Current projects

 

 

 

2009

 

 

 

2008

 

 

< 2007

Conceptualising and coordinating ÔNu in NederlandÕ for Hyves

 

 

 

Founder of Studio Zeitgeist

 

 

 

 

 

Focus group coordinator of the monitoring project ÔAt Home in EuropeÕ commissioned by the Open Society Institute

 

 

R&D offiicer and
editor in chief of Coolpolitics

 

 

 

 

Conceptualising and coordinating the spoken word events of the International Film Festival Rotterdam

 

 

 

Conceptualising and coordinating the Moneyfest commissioned by RICH and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment

 

 

Researching cultural diversity and the Dutch cultural organisations commissioned by Netwerk CS and LAgroup

 

 

 

Coordinating and interpreting
 the European cool hunt, a
 research on the mentality of
 young people in Europe
 commissioned and supervised
by Carl Rohde

 

 

(also in 2004, 2006 en 2007)

Host of the Education Agenda events, a project of

de Volkskrant

 

 

 

 

Advising ÔThe CityÕ- European Centre for Culture and Debate in Belgrade

 

 

 

 

Initiator and artistic advisor of/for the

Coolpolitics Film Festival

 

 

Researching forms of discrimination of minority groups in the financial sector commissioned by the Social and Cultural Planning Office

 

 

&

 

 

Presenting MTV Coolpolitics

 

 

 

 

Host of the Pioneers project:

the Amsterdam edition

 

 

 

 

Participating in a weekly
 radio show called Deining discussing Òcurrent affairsÓ

 

 

 

 

Editor of Hollandse Helden (Dutch Heroes), a study into the rise and fall of inspiring Dutch entrepreneurs

 

 

 

Organising committee

ÒA Soul for Europe; Berlin 2010Ó

 

 

 

Advising the Netherlands Society for Nature and Environment on the C,MM,N 2.0 project – Your mobility. Our c,mm,n future

 

 

 

Co-founder of Coolpolitics Productions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moderating

Since 2005 several (public) debates @ (expert)meetings/conferences/workshops organised by, amongst others, Pioneers.nu, Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs, Experimenta Design, Council of Europe, Night of the United Nations, Felix Meritis, National Committee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce, Dutch office of the European Parliament, Forum Cluj, Netherlands Competition Authority, Creative Company Conference, MySpace, The Hague University, Nickelodeon, Witte de With (museum of contemporary art) and the city of Amsterdam were moderated in Dutch or English by Farid Tabarki. In 2006, 2007 and 2009 he has presented MTV Coolpolitics: debates between leading politicians, including a debate broadcasted LIVE on TMF and MTV with the leaders of the PvdA, VVD, GroenLinks and D66, two days before the parliamentary elections of November 2006.

 

(TV) performances

MTV Coolpolitics (Dutch, 2006, 2007 & 2009 – see above)

Speech about politics, culture and the economy at the Berlin Conference (English, november 2008)

Lecture on the mentality of (EuropeÕs) twentysomethings at ÒDe Wereld van Morgen / TomorrowÕs WorldÓ organised by de Baak     

Interview on new media & youth culture (English, july 2008)
Presenting the WanneBeCool video clip on campaigning & climate change (Dutch, 2008)

Mini documentary on the future of work (Dutch, 2007)

Spraakmakende Zaken on Dutch identity (Dutch, december 2007)

 

 

Radio performances

Interview on EuropeÕs twentysomethings broadcasted by Deutsche Welle (German, November 2008)

Participated for a couple of months in a weekly radio show called ÔDeiningÕ discussing Òcurrent affairsÓ (Dutch, 2008)

 

Twitter

http://www.twitter.com/faridtabarki

http://www.twitter.com/studiozeitgeist

 

Articles/reports

Energie? Do it yourself! – published in Second Sight (2010)

Interview for Òthe wisdom of the crowdÓ article by Marnix van Gisbergen – published in Eye nr 10 (2009)

Nieuwe Start, de milieubeweging in 2025 – published in Terra (2009)

in search of: THE HEART AND MIND OF EUROPEÕS TEENAGERS & TWENTYSOMETHINGS (reader Stuttgarter SchlossgesprŠch 2009)

 ÔJe bakt er niks van!Õ – published in De Helling nr 3 (2008)

De ÔJamie wayÕ – published in ÔBewegende BeeldenÕ, a book written by Adriaan de Man and others

Het is tijd voor toekomstvisies – published in de Volkskrant (11th of January 2008)

Coolpolitics Research blog (in English)

Stichting Coolpolitics blog (2007)

Report of the consultative meeting on ÔAccess of young migrants and regugees to working lifeÕ,

 organised by the European Youth Centre Budapest of the Council of Europe (2007)

De ramadan pitch  - published in ÔDe toekomst van GodÕ, a book written by Adjiedj Bakas and Minne Buwalda (2007)

De Happy-generatie gaat moraal en spruitjeslucht scheiden – published in de Volkskrant (30th of December 2006)

Niet denken in hoog- en laagopgeleid – published in NRC Next (4th of September 2006)

Waarom Europa? – published on wethepeople.nrc.nl (4th of May 2006)

Zet zelf de eerste stap naar een ideale wereld – published in NRC Next (6th of April 2006)

De politiek van ku(ns)tmarokkanen – published in the catalogue of the exhibition ÔkunstmarokkanenÕ (2005)

Waarom radicaliseerde Mohammed B.? – published on scienceguide.org (2004)

De onafhankelijkheid van Indymedia - published in De Helling nr 1 (2004)

Brandende kwesties, brief aan mijn vijand - published in the Vrij Nederland nr 5 (2004)

Techneuten hebben het voor het zeggen op de arbeidsmarkt - published in Sum/Orientatie Nieuws nr 3 (2003)

Weg met het calvinisme – published in the Vrij Nederland (20th of July 2002)

Bachelor-masterstelsel is chaotisch – published in the Vrij Nederland (9th of February 2002)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amsterdam

The Netherlands

tabarki @ zeestrand . nl