Zeit Geschichte vermitteln

It’s not mandatory, it’s not permitted … to say anything, write anything, react to anything. Cultural programs are mostly consumed passively; those partaking of them just sit around, stand around, walk around. This project reacted to this inactive state by launching new discourses and instigating response.

This initiative interlinked a number of individual Linz09 projects. Its approach was to make the city itself a setting in which to experience what went on here in the not-too-distant past. Because Linz is a place of memory and of commemoration. Because history is omnipresent here. And it’s everybody’s business: Linzers old and young, school classes, tourists, visitors, friends, guests and fans. They all posed questions, sought answers, got worked up, wrote, became enraged, were delighted or astounded. Some even laughed as they personally unraveled the threads of historical narratives, made them visible and integrated them into their daily lives. MEDIATING THE ENCOUNTER WITH MODERN HISTORY went forth in pursuit of traces of the past. Project staffers designed 10 discursive educational programs designed to make the past come alive for various age groups. From March to December 2009, children, young people and adults were invited to rediscover this city and its history.

WHAT // Mediation programms
WHEN // Throughout 2009
WHERE // In Linz and Upper Austria

IDEA / CONCEPT // Hannah Landsmann, Daniele Karasz, Adam Wieczorkowski

LinzMemory

Playing history — for young people age 6 and up

The meeting place and point of departure for interested children and parents is the Kinderpunkt facility in the Altes Rathaus. Once a month—always on Sunday—LinzMemory will be offered on and around Hauptplatz.

Participants on this search for traces of the past will take along photos of buildings, attractions, stores, things and even animals! The motifs will be sought as a group. And there’ll also be stories: How long has this town had street car service? When was the bridge built? Why is the Plague Commemorative Column located where it is? What’s actually below this square? What does shish kebab taste like and where does this dish come from?

Back at the Kinderpunkt, it’s time to play a memory game about Linz history. This calls for creativity. Kids design their own memory pair with a motif of their choice, draw a story and take their work home with them!

WHEN // May 2009

DURATION // 1,5 hours

WHERE // Meeting point: Kinderpunkt in the Altes Rathaus

Category: Kids/Young People

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