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Boise, Idaho, AEB. Uztail amaieran Boiseko Jaialdi 2025ekin batera antolatu diren ekimenen artekoa da "Zortziak Bat" Sinposioa. "Elkarrekin Arraunean, euskal diaspora eta kultura adierazpenei buruzko nazioarteko sinposioa" izen eta lelopean, nazioarteko hainbat aditu, ikertzaile, irakasle eta ikasle, eta dibulgatzaile bertaratuko dira BSU (Boise State University) unibertsitatera, euskal ikasketen hainbat ataletako lanak aurkezteko, Basque Studies Foundation (Boise) antolatzaile, eta Basque Educational Organization (San Frantzisko) eta BSU bera lankide dituen bilkura akademiko eta zabalkunde alorreko honetan.

Sinposioko webguneak bere burua azalduz euskaraz esaten duenez, "Elkarrekin arraunean" leloak laburbiltzen du euren asmo eta helburua, Euskal Herria eta Diaspora elkarrekin lanean, nonahiko partaideak elkarrekin lanean bakoitza bere hondar alea ekartzen, Diasporako euskal kultura adierazpideen izaera dinamikoa mahaigaineratzen. "Zortziak Bat Nazioarteko Sinposioa", diote, "euskal diasporaren esplorazio globala helburu duen bilkura pedagogikoa da", Elkarrekin Arraunean, denon artean euskal gaiak babestu eta bultzatzen.

Sinposioa sarrera librekoa izango da eta alor asko ukituko ditu, musika, artea, idazletza eta kiroletatik, moda, hizkuntza, historia eta beste hainbatetara. Hona antolatzaileek berek programatik hautati dituzten ekimen 'desberdinetrako' batzuk:

• Lertxun-marrak: AEB Mendebaldeko zuhaitzetan euskaldunek utzitako marrazkiak (aurkezpen partaidetua, 3D errealitate birtual esperientziarekin
• Mintzodromoa: Kafea hartzea euskaraz (parte hartu edo behatu bakarrik)
• Amarenak: Moda gustukoa duzu? Ikus euskal jazki historikoetan inspiratutako euskal moda berria Donostian sortua
• Zer esan nahi du euskalduna izateak? Partaide izan zaitez Diasporan barrena bidaiatuko duen arte proiektu batean
• 50 urte dira Oñati eta Boise arteko Kanpo Ikasketa Programa hasi zela: liburuaren aurkezpena
• Uztailaren 29an, 16:30-19:00. Euskal Zinema, Basque Educational Organization (BEO) eta Boiseko Euskal Museo eta Kultura Etxearen eskutik
• Uztailaren 31n, 16:00-18:00. "We are real Boise" dokumentala estreinatuko, Donostiako Real Sociedad Futbol Taldearen eskutik
• Uztailaren 31n, hainbat alditan. Bilboko Hamaika Buru Txistu Elkartearen emanaldiak
• Uztailaren 31n, 14:45etan, solasaldia Eusko Jaurlaritzako Pradales lehendakariarekin
• Eta gehiago...

PROGRAMA

Ekitaldi guztiak BSU Micron Business and Economics Building-en (MBEB) eraikinean izango dira, Skaggs Hall of Learning Auditorium, Room  1301

(programa osoa hemen jaitsi dezakezu, pdf-n)

WELCOME-ONGI ETORRI

• 7:30am Lagunak: Old Friends, New Friends Greet one another over coffee and ligh pastries.
  Presenter Check-in
• 8:00am Welcome: Zortziak Bat Committee Dr. Jon Bieter, Dr. Ziortza Gandarias Beldarrain, Dr. John Ysusrsa, Meggan Laxalt, MAHR
  Oñati-Boise Program 50th Anniversary
  Explore the question, "What does it mean to be Basque? by contributing to an interactive art piece that will travel throughhout the diaspora
• 8:30am Keynote Address: Dr. Pablo Ubierna
  Universidad de Buenos Aires + CONICET
  "Basque Diaspora and Zortziak Bat: A History of the Future"

BELONGING & BECOMING: Language, Identity & Social Change in the Basque Diaspora

• 9:15am Errukiñe Olaziregi, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  "Learning Basque in the Diaspora: Madrid"
• 9:35am Naiara Nájera Etxeandia, Basque Government and University od Deusto (ZOOM)
  "Empowering Change: Promoting Gender Equality within the Basque Diaspora"
• 9:55am Miguel Álvarez Huidobro UPV-EHU (ZOOM)
  "Diasporic Identities: Etnicity, Nationhood, and Belonging in the Basque Diaspora"

