{"id":2061,"date":"2019-01-29T11:44:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T11:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acarbio.org\/?p=2061"},"modified":"2019-11-09T21:42:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-09T21:42:27","slug":"fp-together-diverse-outdooor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acarbio.org\/en\/fp-together-diverse-outdooor\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow-up| TOGETHER, DIVERSE, OUTDOOR | ERASMUS+"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE THEME OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION GETS PRACTICAL IN PARTICIPANT COUNTRIES<\/h2>\n

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It has been almost a year since over twenty youth workers from seven European countries came to Tramonti to participate in the project \u201cTogether, diverse, outdoor\u201d \u2014 a seminar in the open air on the themes of diversity and inclusion. The participants were so inspired during this time in Tramonti that they did not let it to become a history. The experience they had gave them an inspiration to act on the ideas heard during the seminar even until this day. Let\u2019s look at the very practical ways participants developed the ideas of diversity and inclusion in their home countries.<\/p>\n

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“B\u0113g\u013cu kurp\u0113s”<\/h3>\n

“B\u0113g\u013cu kurp\u0113s” \u2013 a simulation game about being in the shoes of refugees. It was organized in Riga on the 15th<\/sup> of June and was the first attempt to try out this game. Participants were young people from different places in Latvia.\u00a0A place nearby the city center, which is run by an NGO who maintains slum areas in Riga, was chosen in order to better represent ruin of all kind in human life.\u00a0The game lasted for about 3 hours and involved 3 main phases: “normal” life of families and getting into the given roles; perplexity after the changes in a situation, which required to leave the “normality”; and settlement, which was the end of the simulation game.<\/p>\n

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The simulation game was a great way to teach children about huge social issues of our time \u2013 the refugees. Children not only got into their shoes physically, but also emotionally since they seemingly were disturbed by their outdoor environment to which they were brought and became very curious about this social phenomenon and started to ask questions \u201cwhy?\u201d.<\/p>\n

What kind of dance fits countryside?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The activity was taking place in a countryside \u2013 a small village called Ladezers and unified a very diverse group of people: 3-year olds to 83-year olds, people with elementary school education and people with PhD degree in philosophy; locals and guests from UK, Norway, Estonia, Lithuania and USA. The activity became a huge success and took place on a regular basis. The main idea of the activity was to become one with the environment while in a movement – dance, create dances, perform, solve choreographic puzzles, try to notice small details in an open space, try to become one with the space etc., get to know each other, share food, play around and hug.<\/p>\n