The project in a few words
‘The Other In (Me)dia’ was a youth exchange organized by Rakonto in February 2024 at Laroin, France, which sought to promote critical thinking around the narratives and audiovisual representations of the Other (the migrant, the foreigner, the racialized, the “stranger”) in the media.
Participants dove into a journey of exploration in which, through the use of non-formal learning methodologies and audiovisual techniques, they broke down the concept of the ‘Other’, while increasing their capacities for critical thinking, empathy, and empowerment.
Objectives of the project
During the training course, the project achieved the following goals:
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- Developed critical thinking and gain analytical skills around the representation of the Other in the media,
- Created a safe space where participants could share experiences and thoughts in freedom,
- Gained some basic knowledge of audiovisual language and racial representation,
- Shared good practices and counterexamples in terms of creation and representation,
- Sought collective empowerment through artistic creation: photography, filmmaking, and other visual and textual arts,
- Promoted teamwork, exchange, and debate in multicultural groups,
- Promoted European values and the Erasmus+ program.
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Hosting Organisation
MOE is a non-profit association, born out of a passion for making accessible the learning that adventure and nature awaken in people. They believe in experiential education in nature as an educational philosophy, capable of promoting pedagogical innovation and eco-social transformation.