Participatory photography posibilities – work with refugees and migrants Erasmus Project

Project Title

Participatory photography posibilities – work with refugees and migrants

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Social dialogue; Integration of refugees

Project Summary

Context :
The EU and the wider region is deep in what has been labeled a refugee crises. In this context we think narratives informing social conflict and policy are crucial. We have seen how photography has proved to be an important tool to explain reality in a way that touches the public and sets the basis for their perception and narrative of “what is going on”.
We believe that the first step to real understanding is to be presented with the story of a whole person, not only as a passive sufferer or as a threatening stranger. The project aims to exchange skills and better practices and develop an adult education methodology that can do that.
These tools we want to develop would be one very effective resource to bypass the filters of culture and communication present in the current european dynamics
We have explored and developed methodological tools and ways in which participatory photography can be used, both as a tool of adult educacion for this collectives and as means to raise awareness and communicate their realities to society.
• Objectives;
“Give means of representation and expression to refugees/migrants asylum seekers
“Combating racism and xenophobia through knowledge and mutual respect
*Get relevant stakeholders interested in the possibilities of adult education using participatory photography ICTs and communication tools to work for the inclusion of refugees

• Number and profile of participating organisations;
4 organisations form 4 different countries: CFD – Barcelona, a photography school and resource center, Jungleye -FR – producers of participatory photography workshops with refugees, Oiseaxu Sans Tete – BE – organiser of public space and participatory art actions and EYFA – organisers of Eu- level participatory projects,

Eyfa is a EU level network, all the other partners are associations.

• Description of undertaken main activities;
Short term staff training 18-22 October 2016: Barcelona
IO: October -2016 : Interactive platform design – first draft
IO: November-december 2016 in Barcelona : Participatory photography workshops with asylum seekers living in Barcelona. 10 sessions
IO: January -February: Methodology, first draft
IO: 03/04/17 – 14/04/17 Participatory photography workshop with a group of women asylum seekers in the emergency shelter run by Emmaus Solidarité at Yvry-sur-Seine.
Multiplier event 17-18 April 2017. Paris
IO: 28/06/17- 17/07/17 at Rupert-Neudeck-Haus – Berlin- Workshop on participatory photography with refugees.
IO: July – August 17 Finalizing methodology review and website, preparation of project presentation, media and relevant stakeholders outreach
IO August-october – 2 workshops with refugees in Barcelona
Multiplier event 1- December 2017 – to present project outputs – Brussels:
Disemination (amongst other local activities) Inaugurations of exhibitions of the project outcomes and previous participatory photography workshops with refugees; both as part of the communication strategy and to have make it tangible for the participants the impact of their work.
-Barcelona 22/10/16 at CFD
-Paris: 19/10/17 at Picturetank agency
-Bruselas 30/11/17 At Allee du Kaai
-Barcelona: 9/12/17 – at Convent de Sant Agusti

Ongoing tasks
Gathering information form learning activities for the methodology review
Communication and networking with potential users of platform and guide
Coordination and project management tasks

• Results and impact attained;
Interactive platform
Methodology guide
5 workshops with the total participation of 47 refugees in 3 European cities, With significant skills gains, and positive evaluations from collaborating organizations
3 exhibitions with their work, presented in events to maximize impact and visibility of the project. They have been already displayed in 5 locations and seen by 678 people
Greater experience in implementing European-level collaborative projects for the partners organizations.
Additional workshops obtained funding or in the way to obtain it.
• If relevant, longer-term benefits.
Tangible accessible outcomes that can be used by other organizations -and ourselves- in the future, Partners were all new to Erasmus + KA2 , and half of partners to Erasmus + in general, go we have gained important experience, we have built relationships outside of our areas of expertise , the project results and relationship have materialized in further joint fundraising efforts and projects.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 43307,5 Eur

Project Coordinator

ASSOCIACIO CFD BARCELONA: CENTRE DE FOTOGRAFIA I MITJANS DOCUMENTALS & Country: ES

Project Partners

• STICHTING EUROPEAN YOUTH FOREST ACTION
• Oiseaux Sans Tête ASBL ( OST)
• JUNGLEYE