KALEIDOSCOPE

Kaleidoscope: exploring experiences of exile through creative media is a 10 month project exploring cultural and social issues in different European countries. Born out of our cooperation with a previous Erasmus Plus project SCRIBERSHIVE UK we wanted to honour the spirit of the project and develop it in our own way.

Participants from 7 countries (Poland, Spain, Italy, Georgia, Armenia, Lithuania and Ukraine) come together to receive training in written journalism, graphics/comic strips and video/podcast production. The participants then return to their communities and use the Kaleidoscope methodology with their young people. 

Kaleidoscope works as a cycle of 3 creative activities. Each activity produces a media product, which is then passed on to another group to develop in the next activity. 

Specifically, this process goes as follows:

- Participants from Country A produce written pieces on a the project theme. They pass the finished articles to country B.

- Participants from Country B reflect on the written articles, and based on these they produce graphics or comic-strip stories, which they pass on to country C.

- Participants in Country C review the graphic, and based on this, they create videos (or podcasts). Each country group will be involved in all activities and each piece produced goes through a different cultural lens as the young people might interpret each piece differently. This highlights that we all might deal with the same issues but experience them in different ways with different perspectives and view points. 

Erasmus+ is the EU's programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe.

It has an estimated budget of €26.2 billion. This is nearly double the funding compared to its predecessor programme (2014-2020).

The 2021-2027 programme places a strong focus on social inclusion, the green and digital transitions, and promoting young people’s participation in democratic life.

It supports priorities and activities set out in the European Education Area, Digital Education Action Plan and the European Skills Agenda. The programme also

• supports the European Pillar of Social Rights
• implements the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027
• develops the European dimension in sport

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Erasmus+ offers mobility and cooperation opportunities in: 

• higher education
• vocational education and training
• school education (including early childhood education and care)
• adult education
• youth
• sport

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