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Thursday, August 19 2010

Audrone's interview

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Mathilde: For you "Hemispheres" is...?

Audrone: For me Hemispheres is an experience, useful for my future, a chance to discover Southern hemisphere from a different angle, from the inside, the problems. At the same time realising, that the South and the North have same problems, caused to each other. The World is not divided after all.

Mathilde: What are you gonna keep with you after the seminar?

Audrone: Experience. That's what I'll keep and use in the future. Also the idea of being free to enlight other people about the food and powerty problems in the World. I've changed my mind about agro fuel (providing ethanol from sugar cane). Now I don't find it as the best solution. And of course the spirit of Paris will stay in my memory and heart for ever.

Ginger rock n' roller

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What is ‘Hemispheres’ for you? The great opportunity to broaden my horizon, meet new people and learn new things which can be useful in the future, communicating with different kinds of people.

Do you feel changed? Of course I do! I think there would be something wrong with me if I didn’t change during three weeks in a big city among new people and listening to stuff I have never considered about. I can’t define the particular change right now, but quite general answer would be that I broadened my horizon (aim achieved!) and formed my own opinion about landless peasants and their movements. Also I gained some more experience in working in a group, which was not my piece of cake before. And I won’t talk about the impact of Paris, because it would be a book long story…

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Romeo's Emisphere Interview

39701_145584592128110_100000297118054_365183_4645716_n.jpgWhat is ‘Hemispheres’ for you?

First, ‘Hemispheres’ is a way to work together. With this program we understand that the social and economical problems aren’t so different in each country. That’s why we have to gather our power, our aim is to build something for everyone. Secondly, ‘Hemispheres’ is a formation. So we have to learn ways to raise awareness. How to make people think about something. We have to accept the different opinions in order to find a balance in our society. I can’t lead the people because I don’t like this way of working, we are here in order to share with other people. ‘Hemispheres’ is a way to be a student and a teacher at the same time, to consider everyone as an important option to grow the society up.

What ‘Hemispheres’ gave to us?

A way of acting, a way of thinking, a way of considering everyone. We are here to share, because all of us are powerful. ‘Hemispheres’ teach me that solutions are built by everyone. ‘Hemispheres’ is another way to live the democracy. Romeo

Three weeks in Paris...:)*Edita....:)))

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Anna: What is "Hemispheres" for you?:)

Hemisphere for me is a new experience, that helps me to understand how does their system work. It was a really great trainning, where I met very interesting, charismatic and different people with positive energy. During this programme I've learned how to organise local events, how to talk and to make connection with people from different cultures. And of course, it was good to see and to live in Paris.:)))Thanks to this programme :)*

Anna: What will be new in your life after "Hemispheres"?:)

I'll be very disappointed when I'm back at my tiny village called Lithuania:DD..but of course I'm really happy that I took so much experience from this "Hemispheres" programme, that I'll use in my life later:)*

Albertina

What is "Hemispherer" for you?

An opportunity to share experiences with people from all over the world and to open our mind. It can be the beginning to change something in our life.

With which things that were said you don’t agree?

That for the most of the people it’s impossible to change their way of consumption. I think it depends on your knowledge and your decisions.

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Lulu in Paris

What is "Hemispheres“ for you?

Hemispheres was sharing experiences and opinions for many days about an issue I’m interested in but that I don’t have the possibility to talk about with other people where I live. I could learn and understand more things that I’d like to spread when I come back. I had also the opportunity to live with a very nice and funny group that I hope I would meet again.

What comes to your head when you hear the words”FIAP” or “Paris”?

Paris make me think about the nights we spent near the river and in the bars, while I relate the word “FIAP” to the coffee break of the morning, when all of us are starting to wake up, to make conversation, to laugh and to play.

Who were you in the past life?

I was a pilot because often I dream about planes or I dream that I’m not able to walk because a force beneath my feet make push me up to fly. But in Paris I dreamt I took part in a political movement against the king.

