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BUILDING A TRANSNATIONAL FEMINIST COMMUNITY TOWARDS A PARTICIPATORY CULTURE AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: This is our aim! To do so, please upload your projects, interviews you have done, resources you find interesting and join the grassroots feminist community! If you have questions, please email me (Elke Zobl) at elke.zobl(at)sbg.ac.at.
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Music, Gender & Difference - Intersectional and postcolonial perspectives on musical fields (Vienna 10 - 12 Oct 2013)

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The conference Music, Gender and Difference takes place from October 10 until October 12 2013 at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

Contact and Registration:
Rosa Reitsamer: reitsameratmdw [dot] ac [dot] at

Conference fee:
50 Euro / 30 Euro for students, musicians, artists

Type of project: 
Conference
Music
Topic: 
Art
Gender studies
LGBT and queer issues
Pop culture
Postcolonial theory & perspectives
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Künstlerische Interventionen // Artistic Interventions (Salzburg, Oct - Dec 2013)

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Künstlerische Interventionen // Artistic Interventions
Kollaborative und selbstorganisierte Praxen. Fokus: Antirassistische und feministische Perspektiven
Collaborative and self-organized practices. With a focus on anti-racist and feminist perspectives

A series of public events, symposia and workshops
Salzburg, October - December 2013

In this series of symposia and workshops, we will discuss the question of how artistic interventions can initiate social and political processes and open up new perspectives. Artistic projects will be presented and discussed, and ideas will be developed and presented as interventions in public space.

Type of project: 
Art
Comics
Conference
Event
Workshop
Topic: 
Activism
Art
Gender studies
Migration & border issues
Race & ethnicity
Representation of women
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Tanzania Gender Festival (Dar es Salaam, September 3rd - 6th 2013)

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GENDER FESTIVAL 2013 WILL BE CONDUCTED FROM SEPTEMBER 3rd -6th 2013

OVERALL THEME: Gender Democracy and Development: Twenty Years of Transformative Feminist Struggle For Women's Rights, Gender Equity and Social Justice- Where are we? What next?

The Gender Festival is an open forum for likeminded individuals and organisations to come together to share experiences and knowledge, to celebrate achievements and assess challenges ahead, to strengthen networking and coalition-building, to build capacity and to contribute to public debate and plan collectively for social change from a feminist perspective.

Type of project: 
Conference
Festival
Workshop
Topic: 
Alternative economies
Anti-Imperialism
Human rights
Networking & community building
Political participation
Sustainable development
Women's Liberation Movement
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Ladyfest Mainz 2013 (7. September 2013)

Location

Mainz
Germany
49° 59' 34.3032" N, 8° 14' 50.1108" E

The 2nd Lady*fest Mainz will take place on September, 7 2013

Das Lady*fest Mainz ist ein von Frauen* organisiertes Festival für Menschen aller Geschlechter, die Lust haben, sich mit Dekonstruktion und Feminismus auseinanderzusetzen. Das Festival ist unkommerziell und schafft einen Raum für linke, feministische Visionen und Ideen jenseits des Mainstreams. Spaß haben, Diskutieren, Netzwerken und Feiern versuchen wir in verschiedenen Vorträgen und Workshops sowie einem Riotgrrrl-Konzert umzusetzen.
Sex – Love – Riot

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Ladies Rock Camp (Südburgenland, 25. Aug. - 1. Sep. 2013)

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Restplätze!!!
Solltest du dich noch spontan für's Camp interessieren, schreib einfach ein Mail an ladiesrockaustriaatyahoo [dot] de!

Musikbegeisterte Frauen* und Mädels* aufgepasst!
Im Rahmen des LADIES ROCK CAMPS im Burgenland findet vom 25. August bis zum 1. September 2013 eine Workshopwoche für Frauen* und Mädels* statt, bei der ihr Banderfahrung sammeln und Instrumente kennen lernen könnt!

Vorerfahrungen sind keine notwendig - nur die Freude mit anderen, musikbegeisterten Mädels* und Frauen* eine spannende Woche im Südburgenland zu verbringen!

Type of project: 
Music
Workshop
Topic: 
Do-It-Yourself
Girls and young women
Pop culture
Youth culture
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Call: .dpi 28 / Call for Projects: Gender(ed) Cultures on the Internet (Deadline: 13 September 2013)

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Call for Submissions
.dpi issue 28 (fall 2013)
Deadline: 13 September 2013
Themed Section: Gender(ed) Cultures on the Internet
Guest Editor: Jennifer Chan

In the Themed Section of its 28th issue, .dpi is looking at the internet as a heterogenous space that allows for the deliberation and challenging of gender ideals.

Topic: 
Art
Internet & digital divide
Queer feminism
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LaDIYfest Berlin 2013 (15 - 18 Aug. 2013)

Location

Berlin
Germany
52° 31' 9.0156" N, 13° 24' 21.9276" E

LaDIYfest Berlin 2013 will take place from August 15th until August 18th 2013

Films // Filme

Friday @ SfE, 9 pm

Edina Csüllög – Hearts in Vain (Finish/Estonian/English, English subtitles)
Estonia 2012, 21:27 min

Delphine Kermorvant – I Could Be Her She Could Be Me (English)
Germany/France 2012, 2:29 min

Claudia Bach – Dressed As Me (German / English subtitles)
Austria 2009, 10:31 min

Val Phoenix – Totally Girl Powered (English)
UK 2013, 10:31 min

Andrea Müller – Die Berührerin (German)
Austria 2013, 44:00 min

Sunday @ SfE, 9 pm

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Rete delle Reti Femminili (Network)

Location

Italy

Info:
Italian network and online portal founded as an interactive tool to connect different women's and feminist groups, projects, initiatives and activists in Italy and world wide. After registration all members can post infos about their projects, documents, surveys, calls, manifestos, etc. There is also a news section, a blog, a forum, book and film reviews, as well as a Mappatura mapping and linking feminist projects, websites, activists, etc.

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Studio XX

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Founded in 1996, Montreal-based Studio XX is a bilingual feminist artist-run centre for technological exploration, creation and critique.

Studio XX’s mandate focuses on enabling the creative actions and perspectives of women at the forefront of contemporary technological landscapes and the development of a digital democracy that values autonomy and collaboration.

Type of project: 
Art
Blog & Web 2.0
Festival
Group/Network
Radio
Workshop
Topic: 
Art
Do-It-Yourself
Education
Internet & digital divide
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Pikara (E-zine)

Location

Spain

Info:
Spanish/Basque online magazine providing quality journalism with a gender and feminist perspective on culture and society; emphasis on arts, body politics, health, sexuality, ecology, global perspectives, solidarity, feminist (online) activism and networks, media, interviews, etc.

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