Participatory photography for intercultural learning

Intercultural dialogue is the communication and the exchange of opinions and information between people from different cultural and social backgrounds. In a very diverse Europe where migrants flow and refugee crises is still dividing communities, it is more and more important to deepen the understanding of the characteristics of the other.
Visual methods admits us into a world where people can tell us their own life stories trough images. And Stories, the integral element of documentary practice and tradition, are necessarily inflected with the immediate voice and politics of the tellers.
During the proposed youth exchange 60 young people and youth leaders will learn what participatory photography method is and how it can be used as a powerful tool for intercultural dialogue.
This project will give the participants the possibility to explore the methodology through a set of various workshops and interactive exercises. The exchange will also provide them with a space for debating and exploring the concept of Intercultural Dialogue and its challenges.
The participants will have a better understanding of method and all the necessary tools that, after returning to their respective communities, will enable them create projects that are based on will help them giving a voice to the minority groups they work with.
Target group:Young people between 17-23 years old.
Location:Calimanesti-Valcea,Romania.