Current projects	2009 & 2010	2008	< 2007
Conceptualising and coordinating ‘Nu in Nederland & Hyves.nl/verkiezingen	Founder of Studio Zeitgeist	Advising the Netherlands Society for Nature and Environment on the C,MM,N 2.0 project – Your mobility. Our c,mm,n future	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)
Conceptualising and coordinating AlleeWonen strategy session	Presenting MTV Coolpolitics (also in 2006 en 2007)	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 &
Advising ‘The City’- European Centre for Culture and Debate in Belgrade	Co-host of TEDxRotterdam	Participating in a weekly radio show called Deining discussing “current affairs”	Editor of Hollandse Helden (Dutch Heroes), a study into the rise and fall of inspiring Dutch entrepreneurs
Organising committee “A Soul for Europe; Berlin 2010”	Host of the Education Agenda events, a project of de Volkskrant		Researching examples of European youth culture for the Coolpolitics Magazine
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 2010 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. In 2010 he welcomed reverend Jesse Jackson to a special edition of MTV Coolpolitics. A more elaborate profile can be found on Stirrr.
(TV) performances MTV Coolpolitics (Dutch, 2006, 2007 & 2010 – see above) Speech about politics, culture and the economy at the Berlin Conference (English, november 2008) Lecture on the mentality of (Europe’s) twentysomethings at “De Wereld van Morgen / Tomorrow’s World” 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 Europe’s twentysomethings broadcasted by Deutsche Welle (German, November 2008) Participated for a couple of months in a weekly radio show called ‘Deining’ discussing “current affairs” (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 “the wisdom of the crowd” 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 EUROPE’S TEENAGERS & TWENTYSOMETHINGS (reader Stuttgarter Schlossgespräch 2009) ‘Je bakt er niks van!’ – published in De Helling nr 3 (2008) De ‘Jamie way’ – published in ‘Bewegende Beelden’, 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 ‘Access of young migrants and regugees to working life’, organised by the European Youth Centre Budapest of the Council of Europe (2007) De ramadan pitch - published in ‘De toekomst van God’, 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 ‘kunstmarokkanen’ (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)
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