{"id":11506,"date":"2025-08-26T14:42:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T11:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civicspace.eu\/?p=11506"},"modified":"2025-08-26T16:37:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T13:37:31","slug":"civicon-towards-a-critical-reconceptualisation-of-civic-spacecall-for-contributions-deadline-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civicspace.eu\/en\/civicon-towards-a-critical-reconceptualisation-of-civic-spacecall-for-contributions-deadline-extended\/","title":{"rendered":"CiviCon:  Call for Contributions Deadline Extended!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>New Deadline: 17 September 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicosia | 31 October \u2013 1 November 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve extended the deadline for the call for contributions to CiviCon until <strong>17 September 2025<\/strong>, because your ideas deserve the space to grow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Bring your creativity, your vision, and your imagination to <strong>CiviCon 2025<\/strong>. Together, we\u2019ll spark new ways of thinking, resisting, and living in civic space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Event<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CiviCon is a civil society event, organised by the Civic Space Technical Assistance Project funded by the EU Aid Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community, taking place in Nicosia on 31 October and 1 November 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CiviCon aims to explore how we can reimagine the commons and strengthen solidarity-based civic practices in an era marked by shrinking civic space, the erosion of truth, and the rise of illiberal movements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Open Call for Contributors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We invite civil society actors, academics, activists, practitioners, and students from diverse backgrounds to contribute to CiviCon 2025 in various formats, including but not limited to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Panel discussions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lectures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open spaces<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Workshops<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Networking opportunities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Readings followed by discussions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All contributions must:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Focus on one of the three thematic focal areas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Include intercommunal, transnational, and\/or transregional perspectives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use interactive, innovative, and\/or creative methods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be delivered in English or Turkish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We will prioritise contributions from Cyprus and those embracing a non-formal approach. We\u2019re also committed to ensuring diversity across regions, genders, and age groups.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reimagining Civic Space: CiviCon\u2019s Vision and Purpose<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rise of authoritarianism, post-truth politics, polarisation, and democratic backsliding on a global scale is significantly transforming the function and space of civil society. As conventional civil society frameworks struggle to respond to these layered crises, new forms of collective solidarity, practices of commoning, and truth-based resistance strategies are emerging. This transformation challenges not only the modes of action but also the very definition of what civil society means today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By bringing together participants from different areas, CiviCon seeks to build bridges between different forms of knowledge and to generate new concepts and strategies for resistance, reconstruction, and \u201cliving together\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CiviCon seeks to create a dialogic and participatory space to redefine and understand the commons of civil society and civic space as sites of both resilience and resistance, whilst fostering translocal networks of solidarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What Are the Focal Areas?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CiviCon will concentrate on three thematic focal areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Commoning: Redefining the Commons of Civil Society and Civic Space<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reclaiming \u201cTruth\u201d as an Indispensable Common: in the age of \u201cPost-Truth\u201d, \u201cPoly-Truth\u201d, \u201cFugitive Truth\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Democratic Backsliding, Illiberal Movements and Resistance Alternatives<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Each thematic area is accompanied by guiding questions, which you can find in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/civicspace.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CiviCon-Call-for-Contributions-ext-ENG.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/civicspace.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CiviCon-Call-for-Contributions-ENG.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">full call document<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Participation in the entire event (if desired)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transportation within Cyprus (if relevant)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A networking platform and opportunity to develop new ideas\/actions with other speakers and participants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How Can You Apply?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please complete the form below to submit your workshop proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSddf_YNSFOAJ6NMtPKrosg_Rna_t_UtXPo4KlBUJYedpDrCcA\/viewform?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=108420020569752976658\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Click here to apply<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We encourage proposals for highly interactive and participatory workshops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Application Deadline:<\/strong> <strong>17 September<\/strong> <strong>2025, 18:00 (EEST \u2013 Nicosia)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Questions?<\/strong><br>Please reach out to us at <strong>civicon@civicspace.eu<\/strong><br>+90 533 833 7950 | +90 392 227 6505<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CiviCon: Call for Contributions Deadline 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