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MemoArt project
MemoArt project was born in 2015, in order to offer young people the opportunity to creatively express an intangible cultural heritage element linked to their roots so as to get attached to them.
This project’s aim is to create a safe environment for the participants to freely and proudly present their personal cultural identity. Since these young people will be the future cultural and civil actors and decision makers, they will be responsible to strengthen democratic processes, to accommodate diversity and set the base for multicultural communities, and encourage other citizens to actively participate in shaping local community and society. The MemoArt project was designed to enhance this future role of young people.
The first phase of MemoArt project took place in Germany (September – December 2015), via the fellowship programme Start – Create Cultural Change .
In Stuttgart we collaborated with Kulturkabinett Kulturzentrum e.V., as well as with other socio-cultural centres, such as: Stage-divers(e) e.V., Dieselstrasse e.V., Komma Kultur, Hellenic Experimental Theatre of Stuttgart, TanzSportZentrum Stuttgart-Feurebach e.V. and Freunde der griechischen Kultur Stuttgart. Members of the aforementioned centres (dancers and theatre groups, immigrants and refugees from Gambia and Syria) participated in a series of workshops and seminars, such as: acrobatics, museum visits, drawing, theatre, social cuisine, music, cultural walks and dance. In the end, we filmed 13 stories from around the world, which are presented in a video-documentary.
The second phase of the MemoArt project took place in the island of Corfu (January – September 2016), with the support of the Laboratory of Museology of the Department of Archives, Library and Museology of the Ionian University and under the auspices of the Municipality of Corfu.
MemoArt project’s objectives achieved through:
- Educational Programmes in Junior and High Schools
After having established the pedagogical adequacy approval from the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs and in collaboration with the Laboratory of Museology of the Department of Archives, Library and Museology of the Ionian University, an educational programme was offered free of charge to all high schools of the island.
- Artistic Workshops
In collaboration with the Department of Sound and Image of the Ionian University and with local cultural institutions, such as the Corfu Art Gallery and the Dance Studio Sotiris Bouchahiar, a series of workshops were offered, by professional artists in order each young person to be in a position to express him/herself.
- One day conference: Intangible Heritage and Cultural Identity
In the context of the celebration of the World Heritage Day (April 18th) by UNESCO, the Laboratory of Museology of the Ionian University, in collaboration with Peripatos and the NGO Diadrasis, organised a One day Conference. Invited speakers from the Department of Cultural and Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture, academics and connoisseurs of arts and culture presented their work regarding the preservation and promotion of culture.
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