[Fwd: Re: an interesting meeting in Berlin]

[Michael M Pannwitz]

Yesterday there were some more details about the gathering (page 3 of 
the local part of the paper), today nothing, but I am sure there will be 
  more on the day itself.
More details_
-there will be 112 "Weise" (translation?)
-there will be 100, still "secret" questions selected by a polling with 
final decision with the organizers (Allianz control...for those of you 
who wonder what Allianz is, probably one of the worlds largest insurance 
firms...they earn their money by betting that I will live long and me 
betting that I will die soon, the odds are on their side)
-for each question there will be 3 minutes to answer (so it will take 
300 minutes, 6 hours plus breaks)
-each question is answered by all 112 simultaneously in their 
mothertongues (entered into 112 microphones and filmed by 112 cameras)
-the onlookers will hear almost none of this, just a murmur of 112 
people speaking simultaneously...
-two people are in the center of the arrangement and read the questions

Apart from being a fairly odd setting with no communication between the 
112 or them and the crowd watching the name chosen for the setting 
"Runder Tisch" demonstrates, at least for Germans and especially 
Berliners the political insensitivity and historical disconnectednes of 
this show. "Runder Tisch" was the setting between the Fall of the Wall 
and reunification where people of all walks of life gathered and worked 
on developing a culture of democratic dialogue and decision making in 
the newly emerging Germany.

For the TAZ, a fairly critical paper, unlike the TS which I read 
(burgeois), the whole show is a monstrous advertising campaign for 
Allianz with a lot of glitz and technology...

Greetings from Berlin
mmp

Dr. Christian M. Kemper wrote:
> Dear Juliane,
> a year ago when I first heard about this idea I met the people behind a 
> few times and also proposed using the money for another meeting design. 
> Well, they and the main sponsor (Allianz insurance) wanted to keep the 
> control... ;-)
> Hope that your efforts have more success than mine :-)
> Blessings,
> Chris
> 
> 
> 2006/9/5, juliane neumann <lialio at web.de <mailto:lialio at web.de>>:
> 
>     Hi Funda,
> 
>     today we had our stammtisch in Berlin and we discussed of course
>     this "interesting meeting" and there were some people ready to
>     attend the meeting and propose to the organizers an open space for
>     their next event- with the money they are used to spend they can do
>     something big. will keep you informed about their answer.
> 
>     cheers,
> 
>     Juliane
> 
> 
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