ECHOES ACROSS BORDERS: Iparralde, Diaspora, Music, Literature and Basque Identity

• 10:15am Eneko Bidegain, Mondragon Unibertsitatea
  "Musika eta kantua, diasporaren eta Euskal Herriaren lokarri, XXI. mendean, "Interviews with singers from Nevada, California, and Idaho-Basque music performances
• 10:35am Anne Rearick, Agence VU/Paris and Galerie Clémentine de la Féronniére, Paris
  "Gure Bazterrak", a Photographic Documentary of the Iparralde
• 10:55am Maider Bedaxagar Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour
  "Euskal Herria kantu eta literaturan". The Basque County in  song and literature, a traditional Basque singing experience

WORLD WAR II & THE BASQUE DIASPORA: Politics and Belongings

• 11:15am Pedro Oiarzabal Sancho de Beurko History Association & NABO, North American Basque Organizations' Basques in WWII Special Committee
  "Fighting Basques: Memory of Workd War II: A preliminary Analysis"

THE TREES THAT TALK: BASQUE ARBORGLYPHS

• 11:35am Iñaki Arrieta Baro and Daniel Fergus Jon Bilbao Basque Library, University of Nevada, Reno
  "Lertxun-Marrak babesten": The Arborglyph Collaborative Basque Tree Carving Project and a Special 3-D Virtual Reality Experience

LUNCH 11:55am to 12:55pm

CONNECTING BASQUE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

• 1:00pm Ibone Bengoetxea, First Vicepresident & Minister of Culture & Linguistics Policiy; Irene Larraza, Monika Madinabeitia, and Kinku Zinkunegi
  Etxepare Euskal Institutua. "Etxepare: Jalgi Hadi Mundura: International Promotion of Basque Language and Culture"

BASQUE ART AS THE FABRIC OF LIFE. Finding Meaning in Our Everyday

• 1:45pm Dr. Larraitz Ariznabarreta, University of Deusto. Anna Marie Etcheverria, Aline Izoco Eliçagaray
  The Basque Educational Organization

BRIDGES BETWEEN HERITAGE and THE FUTURE: Modernizing Basque Expresion Today

• 2:20pm Terryl Asla and Olatz Sanchez-Txabarri, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Merrilee Asla Lee, ASLA-ART
  "Zaldi Danced," Multi.Media Presentation. A Modern Basque Creation Myth in Words and Pictures
• 2:45pm Oihane Pardo Pérez, Amarenak
  "Modernizing Basque Traditional Clothing: A Bridge Between Heritage and the Future," Basque Fashion Project

VOICES OF MIGRATION, IDENTITY, MEMORY

• 3:05pm Asier Barandiaran, University of the Basque Country, with a Special Guest
  "Voices of Migration: Basque Mobility and Identity in the United States (1950-2000)"

CULTURAL EXCHANGE between the Basque Country and the Diaspora

• 3:25 Benan Oregi, Basque Government
  "Aro Berri Bat," Basque Diaspora

3:45pm Concluding remarks, Dr. John Bieter

EXPERIMENTAL ROOMS OPEN BOTH DAYS 8:00am to 4:00pm

• Lertxun Marrak: The Arborgluph Collective Basque Tree Carving 3-D Virtual reality Experience
  Room 110
• Information-Sharing Room
  Room 1107
• Amarenak "Elkano" Fashion Exhibit
  Room 1210
• Experience Euskara, tha Basque Language, in Mintzodromoa, a language immersion conversation café
  Room 1209
• Oñati-Boise Program 50th Anniversary: Book signing/exhibit
  Skaggs Hallway
• Explore the question, "What does it mean to be Basque?" by contributing to an interactive art piece that will travel after the Zortziak Bat gathering throught the Diaspora!

