Poverty Revisited

Blinken OSA Archivum is making the documentary heritage of István Kemény, outstanding Hungarian sociologist, a leading researcher in poverty and the Roma, publicly accessible. On this occasion, the Archivum is organizing a two-day conference in collaboration with the Voices of the 20th Century Archive and Research Framework, where researchers, professionals, artists and activists reconsider the problem of poverty and exclusion, their significance in today’s society, and outline their vision of the future in this field.

Throughout the two days of the conference unique documents, photos, and film excerpts of Kemény’s joint creative work with film director Pál Schiffer will be exhibited, and in the evenings, visitors will be welcome to watch documentary film screenings with live discussion. On the two days following workshops will be organized for secondary school students with the participation of homeless activists, in order to sensitize students to the problems of marginalized people and social groups.

The detailed program of the conference is available here.

The conference is in Hungarian.

The video recordings of the conference are available on the YouTube channel of Blinken OSA Archivum.