Living Intangible Culture Erasmus Project

Project Title

Living Intangible Culture

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 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

The project “Living Intangible Culture” (INCULT) seeks to build bridges between adult education organisations and learners from (South-)East (Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia) and (South-)West (Germany, Spain, Italy) of Europe through the uniting power of the shared European intangible cultural heritage.
Within the project, participating organisations, guided by the project leader (Institute ILEU from Germany) develop, test and disseminate the educational interactive online game INCULT (“Living Intangible Culture”) in 7 languages – English, German, Italian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Spanish and Serbian. The project’s main target groups are adult educators and adult/senior 45+ learners, the results of the project can be used by people of all ages, esp. seniors and intergenerational groups.

The INCULT educational online game will have various gameplay options – memory game, 4 types of quiz, a treasure map, a knowledge section, with detailed information on all 42 selected “intangible cultural treasures” (ex. traditions, festivals, dialects, cuisine, music etc.) of participating countries and basic general information concerning these countries. The download section of the game will provide how-to-use instructions for adult educators, that are willing to integrate the game in their lessons.

The game will additionally have a separate “Educator Section” with search/filter/comment function, where the educators will find step-by step description of innovative activating methods, relevant materials and instructions related to non-formal blended learning of adults. The technical development of the INCULT game its “Educator Section” and transfer of contents will be conducted by the project leader.

Throughout of the project, partner organisations supported by their senior learning groups collect and define “intangible cultural treasures” of their countries to further integrate them into INCULT game. These learning groups of adult/senior (45+) learners (around 7-12 in each group) will be established in every partner country to work locally and exchange internationally by video conferencing and other means. To support the groups in their learning process, one staff member of each participating organisation will undergo a short-term moderator training and one staff member will acquire a new media trainer qualification in a short-term staff training.

The learning groups will take part in all project activities prior to the technical development of the educational game INCULT: they will support the participating organisations on developing a questionnaire for a small-scale survey on intangible cultural treasures, take an active part in carrying out interviews on intangible cultural treasures with people who contribute the to their preservation, participate in the final selection of intangible cultural treasures for the game, also undergo webinars and an international 5-day training. The activities with the working groups will be based on participatory intercultural approach and innovative activating methods of blended discovery learning of adults.

The project aims to:
-raise awareness of the importance of European cultural heritage and spread knowledge about its diversity through participatory development and dissemination the educational online game INCULT.
-help adult educators extend their competences, teaching methods and tools, by offering them a multilingual and a universal learning tool for their teaching and a set of innovative activating methods, useful materials and learner/staff qualification guidance, that can be applied in blended learning process.
-foster non-formal lifelong learning by helping project participants acquire new skills in blended learning and empower them through the participatory approach by using their competences.

The participants of the project, educators as well as learners, will acquire new practical skills, esp. in new media and ICT. Through international encounter, that will foster their critical thinking, they will be able to combat possible stereotypes about their European neighbours. The project can help its partner institutions exchange experience and in the long term strengthen the bonds between their countries and organisations.
Adult educators will be able to develop their competences in blended learning, profiting from diverse methods/materials and a new multilingual offer with detailed instructions on its implementation. Through wide dissemination activities/multiplier events, different European institutions will be able to exchange experience, that in the long term will contribute to improving their teaching methods.
All of the direct and indirect project participants and target groups will become aware of the diversity of Europe’s intangible cultural heritage and acquire new knowledge on this topic. Connecting through their shared intangible culture, European neighbours from East and West will feel united, which contributes to the European future in peace and mutual respect.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 254170 Eur

Project Coordinator

Institut für virtuelles und reales Lernen in der Erwachsenenbildung an der Universität Ulm e.V. (ILEU) & Country: DE

Project Partners

• FEDERUNI
• UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE
• Zavod za proucavanje kulturnog razvitka
• Asociatia “Liga Scriitorilor” Filiala Timisoara Banat
• UNIVERSITY OF RUSE ANGEL KANCHEV