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Project title

Punti d'Incontro

Description of initiative

The general objective of this learning mobility project was to encourage and contribute to resilience paths that involve young people and society, triggering, through art and theater, a collective process of reworking and re-appropriating the experience linked to Covid-19, both on an individual and community scale, placing at the center the experience of the most disadvantaged and least listened to, elderly and young people, and promoting the human value and the historical and popular memory heritage of the former and the resources, the potential, the spirit of initiative and the willingness to participate in the social life of the latter. 1. Theatrical workshop on the themes of encountering the other, knowing and listening to oneself and sharing emotions and images about confinement.
2. Recovery and enhancement of stories and testimonies of the territory, through a workshop of interviews and audio editing in which the voices of the inhabitants of the country will be recorded and then reworked into artistic products.
3. Art therapy laboratory
4. Manual workshop for the construction of masks
5. Yoga and meditation in nature
6. Non-formal education activities and games on the topics: multiculturalism and multilingualism, teamwork and cooperation, social roles and active citizenship.

Further information on the initiative

Themes: Culture and...

Individual well-being
Community well-being
Mental health
Quality of social relations
Quality of services for specific groups

Keywords

learning mobility, resilience, post Covid, art therapy

Target group

Youth

Cultural field

Theatre, opera

Budget

€22.452

Timeframe

2021 - 2022

Sources of funding

Erasmus+ Programme of the EU

Results, benefits, impact and lessons learnt

Expected results and outputs:
- Improvement in participants of psychophysical well-being, sense of self-esteem, confidence in their own expressive, creative, communicative and relational skills and qualities.
- Improvement of the participant’s understanding of the experience linked to the Covid-19, for them and for the community, both the host and the one of origin, and the generation of new personal and community perspectives towards the future.
- Improvement of participant’s understanding of their social role and potential in this regard. The stimulation in them of new enthusiasm for acting in common, for active participation in society and for the development of innovative attitudes and strategies of communication and social transformation.
- The recognition of art, theater, technology and creative research practices as allies in one's own training and expression path and in encouraging and developing pro-social initiatives for both young people and society as a whole.
- A better understanding, in the host community and in the municipality associated with it, of the emotional and imaginative value attributed to the Covid-19 and how it was emotionally experienced by the community and especially by young and old.

Organizer(s)

Teatro Chapati
Italy
NGO / Non-profit | Culture

Partner(s)

Asociacion Building Bridges
Portugal
Other | Other