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A Youth Exchange on Backpack Journalism and Cultural Heritage

05.10 - 15.10.2021, Ponta Delgada, Azores Island, Portugal.

Summary

Cultural heritage binds Europe together through our common history and values. It also represents the richness and diversity of our cultural traditions. Our shared cultural heritage is to be understood, cherished and celebrated. Yet cultural heritage is not only a legacy from the past. It also helps us forge the way ahead and design our future. 6 European Youth organizations aim to create a sharing and reflecting space for 44 youngsters about European cultural heritage and to encourage them to promote it through backpack journalism and digital tools. Journalism is a way of discovering realities and traditions of a country or a community, enabling the dialogue between different generations.
During the youth exchange44 youngsters from Portugal, Romania, Greece, Croatia, Latvia, Italy will become aware how local and European cultural heritage looks, sounds, taste like, and discover the stories worth written, recorded, photographed using backpack journalism. In national groups they will create each 1 digital map with the “local cultural gems”.
After the youth exchangeEach team will organize local #Heritage InstaMeet in their hometown and launch 1 European awareness campaign “#Youth4Heritage” on social media to encourage young people to take action, understand the potential of cultural heritage.

Digital map

The participants will design 6 digital maps with the cultural heritage spots of their hometowns and their stories.

InstaMeet

12 Local #Heritage InstaMeet events to guide young people discover “local cultural gems”.

Awareness

1 European awareness campaign “#Youth4Heritage” to encourage young people to take action, understand the potential of the European cultural heritage.

Agenda & objectives

SO1: 44 young people participate in a 9 days Youth Exchange in Azore to become aware how local and European cultural heritage looks, sounds, taste like, and discover the stories worth written, recorded, photographed using backpack journalism. SO2: 6 youth groups create each 1 digital map with the “local cultural gems” and organize each 2 local #Heritage InstaMeet in their hometowns for 180 young people to promote the local cultural heritage and Erasmus+ Programme with 6 exhibitionsSO3: 6 Youth NGOs and 44 youngsters launch 1 European awareness campaign “#Youth4Heritage” on social media to encourage young people to take action, understand the potential of cultural heritage to promote “hidden, less known or forgotten cultural gems” from all over Europe.

Day 1 - 6.10

- Get to know each other games- Teambuilding activity- Introduction in Backpack journalism and cultural heritage- Daily family reflectionArrival of participants is expected on 05.10

Day 2 - 7.10

- Energizers

- Erasmus+ and Youthpass presentation

- Treasure hunt in Ponta Delgada

- Role of youth in preserving the European cultural heritage

- Daily family reflection

- Cultural Night

Day 3 - 8.10

-Digital Heritage Maps -Parallel workshops: photography, video, podcasts, digital tools- Daily family reflection- Cultural Night

Day 4 - 9.10

-Natural heritage Exploration Sete cidades area-Daily family reflection

Day 5 - 10.10

-Traditional games 6 countries-Daily family reflection-Cultural Night

Day 6 - 11.10

-Natural heritage expedition Pico da Vara-Daily family reflection-Free Night

Day 7 - 12.10

- Design of the Digital museum to integrate the following:- Digital Herbarium- Stories collection- Videos- Photojournalism- Podcasts- Daily reflection- Free Night

Day 8 - 13.10

-Work in progress Digital Museum-Final presentation of the work-Daily reflection

Day 9 - 14.10

-Design the local cultural heritage maps- DEOR planning- Stories of the participants experiences- Youthpass certificate- Final evaluation

Day 10 - 15.10

The check-out of the participants is expected at 12:00

“A concerted effort to preserve our heritage is a vital link to our cultural, educational, aesthetic, inspirational and economic legacies – all of the things that quite literally make us who we are.” — Steve Berry