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Hatto Fischer
Hatto Fischer is Philosopher, Poet und Co-ordinator of Poiein kai Prattein
presentations:
- From productivity to creativity: the making of the cultural economy
- Introduction to the Kids' Guernica Exhibition
categories: Culture and Economy + Conclusions + Kids' Guernica Exhibition at the Zappeion Megaron Athens
Coordinator of Poiein Kai Prattein –
Poiein Kai Prattein (to create and to do) started off by being a group of poets. At that time they called themselves ‘touch stone’. Out of these workshops on ‘poetry and mythology’, there followed the Fifth Seminar, “Cultural Actions for Europe” in 1994 and “Myth of the City” (a discussion for one week throughout Crete between poets and planners with people from villages, cities and universities) in 1995. Then came the Article 10 – ERDF project CIED (Cultural Innovation and Economic Development) through which contact was made with the poets in Ireland, including Michael D. Higgins. Then came the preparations for the Olympics in Athens 2004 for which Poiein Kai Prattein published ‘Poetry Connection: Poets and the Olympic Truce’. Together with Peace Waves in Torino, there was organized a Olympic Truce Youth Festival in Torino at the start of 2005 where first contact was made with Kids’ Guernica.
Member of the International Committee of Kids’ Guernica
It was decided in 2005 to create the painting “The War is Over” and to send it over to Ubud, Bali where Kids’ Guernica coordinated by Takuya Kaneda was celebrating its 10th anniversary since having been created in Japan 1995. Upon hearing the request of Kids’ Guernica International to hold a workshop in Greece, Poiein Kai Prattein has organized workshops with exhibitions of peace murals first in Kastelli, Crete April 2006 to coincide with Greek Easter and in May 2007 in Chios. Chios was followed up by taking 8 children to Izmir, Turkey to have together with pupils from the Takev School and students from the University of Economics complete a peace mural which had been started in May. The contact to Izmir came about thanks to Deniz Hasirci and Gulistan Banu Cel, while from Chios side Efi Lipari (tourist officer working for the Prefecture of Chios) and Maria Serra (art teacher) made possible this action. It underlines one main theme of the Symposium, namely the dialogue between cultures.
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Born 1945 near the Starnberger Lake in Bavaria, Germany, Hatto Fischer emigrated to Ottawa, Canada, with his parents and sister in 1957, where he later studied economics and political science at Carleton University before continuing his studies in philosophy and sociology at the London School of Economics (1969–70). After further studies of philosophy at the Philosophical Seminar in Heidelberg, he wrote his Ph.D. on “articulation problems of workers and the tradition of the German Trade Union” in Berlin. Since 1988 he has lived in Athens, Greece, is married and has one daughter. As a writer and coordinator of European projects, including the Article 10 – ERDF project CIED (Cultural Innovation and Economic Development), he has explored the field of articulation in many facets. As an advisor for the Green party at the European Parliament Committee of Culture, Media, Sports, Education and Youth, he produced a study on the potential of Internet Radio to further European Debate. Currently he is coordinator of the Non-Profit Urban Society POIEIN KAI PRATTEIN (“to create and to do”) in Athens and has undertaken two studies for the city of Volos as part of the Interreg III B HERMES project, one on successful cultural planning strategies and the other on the use of multimedia in museums.
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