with the motto: The EF comes to the people of the Euregion Meuse-Rhine!. After two years of expert meetings, the EF will now organize a series of popular events in which the citizens and users of the Euregion Meuse-Rhine will occupy centre stage. Click here to read the press release.