Gravitations Centre for Action Philosophy

National Network
Denmark
Address

Danneskiold-Samsoes Alle 55,2 – 1434 Copenhagen K
Copenhagen
Denmark

Telephone
+45 32 55 66 21
Telephone (other)
+45 41 11 14 30
E-Mail
oleg@gravitations.org
E-Mail (2)
henrik@gravitations.org
Mobile Phone
+45 30 28 66 21
Website
http://www.gravitations.org
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2006
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Democracy and community development
  3. Environment/Sustainable development
  4. International/Cultural relations
  5. Research
  6. Youth and education
General Information
1. NGO, 2 full-time staff members, partner organisations in Denmark and Scandinavia; app. 50 members of the organisation 2. budget in 2007 app. 10 000 €; exp. budget 2008 app. 40 000 €; 3. Private members and partners, sponsoring, public and private foundations, corporate and community counselling; 4. Concrete projects in arts/cultural change, seminars, symposions, network dialogues, publications; 5. ECCO International, Research Centre for Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Refugees.
Mission and Objectives

Facilitation and creation of new perspectives and new action forms within cultural change processes; Investigations and experiments within cultural sustainability; Assisting in the development of new social and cultural forms of action and collaboration across local cultures, expecially in a north-south axis; Education of youth in Denmark according to aims of promoting philosophical and anthropological reflection and sustainability; Promoting debate around alternative political and cultural agendas in the fields between subcultural groups and movements and public spheres.

Main Projects / Activities

"Invisible Lives", project to visibilise conditions of illegal migrants in Denmark; "Cultural Sustensions", workshops on cultural sustainability across countries; Founding the Danish branch of Cultura21 international network; Symposiums on sustainability and philosophy; Publications of working papers from January 2008; partner in founding Publishing NGO "Samlingen" from January 2008; Courses in World and Action Philosophy; Assisting to research networks and working groups

Contact (1) Full Name
Oleg Koefoed, chairman
Head of the organisation
Oleg Koefoed, Ph.d.
Contact (2) Full Name
Dr. Henrik Vigh, board member