{"id":5641,"date":"2017-05-29T19:12:25","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T17:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/instituteapis.org\/?p=976"},"modified":"2017-05-29T19:12:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T17:12:25","slug":"a-european-dream-youth-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apis.center\/en\/a-european-dream-youth-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"A European Dream – Youth Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"

“A European dream” is a youth exchange project developed by young people, through which we\u00a0wish to trace the beginning and the development of the idea of Europe and European values through\u00a0history and current geopolitical events. Through our individual studies and media research we\u00a0realized that this is knowledge a European citizen should necessarily be equipped with, but for some\u00a0reason we do not get this knowledge in institutions and we also don’t talk about European politics\u00a0and history among young people because it’s just not “cool”.<\/p>\n

\"EUD<\/a><\/p>\n

The project is very relevant to us in the context of the current geopolitical situation in Europe where\u00a0integration of nations, as well as the masses of new refugees, seems almost impossible.<\/p>\n

In response\u00a0to Brexit, president of the European Parliament recently stated in a public article that “EU is in a deep\u00a0crisis of identity”. We’d like to address this existential crisis and try to understand it through\u00a0understanding our common history and current situation via storytelling methods.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Through debating\u00a0techniques we’d like to shape, develop and confront our opinions about Europe. In the end we will\u00a0seek common solutions through cultural activism methods such as Theatre of the Oppressed and\u00a0also stage a theatrical performance in the streets to include the local population into the discourse\u00a0about European Union and its “crisis”.<\/p>\n

\"theatre<\/a><\/p>\n

Through the project we would like to address a question: is European integration even possible in\u00a0this moment and how? How to integrate different nations, and do they even want that (UK for\u00a0example)? How do we also integrate tens of thousands of new citizens of EU that came here because\u00a0of the wars in Middle East? We would like to address a human need for common identity and make\u00a0sense of this identity in the context of European Union. Our goal is to equip participants with tools to\u00a0be able to find their own answers to questions about EU and be able to think about it critically as\u00a0well.<\/p>\n