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Andrijana's interview

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What is „Hemispheres“ for you?

“Hemispheres” for me is a relation with the world. It’s a brand new thing for me, because I didn't know anything about it before. “Hemispheres” is a possibility to understand, analyze and implement. This program is the first step in trying to change the world and yourself. It's a good opportunity to meet new friends.

What would you spread about this training when you go back/ keep from this experience?

I will tell people that I had a really good time with absolutely different people from all over the world. I will advise everybody to go to Paris and to have the time of their life. Also, don’t forget to think about your eating habits! I’m looking forward to meeting all group in another project that could be held in Lithuania’s countryside near the lake during summertime (you know, barbecue and other stuff… :) ).

Who were you in the past life?

I think I was a Jew in the past, because during my nightmares Nazis are always chasing me. I escaped once (just because of the handsome soldier, who let me run), so now I don’t have any dreams about them. I have dreams about FIAP :)

Mathilde

What 's Hemispheres for you ?

Hemisphere is metting new people from different countries and cultures, sharing about our point of view and desires to act. Hemisphere is learning and opening our mind to different issues and interconnexion. Further more Hemipshere is the first step to act for a sustainable world !

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Would you like to be a peasant ? Why ?

I wouldn't. I know it is a hard work and I don't want to stay all my life in the countryside taking care of the crops. Even if we need peasant and even if the countryside's way of life is really pleasant ! And I'm not really good at working with my hands :) I'm too eager to travel and to discover other cultures.

Sadia

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For you, Hemispheres is....

More knowledge about North-South relations but also an opportunity to meet people I couldn’t meet in my daily life and a destabilizing – so constructive – experience.

If you had to define Hemispheres by means of a song....

Juntamos māo con māo…

Interview to Xavi the dreamer

For you, Hemispheres is….

- intercultural exchange

- a way to learn how to make people aware of what’s happening in the world

- a way to learn more about a concrete topic, in that case: agriculture and peasants

- a big family of dreamers around the world who believe that the change is possible and that our society are not just robots, there are people with feelings and magic inside and they don’t forget that happiness is our big aim in this life

What was difficult for you during these three weeks, Xavier?

To get to understand how important can be the access to a land for Brazilian peasants because in Europe, we don’t give enough value to this problem. Now, I’m conscious of that.

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Because im irish (mad funny)

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If you had to start hemispheres again, would you feel ready this time?

Coming to the training in hemispheres for the first time I didn’t feel ready or prepared for what I was about to become involved in. I had very little knowledge of the topic of “Lets feed development” or the issues we would be discussing such as peasants, landless movements as it’s not very common were I come from. I also have never participated in a local event or used a word carrier approach in getting messages across before so this was something very new to me. I think if I was to start the training all over again I would prepare myself more in researching these sorts of issues that I wouldn’t be familiar with. Having taken part in the hemispheres training it has given me a clear understanding and image of what the training is about because I have learnt a lot from the two weeks of my involvement and also learnt from the knowledge and experiences that the other participants shared.

For you what is hemispheres...?

For me hemispheres is a developing process engaging with people from northern hemispheres. It’s training in raising awareness and informing participants of issues that are happening across southern hemispheres such as Brazil as it was the chosen country we specifically looked at throughout the two weeks of my involvement. The training has made me question myself a lot and also challenge and change a lot of things I would take for granted back home for example. I have learned that these things don’t just come that easy to everybody and in some cases it’s a fight for survival in trying to access these things I would call “simple”.

I have never experienced this case in my life and through my involvement in the training I have opened my eyes and mind to how I taught and acted about things before. It has created a feeling of greater awareness and emotion of the suffering of other people from not having these “simple things” in lfe, it has me wanting to act and change my ways. But most important I got to meet an incredible bunch of people who were MAD FUNNY that I can call my friends and great memories + friendships that i get to take back home. BECAUSE IM IRISH

Hemispheres 5th session was MAD FUNNY

MAD FUNNY THAT WAS

Mad funny that was

MASSIMO'S INTERVIEW

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1) For you, Hemispheres is… It’s a great opportunity

to participate in a seminar abroad and share cultures and experiences.It's also a chance to increase your skills and use what you have learned to your future carreer or studies and  meet interesting people and maybe new friends

2) What was your best moment here ? There were several moments but maybe the night in Montmartre all together discovering Paris. It was really nice.

