31/01-04/02/2018 - Εκπαιδευτικό Πρόγραμμα | Common Ground (Ιρλανδία)

Common Ground, a training in socially engaged art tools is a 1-year long part-time programme comprising 3 residential and an online stage taking place in Budapest, Hungary, and Cork, Ireland, from February 2018 to February 2019 initiated by the Firestarter Network and developed by Makeshift Ensemble (IRL), Artemisszió Alapítvány (HUN) and Postmodernsquare (FIN).

Common Ground is a training and research project focussing on approaches to working and engaging meaningfully with local communities of place within the internationalised, migratory professional practices of both international youth work and the arts. The project will “twin” two multi-cultural, inner city streets and communities in Cork and Budapest that will serve as the location as well as the subject of the training allowing to explore, through artistic tools, the questions: Who are your neighbours? Whose street is this anyway? How can you leave again? Bringing together participants from different backgrounds, the aim is to develop strategies and explore methodologies within the broader frame of socially engaged art with a specific focus on 'parachute strategies' to engage with local communities. By 'parachute strategies' we mean methods and practices that do not require long-term engagement with communities but work on the basis of interventions, one off events or remote practices that nonetheless provide meaningful connections and a real exchange.
This training will join trainers and participants coming from different backgrounds to allow Common Ground to act as a platform for peer-learning, sharing of international practice and collaboration which will have multiple outcomes in methodology, projects and the professional development of the participants.

The aim is to equip the participants with a broad understanding of tools and practices, develop their skills and awareness and allow them to learn by doing while also providing support, mentorship as well as skills-based workshops. Having the experience of working in two different countries on similar streets will also give the participants the opportunity to understand the international dimension of working locally.

Accommodation and food will be covered by the project. There is a participation fee of €30/training activity for the selected participants.
Travel will be reimbursed according to the travel allocation by the Commission, see below.

Maximum limits of travel reimbursement:
Hungary, Serbia, Portugal to Ireland €275
Greece to Ireland €530
Finland to Ireland €360

Finland, Greece, Ireland to Hungary €275
Portugal to Hungary €360
Serbia to Hungary €180

This training activity is funded by: The Erasmus+ Youth in Action Programme.

Αναλυτικές πληροφορίες - Δηλώσεις συμμετοχής: salto-youth.net