Summer School: Platformization of Politics in Non-Democracies

22 August 2023

Summer School: Platformization of Politics in Non-Democracies

DAAD Summer School “Platformization of Politics in Non-Democracies: Belarus in the 2020s in Comparative Perspective”, August 7-18, 2023, European Humanities University, Vilnius

7.8, Monday

9.30-10.00 Coffee

10.00-10.30 Welcome and introductions

10.30-12.00 Siarhei Liubimau: Platforms and Infrastructures of Political Power in Belarus in the 2020s

12.00-12.15 Break

12.15-13.00 Guide to the European Humanities University with Vilius Alesius, Head of the EHU Communications and Marketing Unit

13.00-15.00 Lunch break

15.00-16.45 Vasil Navumau and Olga Matveieva: Telegram Revolution: Technical and Conceptual Innovations of the 2020 Belarusian Protest

16.45-17.00 Break

17.00-17.45 Reflections on the day, discussion of the Summer School program

18.00 Joint dinner

8.8, Tuesday

10.00-11.30 Olga Matveieva and Vasil Navumau: Gender Perspectives of Civic Activism in Belarus and Ukraine (Case Studies of the 2020 Protest and the Russian War in Ukraine)

11.30-11.40 Break

11.40-13.00 Vasil Navumau and Olga Matveieva: The Needs of Belarusian Diaspora (Academic Community and Civil Society)

13.00-15.00 Lunch break

15.00-16.30 Meeting with Natallia Satsunkevich (Human Rights Center “Viasna”): Presentation and discussion on human rights situation in Belarus in 2020-2023

16.30-16.45 Break

16:45-17:30 Consultations with Human Rights Center “Viasna” lawyers Natallia Satsunkevich and Viktoryia Rudzenkova

9.8, Wednesday

10.00-11.20 Olga Matveieva and Vasil Navumau: Strategic Narratives in Telegram Channels during the Russian War (Through the Case of Azovstal Siege in Mariupol)

11.20-11.30 Break

11.30-13.30 Simulation game: Framing the Future of Belarus after the War: Communicative Perspective

13.30-15.30 Lunch break

15.30-17.30 Andrei Kazakevich: Politics of Repressions: Political System in Belarus in 2020-2023

10.8, Thursday

10.00-11.30 Siarhei Liubimau: Use of AI Powered Analytical Platforms in Social Media Research (Workshop)

11.30-11.45 Break

11.45-13.00 Discussion of participants’ final projects ideas

13.00-15.00 Lunch break

15.00-16.30 Aliaksei Lastouski: When History Returns: The Use of Historical Symbols During Political Protests in Belarus in 2020

16.30-16.45 Break

16.45-17.30 Reflections on the Summer School process

11.8, Friday

10.00-11.20 Tsimafei Malakhouski (https://honest-people.by/): Belarusian Digital Civil Society Platforms: The Case of “Honest People”

11.30-13.00 Pavel Kirpikau (https://radioplato.by/): “Radio Plato” and the Resurgence of Community Broadcasting in the 2020s

13.00-15.00 Lunch break

15:00-16:30 Andrei Kallaur (https://robimgood.org/): How To Develop A Connective Platform for Urban Activism In a Not Free Country? The Case of the ‘Robim Good’ Project

12.8, Saturday

Free day

13.8, Sunday

10.00-20.00 Trip to Kaunas

14.8, Monday

10.00-11.20 Reflection on the Summer School process and discussion of the formats of final group/individual projects

11.30-13.00 Readings based seminar: Putting Belarus in Comparative Perspective

13.00-15.00 Lunch break

15.00-16.30 Individual/group work on final projects

16.30-17.30 Presentations of individual/group final projects ideas

15.8, Tuesday

10.00-13.00 “Solidarity Postcard Workshop”: making postcards for political prisoners