Cultural mediation

Belonging and migration

The Spiegelberg Festival continues its commitment to combating racism with a project focusing on belonging and migration. By bringing together migrants and local integration players, the festival promotes intercultural dialogue through writing workshops and stage performances.

Continuity and innovation

Following on from the “Boxes” project of 2023, the festival continues to invest in writing and the performing arts with Jura creators of diverse origins. The previous edition reflected on identity, memories and inhabited places.

Partnerships and activities

In collaboration with the AJAM, the Jura Integraction association and with the support of the Bureau de l’intégration des étrangers et de la lutte contre le racisme (BI) of the Canton of Jura and the Swiss Federal Service for Combating Racism (SLR), this edition features :

• Writing workshops with Laurence Maître and Fanny Wobmann
• A performance reading on the Place du Village stage
• A children’s workshop led by Syrian poet and novelist Anisa Roomieh

When and where?

The readings will take place during the festival, on Friday June 27 at 6pm on the Soleil stage in the village of Spiegelberg.

For migrants: how to get involved?

There will be three (compulsory) writing workshops: June 11+13+16, 6-8pm, Café du Soleil, Saignelégier

There will be two workshops to prepare the reading (optional): June 17+26, 6pm-7.30pm, Café du Soleil, Saignelégier

Registration: info@spiegelpergfestival.com or +41 79 368 76 28

Registration deadline: May 23, 2025

(Possibility of participating in the writing workshop but not reading the text during the festival)

Testimonial from a migrant taking part in the “Boxes” project

“Although we always have the disadvantage of being a refugee in general, this time it did not happen. Not paying taxes, being unemployed, our refugee status makes it difficult for us to communicate with indigenous peoples. It was like an invisible wall. Being in a position to constantly consume but not produce. A factor that complicates this situation is not being able to express ourselves. but we had the opportunity to express ourselves with the images in the boxes, we produced something, it created a bridge of communication between us and many people.” – A participant in the Boxes project in 2023.