Should we teach transition? - Transition Dialogue Podcast
Channel: Centrum Edukacji Obywatelskiej
Date: 07/05/2021

Center for Citizenship Education as one of the Partners of “Transition Dialogue” project and network, is inviting teachers, students, and everyone else to a series of three podcasts on transformation in Central and Eastern Europe. We have asked experts and practitioners of history and civic education from Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Poland, and Ukraine to rethink political and social transition after 1989. In three podcasts we are taking a closer look at three “big themes”: 1) teaching transition - why and how? 2) crime and punishment - what went wrong with transitional justice? 3) “winners and losers” of transition - who were they and why does it still matter? 

2021 will mark the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the collapse of former Yugoslavia and the beginning of the war in the Balkans. 30 years ago velvet revolutions brought the new political order but the change has not happened overnight.  We are still living the consequences of both the communist past and the difficulties and failures of the transformation processes. The podcasts try to shed light on the diverse realities and perceptions of transformation in five post-communist countries and may help the younger generation grasp the meaning of this recent past and its aftermath. 

We hope that the “Dialogue on Transition” podcasts will be an inspiration for similar dialogues on transition, especially (but not only) in the work with young people. Podcasts can be used as educational materials during the lessons - online or offline - and in informal settings. They might become an audio resource for flipped lessons, student projects or a starting point for classroom discussions. We believe it is crucial  to reflect on different models and perceptions of transition, on problems all our countries had with punishing the former communists and lustration, on what are the present political, economic and cultural consequences of what has begun more than 30 years ago. 
More about: https://solidarna.ceo.org.pl/dialogues-transition-podcasts-english-0