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Montag, 6. Dezember 2004
Peacecamp 2005: If you meet a stranger, talk to him
A Hadassah-Austria Project supported by European Union, Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kunst and KKS
Evelyn Böhmer-Laufer
A Hadassah-Austria Project supported by European Union, Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kunst and KKS
Evelyn Böhmer-Laufer
peacecamp, 00:32h
Peacecamp 2005: identities unsolved? is a peace-building project at which 4 groups of adolescents of different cultural origin will explore aspects of their ethnic and personal identities. The adolescents come from regions which have had to cope and/or still cope with generations-old conflicts between the different ethnical groups who live there. One group from Austria, another from Slovenia as well as one Jewish-Israeli and one Arab-Israeli group will be part of the project. They will take part at adventurous and artistic activities in "culturally mixed teams" and discuss the ways in which they cope with these situations and interact with one another. Discussions around these activities will enable them to observe different modes of coping with shared problem situations, with creative tasks and/or with any conflicts which may arise in the course of their working together.
One focus of peacecamp will be talks and reflections about the various aspects of people's individual and group identities; before the camp, all participants will go through a preparation phase in their own home-countries, aimed at exploring aspects of their family's history - the cultural, social, religious and personal rites, habits and customs which are part of each family's or group's heritage. They will collect documents and put together a "Family Album" with which they will introduce themselves to one another on the camp and learn about the similarities and differences between groups, persons and cultures.
Under the guidance of four artists they will create/perform various creative acts which they will show/present to a larger public on the last day of the camp. All these will focus on the topic of people's identities. These activities will, as all others, be subjected to a "processing" during the days of the camp, to allow further explorations into the participant's individual, as well as group identities.
Group-discussions led by a group psychoanalyst will enable the young participants to explore the above topics more into depth, allowing to adress any prejudices or preconceptions about the respective "other" of each single group or person and to correct these in the face of the real encounter with the "real other".
Regular team-meetings led by a group psychoanalyst will allow the team to cope with their task of guiding this group of adolescents and to reach more awareness of the processes that will come up during the encounter.
Participants:
- 4 groups of 8-10 participants each, 15-17 years old, half girls, half boys : Slovenian, Austrian, Arab-Israelis, Jewish-Israelis
- 2 Adults group-leaders per group
- 4 artists
- 2 Psychoanalyst
An evaluation of the impact of this peace-building work with youth will follow.
One focus of peacecamp will be talks and reflections about the various aspects of people's individual and group identities; before the camp, all participants will go through a preparation phase in their own home-countries, aimed at exploring aspects of their family's history - the cultural, social, religious and personal rites, habits and customs which are part of each family's or group's heritage. They will collect documents and put together a "Family Album" with which they will introduce themselves to one another on the camp and learn about the similarities and differences between groups, persons and cultures.
Under the guidance of four artists they will create/perform various creative acts which they will show/present to a larger public on the last day of the camp. All these will focus on the topic of people's identities. These activities will, as all others, be subjected to a "processing" during the days of the camp, to allow further explorations into the participant's individual, as well as group identities.
Group-discussions led by a group psychoanalyst will enable the young participants to explore the above topics more into depth, allowing to adress any prejudices or preconceptions about the respective "other" of each single group or person and to correct these in the face of the real encounter with the "real other".
Regular team-meetings led by a group psychoanalyst will allow the team to cope with their task of guiding this group of adolescents and to reach more awareness of the processes that will come up during the encounter.
Participants:
- 4 groups of 8-10 participants each, 15-17 years old, half girls, half boys : Slovenian, Austrian, Arab-Israelis, Jewish-Israelis
- 2 Adults group-leaders per group
- 4 artists
- 2 Psychoanalyst
An evaluation of the impact of this peace-building work with youth will follow.
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