"...In the beginning was exile. The child comes into the world a stranger to himself and to others. Birth can thus be seen as a first exile.

The child comes into the world unfinished, he is born marked by incompleteness. He is even the most incomplete of the living, potentially subject to a fundamental distress.

In the beginning, therefore, separation and exile, incompleteness and distress... "

"...For me, as a scientist, I say to myself, it's crazy how we have evolved! After all, man is the result of a natural evolution, his brain undergoes a natural evolution, his curiosity, his culture, language, it is a natural evolution of man. So we can't stop that; it's part of our natural evolution. But, at the same time, our evolution also goes against natural evolution by blocking migrations, by destroying our ecosystems of which we are a part..."

"...It is with a migration that all the great founding stories of civilisation begin. It is also with a migration that, much more modestly, in anonymity, that the author of this book began. One day, half a century ago, in a village in the Eastern bloc... "

The Josefa Foundation celebrates its 10th anniversary. Together, migrant. On this occasion, the Josefa House displays eight voices-testimonies on its walls. Welcome to us, All, migrant, to listen to its words, its sounds. MI GRA TIONS.

YouTube - Voice Josefa 1
YouTube - Voice Josefa 2
YouTube - Voice Josefa 3
YouTube - Voice Josefa 4
YouTube - Voice Josefa 5
YouTube - Voice Josefa 6
YouTube - Voice Josefa 7
YouTube - Voice Josefa 8

"The traveller, in order to go to new, unknown and unexplored lands, goes by new, unknown and inexperienced paths" ... Read More @ Academia Josefa. 

Frédérique

In 2019, the Josefa Foundation has launched a political reflection group. With 3, 5 or 6 people, the challenge is to think and experiment a space of sharing according to a political dynamic enriched by our citizen migrations.