"A Thousand Words" Online Youth Exchange

Info About Project

The main idea behind this project is to show how photography and videos can be used for learning about other cultures and how we can break some of the stereotypes that we have through this type of art. We want to encourage intercultural understanding within young people through working on the competences needed for practicing intercultural dialogue. This project is for everyone, regardless of language skills, since photography is a method of expression, this is something that a large spectrum of young people can engage in, and is a good way to empower many young people through non-verbal communication. We believe that one photo is worth a thousand words and that is why we gave the name to our project "A Thousand Words. The original plan was to organize residential exchange during the project, but because of pandemic we decided to organize it online instead.

Objectives:

1. Creating a space for sharing ideas, views and opinionswith young people from different cultures.

2. Learning about cultural diversity and different approachesfor evaluating culture through photography and video making.

3. Encouraging and practicing intercultural dialogue and understanding of intercultural relations.

4. Uniting young people through research and learning about diversity and similarities. 

The sessions will take place from Monday till Friday from21.6.2021 till 02.07.2021. The sessions will last 3 hours including a 15 minutes break and the focus will be on learning by doing, we will use non formal methods and there will be a lot of group work and work outside of Zoom. All sessions will take place in the afternoon, from 4PM till 7PM CET. The main event of the exchange will be an online photo exhibition where participants will share the photos about culture which they will create during the exchange. On some days we are going to have a cultural presentation of one of the countries and this will be the task for participants to discuss in their national team and decide how they want to present their country. There are still possible changes in the schedule, but the dates and the times are confirmed.

Participants

1. Between 16-30 (group leaders 18+)

2. Resident of one of the following countries: Belarus, Germany, Lebanon, Lithuania, Spain, Ukraine

3. Interested in topics of culture, intercultural dialogue, inclusion and photography

4. Willingness to actively participate in all sessions

5. Participants don’t need to have good knowledge in English, but group leaders should be able to communicate in English

6. Previous experience in Erasmus+ is not required but participants should show initiative for learning new things and working with other young people

7. All partners should do their best to create gender balanced teams