Alexandre

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For me hemisphere is a good opportunity to discover what are mechanism of poverty about food market (for this session) but also a tool to meet and work with people who come from all Europe and build together an action to sensibilise. I learn't a lot of things from this formation and I feel ready to organise and do an action like porteur de paroles. I was also happy to meet activists from MST alex2_copie.jpg

What do you plan to do after hemisphere?

For sure i plan to do one action called « porteur de parole » and if it works i think it can be good to organise several public action like it or inspire from. I think continue to work in this way and try to find a conpromise between necessity to have a job and work with my convictions because for me working for money is far from be enoutgh and each should be able to spend some time for what he feels neccessary without the only perspective to make money!

Félix : My opinion about the Hemispheres training

Hi Everyone :-)

Clara and I interviewed each other for the communication class of the fifth session of the training. Here is the part about me in the short interview we had. Don't worry if you don't understand everything ;-P

Clara: For you, Hemispheres is…

Felix: Hemispheres is... a very interesting session! It enables you to meet people from all around Europe, and to learn to know them. During 18 days, I think the solidarity between people is what brings something magic to the schedule. About the topics, Hemispheres made me more aware than anything else before. We studied one of the problems that the southern hemisphere countries are confronted to (the struggle for land property in Brazil). The contact with people who live that problem for real, the focus on one special issue among all of them; it was an amazing experience. I never thought I could feel as concerned by the issue as I am today. Then, about the local event, the experimentation we made in the streets of Paris was good fun and I wish I could turned what I learned here into a lot of good things when I'm back in Grenoble. I’m looking forward to it.

felix_portrait C: And how does it feel to be on your own with a red flower in your hand?

F: At first you don’t really feel anything. Indeed, the flower is not heavy, and it doesn’t make you suffer, and, you don't think about it. But then, when you turn your head to the right of the audience, and you see four people laughing their lungs off, just because of this drawing, you begin to feel powerless... Then you have to keep on talking, but they don’t pay any attention, and at this point you really ARE powerless. So the only thing you can do is throw a mental malediction to your punisher!! And wish she will feel your wrath!!

That's it! I hope you liked it. See you guys soon!

(Thanks a lot to Raul, who helped me with this entry)

For Clara* Hemispheres is a family...

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For you, Hemispheres is…

For me, Hemispheres is sharing three weeks in Paris with a nice family called FdH and a group of 20 brothers and sisters from France, Poland, Estonia, Italy, Ireland, Lithuania and Catalunya.

During these three weeks, you learn from the differences between Northern and Southern countries through the issue of agriculture and food, you know the energical brother called MST who shares their experience with you and your brothers and sisters and, finally, you receive some clues about how to create your son, which means: your project.

Hemispheres is not only what happens in Paris, Hemispheres will leave to Barcelona, Dublin, Roma, Pescara, Lecce, Martellago, Kaunas, Tartu, Périgny, Bordeaux, Rennes, Besançon, Grenoble,… and all the cities in which the participants live. But Hemispheres is neither only travelling to all these cities, Hemispheres will continue being spread all over the world, because every single participant will always have something from these days inside when he or she will go all around the world sharing his or her experiences with other people.

Hemispheres leads us to a new way of seeing, and maybe also living, life. I just hope that one day Hemispheres won’t need to exist anymore, cos I hope that one day we won’t have two different hemispheres.

Do you think that someone can lose all his credibility just because of a flower?

