1. Maria Grzybowska, Karolina Herodowicz, ‚Óscar Romero Jurado, Martí Ventós Calzas, Jalmari Valle, Kati Nikula POZNAN 2014-05-16

2. LOCALITZATIONHISTORY Poland after the 2nd WW

3. RESEARCH QUESTIONS QUESTIONS -How old are you? -Where do you live? -What do you think about the border? (in terms of time) -How do you see the river Oder? -What do you think about the location of the city? -For what purpose you cross the border? -What do you think about the common transport between cities? -What do you think of bilingual kindergarten and schools in Słubice? -Do you know anything about NGO’s in Frankfurt and Słubice? -What do you think about the necessity of learning the German language by the Polish/Polish language by the Germans and the bilingual information in the border area? -What do you think about the future of the city? METHODS and DATA Interviews How do the local people in Słubice and in Frankfurt Oder feel about the border/double- town? What kind of things are connecting and separating the Słubice and Frankurt Oder at the borderland?

4. PUBLIC TRANSPORT BILINGUAL SCHOOL

5. CULTURAL EXCHANGESSOLVING LOCAL PROBLEMS CIVIL SOCIETY/NGO’s

6. LANGUAGES ECONOMICAL UNBALANCE DIFFERENT LAW

8. The polish and German people felt that there will always be two cities instead of one, but they had positive thoughts about the future. They believed that the cities will continue to develop and work together. Most of the people didn’t consider the river as a border so the border didn’t have any special meaning to them. Language is a big separating factor, but people are interested in the idea of getting more bilingual kindergartens. The Słubice and Frankfurt (Oder) are connected to each other with many common projects and interests and the local people felt that the cooperation will increase in the future so the area is developing towards the borderland where local people live together in closer relationship with each other.

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