WELCOME-ONGI ETORRI

• 7:30am Lagunak: Old Friends, New Friends Greet one another over coffee and ligh pastries.
  Presenter Check-in
• 8:00am Welcome: Dr. Ziortza Gandarias Beldarrain

PERSPECTIVES-IKUSPEGIAK

• 8:15am ZOOM Dr. Óscar Álvarez Gila, moderator, University of the Basque Country (EHU/UPV), Masters of Basque Studies/Diaspora Vasca Program, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country
  Juan Manuel Rodríguez Vargas, EHU-UPV, alumno de la Especialización Universitaria en Diáspora Vasca, Bogotá, Colombia
  "El legado de Gabriel Echavarría Misas y su familia en 'Corona,' una multinacional con herencia vasca que impulsa el crecimiento económico de Colombia desde hace más de 140 años." History of Gabriel Echavarria Misas, "Corona"
  David Flores, EHU/UPV, México
  "Los Echave, una dinastía de pintores vizcaínos en la Nueva España," Legacy of Echave art legacy/Biscayan nobility impact
  Juan Luzuriaga, Centro de Estudio y Difusión de la Cultura Vasca - Haize Hegoa-FIVU (federación de Instituciones Vascas del Uruguay)
  "Basque presence in Uruguay: Past, Present and Future"

BUILDING BRIDGES AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE

• 9:00am Iñaki Goirizelaia, Maialen Goirizelaia and Ander Elordui, University of the Basque Country, Ateak Ireki Program
  "Building Bridges among young people from the US Diaspora and the Basque Country"

SPORTS PANEL: Identity and Community in the Basque Country and the Diaspora

• 9:25am Nerea Ortiz Olarra, Johana Ruiz Olabuenaga, Eneko Boveda, Athletic Club Bilbao, INSPIRA
  "Athletic Club: More than Futbol, Community and Identity in the Basque Country and the Diaspora"
  Ane Arregi and Zuhaitz Gurrutxaga, Real Sociedad de Futbol, Donostia-San Sebastian
  "Bringing Worlds: Basque Sports and the International Basque Connection"

A CULTURAL BRIDGE between the Basque Diaspora and Euskal Herria throught performance and audiovisual

• 10:00am Endika Basaguren and Amaia Hormaetxea, Asociación Vascos del siglo XXI Elkartea
  "Azken Euskal Dantza / Performance", sponsored by Bizkaiko Foru Aldundia

HONORING WARREN PEPPERDINE

• 10:20am Dr. John Ysursa, Basque Studies Foundation, Inc. and Boise State University
  Video: "A Tribute to Warren Pepperdine"

XIBEROAN PASTORAL THEATRE (Iparralde) Tradiotional Shepherd Theatre

• 10:45 Maider Bedaxagar, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour
  "Artzainaren figura xiberotar pastoralean"

GROWING BASQUE HERITAGE

• 11:05 Joseba Etxarri Lizeaga, Basque Heritage Elkartea, euskalkultura.eus
  "Rowing Together, Growing Together"

LUNCH 11:30am to 12:45 / Hamaika Buru Txistularis

ZORTZIAK BAT: EUSKAL HERRIA eta DIASPORA

• 12:45pm Seating (prompt attendance at 12:45)
• 1:00pm Panel discussion with Lehendakari Imanol Pradales Gil, President of the Basque Government
• 2:15pm Interactive Art Project: Update
  Explore the question, "What does it mean ro be Basque?" by contributing to an interactive art piece that will travel throught the Diaspora

THE LEGACY of EDUCATION in the DIASPORA: Rowing Together

• 2:30pm Hamaika Buru Txistu Elkartea, Bilbao
  Processional: Alkate Soinua
  
  "Rowing Together" Oar Honorees:
  David Lachiondo, Posthumous Honor
  Nere Lete Bieter, Basque Studies Emeritus
  Joseba Etxarri Lizeaga, EuskalKultura.eus
  Benan Oregi, Basque Government
  Blas Pedro Uberuaga, Buber.net
  Nancy Zubiri, Euskal Kazeta
   
• 2:55pm Hamaika Buru Txistu Elkartea, Bilbao
  Recessional
• 3:00pm Concluding Remarks: Zortziak Bat Committee
  Followed by Hamaika Buru Txistularis

4:00 to 6:00pm REAL SOCIEDAD DE FUTBOL discussion, book, and documentary

• "Basque heritage, tradition, and passion for shared identity"
  The extraordinary cultural bridge between Real Sociedad, the beloved soccer (futbol) club from San Sebastian, and the Boise, Idaho Basque community
   

Sinposioaren eragile The Basques Studies Foundation.

BATZORDE ANTOLATZAILEA

• Dr. John Bieter
• Dr. Ziortza Gandarias Beldarrain
• Dr. John Ysursa
• Maggan Laxalt Mackey, MAHR

THE BASQUE EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION (BEO)

• Anna Marie Etcheverria
• Aline Izoco Eliçagaray