DESERT ROSE GRAPHIC NOVEL
[ENGLISH VERSION]
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
This project has been co-financed with support from the Regione Puglia, within the Art. 8 of the L.R. 12/2005 DGR n. 1440 dell’8.07.2014 “Iniziative per la pace e per lo sviluppo delle relazioni tra i popoli del Mediterraneo ‐ Interventi 2014”
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Index
The Project, 04 The Adventure, 10 Story One “Unity in Diversity”,
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Story Two “A different marriage”, 26 Story Three “A fake hope”, 37 Story Four “multi-Friendship”, 47 Contacts, 58
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The Project
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Desert Rose Desert Rose was a youth exchange implemented in Lecce from 23th to 30th September 2014 and hosted by the italian organization South Europe Youth Forum (SEYF). The origin of the project Following SEYF’s recent collaboration in the Mediterranean ‘Festival dei Popoli’, some young people from our organization had the opportunity to observe a network of stakeholders that are working with common objectives and that are engaged in the promotion of cultural activities in the Mediterranean area. Many organizations and public bodies are working on intercultural awareness as a core value of contemporary society, for a mature and sensible idea of a “Euro-Mediterranean Culture” endorsing the values of European citizenship but, at the same time, safeguarding the anthropological and cultural peculiarities of the countries bordering the Mediterranean area. Starting from this basis, some members of SEYF started to looking for an innovative way of integration between the two shores of the Mediterranean. During their investigation and their analysis, they noticed that establish or building multicultural relationships very often could represent a very delicate and complex matter which needs new tools for young people coming from both sides of the Mediterranean area. 1
Intercultural moments
The aims This is the background from where the idea of the youth exchange Desert Rose started. This youth exchange aimed at identifying new experiential paths through art and culture, in order to
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provide young people with the practical use of new strategies and new tools that help them use the values of tolerance and social inclusion, at the detriment of xenophobic phenomena that are so prevalent in the old continent. Desert Rose took place in Lecce from the 23th to 30th September 2014 and it involved 30 young people and 6 youth leaders coming from Italy, France, Malta, Jordan, Algeria and Morocco. The young participants were aged 18-25 years old and they came from different backgrounds: some of them came from geographical areas with fewer opportunities, while others were coming from situations of economic and social hardship. During the course of the youth exchange, participants have been involved in a cycle of activities, based on non-formal methods that led them to set up a Living Library. Dissemination of results have been done through a video-novel disseminated through all the partner involved in the project. The entire project has been developed by all the project’s promoters and it has been drawn up by all the participants’ prospective with an absolutely democratic and participatory approach. Through Desert Rose, SEYF and all the partners involved aimed to: 1) Promote the exchange of knowledge related to cultural and artistic experience of different countries of the Mediterranean with a focus on the connection between migration, creativity and sense of community; 2) Organize meetings to provide an exchange of experiences and knowledge between native people and migrants, in order to transmit the values of peace and dialogue in the framework of a common Mediterranean identity; 3) make use of the artistic and cultural experience developed during the implementation of the activities to give a start-up to the integration between local communities and migrants; 4) promote the use of modern and innovative methods, in order to utilise and communicate art and culture; 5) highlight the dignity and universality of art as an exchange between native communities’ and migrant communities;
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The outcomes A project developed with such framework aimed to provide several skills, such as digital competence, multilingualism, ability to work in groups and using experiential cognitive approaches to promote the relations between the countries and organizations involved in the development of networking, to encourage a Euro-Mediterranean cultural enterprise. Those outcomes have been reached through the realization of a graphic novel presented in the current publication and the organization and implementation of a Human Library, performed by the participant themseves the last day of activity. Both the results, the Graphic Novel and the Human Library, representin summary the learning process experienced by the participants: during the cycle of activities they experimented the use of the Intercultural Dialogue as a powerful tool to produce positive and effective change in our society. Together with the intercultural dialogue, they acquired a wider awareness on diversity as a core value of Europe and the Euro-Mediterranean Area.
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The Adventure
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Activities: energizers
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Activities: Team Building
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Activities: Discussions
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Activites: Intercultural Dialogue
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Activities: Graphic Novel
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Settings for graphic novel
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Intercultural Night
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Intercultural Night
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Intercultural Night
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Interaction with local young people
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Human Library
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Special Gifts
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Intercultural Moments
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Good Memories
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Special Moments
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Story One “Unity in Diversity�
Main Topics:
#diversity #plurality #multicultural environment # intercultural dialogue
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Story Two “A different marriage�
Main Topics:
#marriage #interfaith dialogue interreligious dialogue #Euro-Medv # intercultural dialogue
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Story Three “A fake hope�
Main Topics:
#marriage #interfaith dialogue #interreligious dialogue #Euro-Med # intercultural dialogue
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Story Four “multi-Friendship�
Main Topics:
#intercultural urbanities #interfaith dialogue #ethnic differences #Euro-Med # intercultural dialogue
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Contacts
SEYF - South Europe Youth Forum www.seyf.eu info@seyf.eu facebook.com/seyf.lecce @seyf_lecce
v is an international partners’ network based in South Italy. SEYF works for the social inclusion of young people in disadvantage, in order to let them reach more opportunities in the competitive world of work. SEYF organizes youth exchanges, seminars, fosters EVS and training course for an easier access of young people to youth initiatives. SEYF is a structured online platform (www. seyf.eu) where every organization can have its own space, to sponsor its activities, it goals and can share partners, aims and initiatives.