CULTURES THROUGH ARTS
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About the project
About the project
Objectives
Objectives
To increase social inclusion in communities and further by equipping participants from countries participating with competencies for building intercultural dialogue through visual arts.
Participants discovered visual arts as a means of building intercultural dialogue. They learned how to use non-formal activities related to visual arts to start and continue the intercultural dialogue in their communities, challenge stereotypes, broaden their outlook, increase cultural awareness, and foster social inclusion. They became more familiar with situations in other countries involved when it comes to minorities, people of different cultures or religions and inclusion.
Objectives achieved:
➼ Increased awareness in 4 communities about intercultural problems and influenced attitudes of 48 participants to the positive side towards people of different cultures, countries, ethnicity and religion.
➼ Raised skills, knowledge and attitudes of 48 participants from 4 countries in creating visual art as a powerful tool for building intercultural dialogue and fostering social inclusion.
➼ Broadened the outlook of 48 participants by fostering their values of freedom, tolerance, respect for others and a sense of belonging to their communities and Europe.
Activities
Activities
Culture through Arts was a youth exchange designed in four phases. Besides these, participants formed new friendships, exchanged their culture, overcame their fears, and developed themselves in a multicultural non-formal way.
First phase
First phase
days 1-2
Second phase
Second phase
days 3-7
We had preparatory sessions for safety and protection, a code of conduct, played icebreakers and teambuiling activities to get to know each other and formed group dynamics, got into the topic of Youth Exchange.
The main bloc of activities to build intercultural dialogue through visual arts. We discussed concepts of visual arts, intercultural dialogue, social inclusion, cultural awareness,explored examples of visual arts.
Third phase
Third phase
days 8-9
Fourth phase
Fourth phase
day 10
Split into groups, we chose a method of visual art to explore an identified problem: photovoice, making a short video, collective painting with locals, drawing, simulation stories and implementing it with locals.
We talked about the continuity of the project, and the dissemination plan. We received Youthpasses, and finalized a concrete plan on how we are going to disseminate project results, change and impact situations in the local communities.
Video
Video
Have a look at the video created by the participants to get a bit of the feeling of how was it like their experience.
Dissemination
Dissemination
All participants shared their experiences with their peers, organising presentations, events and writing articles.
The content of this publication does not reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Responsibility for the information and views expressed in this publication lies entirely with the author(s).
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