Second Edition of The Educational Project “In Between”

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Deadline: 10 July 2016
Open to: university students and freelancers aged 18-25 with knowledge of English and one of the languages used in the selected region
Venue: 12-22 September 2016, Warsaw, Czech Republic-Germany-Poland; Austria-Slovenia; Croatia-Hungary, Hungary-Slovakia-Ukraine

Description

The European Network Remembrance and Solidarity launches the recruitment process for the second edition of the project called “In Between”. Searching for local histories in borderlands of Europe whose target group is young people aged 18-25. This time around, young Europeans are going to travel to the region on the Austrian-Slovenian border near Graz; Czech Switzerland where the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland meet; the basin of the Danube and Drava rivers on the Hungarian-Croatian border; as well as Transcarpathia, a borderland of Slovakia, Ukraine and Hungary.

Before the start of the study visits (16-22 September), the project participants will take part in workshops (12-15 September) delivered by experts in most recent history, oral history, cultural anthropology and archival studies. The young people are going to learn the craft of testimony collection, interviewing and digitisation of tokens of remembrance and documents as well as the specific features and history of the regions they visit. Then they will be divided into groups of five to go to border towns and other localities for seven days.

Eligibility

 If you are 18-25 years of age, want to meet new people and places and are interested in:

  • History and/or art history;
  • Social sciences;
  • Cultural anthropology;
  • Visual arts.

Knowledge of English and one of the languages used in the selected region is a must.

Costs

ENRS covers all costs of participation in the project except the costs of personal insurance and journey of participant from hometown to the workshops venue (Warsaw).

How to apply?

In order to participate in the project, please complete the recruitment form available HERE before 10 July 2016.

The factors to be considered include the candidates’ motivation to participate in the project, their openness and readiness to cooperate.

For more information, please check the official call.

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