HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU READ ABOUT REFUGEES? WELL, HOW MANY HAVE YOU ACTUALLY MET?
A PLATFORM TO PUT CITIZENS INDIVIDUALLY IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST ARRIVED (REFUGEES / ASYLUM SEEKERS), MAKING IT EASIER FOR THEM TO MEET AND SHARE EXPERIENCES AS EQUALS. STARTING AS AN INTERNET BASED FRAMEWORK, TO POTENTIALLY TAKE SHAPE INSIDE LOCAL COMMUNITIES AROUND EUROPE.
BEFORE MONDAY
BEFORE MONDAY
DO YOU FEEL HOW DO YOU CREATE A COMMUNITY WHERE IT DOESN’T EXIST?
HOW TO INCLUDE A NEW GROUP INTO AN ALREADY
REPRESENTED BY THE STATE YOU ARE CITIZEN OF?
BELONGING
ESTABLISHED ONE?
WHAT IF YOU ARE FORCED TO ABANDON YOUR GROUP?
WHAT MAKES YOU DOES YOUR NATIONAL IDENTITY INFLUENCE YOUR ACTIONS?
HOW LONG
FEEL PART OF A
IT TAKES TO
COMMUNITY?
FEEL PART OF A COMMUNITY?
FROM MONDAY...
AUDIENCES
US
- EUROPEAN CITIZENS
THEM
- INTERESTED IN THE MIGRATION CRISIS - NOT ENGAGED IN SPECIFIC VOLUNTEERING ACTIVITIES - NO SPECIFIC SKILL TO BE APPLIED HELPING THE CAUSE - WILLING TO TAKE A STAND THROUGH AN INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION
UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS ASYLUM SEEKERS, RECOGNISED REFUGEES NEWLY SETTLED IN A EU COUNTRY FORCED TO ABANDON COUNTRY OF ORIGIN PAST THE EMERGENCY, WILLING TO REGAIN A SENSE OF BELONGING
PROGRESS HOW DO YOU
HOW CAN IT BE
MEET A REFUGEE?
LASS PATRONISING?
WHAT WOULD YOU FEEL CONFIDENT DOING AROUND ONE?
ARE YOU DOING IT
CHARITY
CAN YOU GET TO KNOW ONE WITHOUT COMMITTING TO A SPECIFIC CHARITY? SHOULD THEY BE MORE PROTECTED OR INCLUDED?
FOR YOURSELF OR FOR THEM?
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE EMERGENCY? PEOPLE DON’T LIVE OF JUST FOOD AND SHELTER
PROGRESS
THE TECH COMMUNITY DOES 10 APPS A MONTH BUT I HAVEN’T HEARD OF ONE SINGLE CHARI-
CAN GAMES CONVEY A SOCIAL MESSAGE AND STILL NOT BECOME TRIVIAL?
TY USING THEM AS YET
THIS GIRL MADE IT RIGHT. BUT HOW CAN
CAN YOU USE FICTION
YOU SCALE THAT TO AN
TO MAKE IT LESS ABOUT
EXPORTABLE FORMAT?
THE DRAMA AND MORE ABOUT THE HUMANS?
OUTCOME?
the limbo nation IN THE AGE OF E-RESIDENCIES AND PURCHASABLE CITIZENSHIPS, IT OFFERS A SPACE OF BELONGING THROUGH A COUNTRY, WHOSE SOIL EXISTS ON THE DIGITAL SPHERE AND WHOSE CITIZENS ARE THOSE FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR OWN NATION, FLOATING BETWEEN AN UNDOCUMENTED STATUS AND MAYBE A NEW LIFE IN THE EU. BY AGREEING ON A COMMON FICTION, IT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR ESTABLISHING A CONVERSATION BETWEEN EQUALS, DISCARTING PATRONISING CHARITY.
OUTCOME? LET’S PRETEND EXCHANGES BETWEEN ASYLUM SEEKERS / REFUGEES AND EU CITIZENS ARE LIKE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TWO NATIONS, CONDUCTED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE AMBASSADORS
OUTCOME? MEETINGS BETWEEN AMBASSADORS BEING VIDEO CHATS / CALLS / MEETINGS? CONVERSATIONS CAN BE EITHER SPONTANEOUS CHATS, FREE (LEGAL, HEALTH) ADVICE FROM EXPERTS, EXCHANGE OF ANY KIND.
limbo AMBASSADORS
OUTCOME?
EVERYBODY
ASYLUM SEEKER, UK. BACK HOME,
WANTS TO GET TO SWEDEN, SHE IS
HE WAS A TEACHER, BUT FOR THE
STUCK IN AUSTRIA. A SWEDISH
FIRST 12 MONTHS IT’S ILLEGAL TO
AMBASSADOR TO GET A BETTER
WORK. NEVERTHELESS, HE CAN
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW IT’S
STILL TUTOR A GUY STUDYING
REALLY LIKE OVER THERE.
ARAB AT KÖLN UNIVERSITY.
ASYLUM
SEEKER.
NOW
UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANT, STUCK
SHE KNOWS ALL THE TRICKS, BUT
IN A MAKESHIFT CAMP. ALL THE
THERE’S A LOT SHE CAN TELL TO
PRESS IS REPORTING THE WRONG
ANYBODY WHO IS JUST ENTER-
WAY, BUT MAYBE POINTING HIS
ING THE SYSTEM, TO MAKE IT
PHONE AT HIS REALITY IS A LITTLE
EVEN A LITTLE EASIER.
STEP TO MAKE THE STORY STRAIGHT.
RECOGNISED
REFUGEE.
EU AMBASSADORS
OUTCOME? SENIOR,
TRAINED
PHYSICIAN.
FOREIGN STUDENT. INTERESTED
HAS A FAMILY AND BUSY FULL
IN THE CAUSE, HAS NO SPECIFIC
TIME JOB BUT FEELS ACCOM-
SKILL TO OFFER BUT IS DEAD
PLISHED SPARING A COUPLE EVE-
CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW IT IS
NING ONLINE GIVING FREE TIPS
REALLY LIKE, RIGHT FROM THE
TO WHO NEEDS IT.
SOURSE.
LAW STUDENT. BUSY WITH UNI,
YOUNG PROFESSIONAL. HE IS
CAN’T REALLY WORK AT THE LEGAL
WRITING ABOUT THE MIGRATION
HELP DESK OF THE LOCAL ONG. BUT
CRISIS
CAN DEFINITELY SHARE WHAT SHE
CHANCE TO GO IN A REFUGEE
KNOWS A COUPLE HOUSE HOURS A
CAMP. MAYBE HE CAN STILL HAVE
DAY, FROM HIS BEDROOM.
HIS INTERVIEW WITHOUT MOVING.
BUT
NEVER
HAD
THE
NEXT? - DOES THE METAPHOR WORK? - ARTICULATE THE IDEA - WHAT PLATFORM? - GROUND IT (WORK WITH REFUGEE CENTRES / FORUMS)