Yeah, of course it’s possible. When someone comes and “dirtifies” (invented verb for “turn something dirty”) your precious poster about agriculture in Catalunya, the only thing you can do to revenge is drawing a beautiful flower in his hand so that he receives the punishment he deserves. And the objective was reached! When he tried to present his work about the situation of agriculture in France, some other people and I couldn’t stop laughing and we didn’t pay any attention to what he was saying! He had lost aaall his credibility…

(Interview by Felix)

Hemispheres!! what a few weeks . .

For me Hemispheres is . . . .

The gathering of many different people from many different backgrounds and cultures. It’s the gaining of knowledge from both Northern and Southern countries. Learning and understanding the huge differences between the two. Hemispheres is not only learning about France and Southern countries, because there are so many different people from different countries sharing their own experiences you are learning about the places they are from. For me also it has been experiencing new things and new situations. In the last few weeks I have been involved in conversations and debates that I have never been involved in and on issues I never really fully understand or gained much information about. We heard so many different answers from questions we were asked and heard people’s different views on this issue. It was also very interesting to me to see where the conversations would lead to and the many different subjects that can be brought up around the issue of food. Hemispheres is also for me the people I have met and the friends I have made as they all contribute to my experience.

What one thing have you learned in Hemisphere’s that you will use for life?

One thing that I have learned that I will use in life is the art of communication! Before coming to hemispheres I was not really aware of the fact that although English is my native language I don’t speak it very well!!! I became aware of the fact that my accent is very strong and I speak very fast. In the last few weeks I have learned to communicate better with non native English speakers (I hope!). This was the longest period I had to change how I speak and the words I would usually use at home which I found this very hard. I also found it very hard to slow down when I am speaking.

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ANNA

WHAT IS HEMISPHERES FOR YOU?

Hemispheres is an energizer. It is a great opportunity to meet and learning a lot form other people, sharing activities, daily life and experiences. It is a wonderful chance to open my mind and my eyes and change my perspective about the world. It is filling my soul with positive energy.

WHAT WAS THE BEST MOMENT?

The best moment for me was the last activity with Augusto and Douglas, when we shared thoughts about how we could build a better world wnd we sang and danced together "Ciranda". It was a very strong emotional moment, I will never forget it.

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Peasant forever !

For you Hemispheres is…

Hemispheres is so many things ! First, it’s the possibility to exchange with people from other part of the world and share our habits, our differencies but also our similarities. It’s also an occasion to make new friends and develop strong links with other people. From the technical aspect, Hemispheres permits us also to be more aware of situations in the world that are not always common for us or to go deeper in some others. But one of the things I would remember the most is the difficult mornings (pictures can prove it !), when you came to bed really late, slept few hours and had to speak English after...

How Hemispheres will be useful in the future for you ?

This training permitted me to learn different tools about how to create debates and events in the street and raise awareness among people. So it would be really useful for my future professional activities. Moreover it’s a real good occasion to be an element of a network of people who are concerned about the same questions and issues than me. Professionnaly but especially humanly, this training was an unique occasion to learn more about people and life.

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having the time of my life:)

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To me „Hemispheres“ is...

something very hard to describe to people who haven´t experienced it. On one hand it is an educative seminar which aim is to senzitise young people about problems realted to Southern hemisphere and internqtional systems. I learned a lot of things so I can say about the aim: mission accomplished. On the other hand „Hemispheres“ is about socializing with people from different countries and cultures. Since our group spent so much time together for almost three weeks I feel that now I have friends in many different countries and it’s very hard to leave the seminar.

What was your favourite experience in Paris?

I chose the evening when we visited an urban garden, had a picnic afterwards and then finally went to a pub. For me this evening is a perfect symbol of „Hemispheres“: very educative and fun at the same time. We learned that it doesn’t matter where you live or how busy you are if you have the will to change things. It’s also important because that evening nobody was missing from the group, whereas usually somebody was missing. I will always remember the strange toilet in the pub and how we sang „Wonderwall“ in the metro on our way home :).

Interview by Sarah

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