Gathering to be held with Joseba Sarrionandia, Olaia Inziarte, Oihana Iguaran and Mattin Irigoien, on April 26 on the Eskoriatza campus
Gathering to be held with Joseba Sarrionandia, Olaia Inziarte, Oihana Iguaran and Mattin Irigoien, on April 26 on the Eskoriatza campus
Gathering to be held with Joseba Sarrionandia, Olaia Inziarte, Oihana Iguaran and Mattin Irigoien, on April 26 on the Eskoriatza campus
On April 26, writer Joseba Sarrionandia, singer Olaia Inziarte, verse singer Oihana Iguaran and playwright Mattin Irigoien will take part in a colloquium entitled “Culture that creates a nation, agent of the Basque language”. The event, which will be held on the Eskoriatza campus, is open to the public, but interested parties must register in advance.
On April 27, four leading figures in different areas related to Basque culture met in a round table discussion on the Eskoriatza campus of the Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences of Mondragon University. They met to discuss challenges in Basque culture in areas such as music, literature, theater and improvised verse singing. Specifically, the participants in the debate were writer Joseba Sarrionandia, singer Olaia Inziarte, improvised verse singer Oihana Iguaran and playwright and cultural dynamizer Mattin Irigoien, and they all analyzed the role of cultural production in strengthening the Basque community, among many other issues. This event also served to introduce the new Master’s degree program in Promotion of Basque Culture, which will be offered by the Faculty beginning next year.
The debate was moderated by Faculty professor and researcher Eneko Bidegain. Master’s program instructor Jon Sarasua and Basque Summer University Director Aitor Bengoetxea also participated in the presentation, delivering the introduction and explaining the objectives of the new Master’s program, an in-house degree program that will be taught in the hybrid modality, with in-person sessions offered on the Eskoriatza campus on Wednesday evenings (6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.).
For their part, the participants also delved into the importance of promoting Basque culture in professional fields and in management; production; the contribution of social and popular movements; participatory culture; successful experiences, etc.
Master’s degree program in training cultural agents
The Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences is aware of the need to train professionals capable of responding to the many challenges that Basque culture faces. Thus, the objective of the Master’s program is to train the pool of agents responsible for the promotion of Basque culture. These professionals will act both in the field of formal and informal education and in municipal cultural areas and those of other public institutions.
Who is it for?
The new degree program is aimed at graduates in Primary Education or Early Childhood Education, degrees related to communication (audiovisual communication, journalism, advertising) Global Digital Humanities, Basque studies, translation, law. Of course, the Master’s program is also open to any other graduate profile that is interested in influencing Basque culture.
Contents of the Master’s degree program
The participants will work in depth on the various topics of the Master’s degree, using active methodologies. The training program will address the questions and problems of Basque culture: ways of metabolizing the global cultural impact, ways to combine transmission and openness, interpretative syntheses of our roots, foundations for understanding the position that language should occupy, the influences of technology, conditions for regenerating the community, the challenges of artistic areas, etc.
Participants in the Master’s degree program will go beyond what has been done to date in the field of cultural action. Thus, they will delve into aspects such as the organization of an effective transmission of cultural activity in both formal and informal education, the reconstruction of a network of municipal agents in the field of culture, the bases from which local public policies on Basque cultural activity are improved, communication work, and possible avenues of research.
- General bases.
- Cultural action and transmission in education.
- Cultural action: organization and configuration of the Basque Country.
- Research project.
The Basque Summer University and the Center for Basque Studies of the University of Nevada at Reno will also take part in the Master’s degree program in Promotion of Basque Culture.
Cost and registration
Thanks to subsidization from the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa, the Master’s degree program has a price of €4,800. Additionally, participants may be able to take advantage of a discount of 100% from FUNDAE. Registration for the Master’s program will open on March 1 and can be completed online: online registration.
For more information on this Master’s degree program:
- Julene Gorrotxategi
- jgorrotxategi@mondragon.edu
- 600 02 27 20