The “Cultural and Historical Awareness for Active Citizenship” (CHAC) project aims to initiate a community engagement process of active citizenship.
The project will be introducing public and oral history methodologies to the local youth through training and workshops.
The youth will then use their learned skill-set to engage with local community members and conduce local history research. They will interview community members, collect stories, visual materials, historical documents etc. on their neighborhoods, cities or areas.
The gathered material will then be curated and exhibited as part of an exhibition.
As X-arts, we’re excited to be project coordinator for this Erasmus+ project.
Searching for trainers and educators
ARE YOU
interested in working with young adults from diverse backgrounds?
interested in learning and teaching new methodologies about public and oral histories, and helping develop new ones?
interested in introducing public and oral history methodologies to local youth, in encouraging participants to engage with local community members here in Vienna?
You would be guiding youth on collecting oral histories from local citizens and creating an exhibition from the material collected!
About the workshop
This September, our local and national research will culminate in a 10-day non-consecutive workshop.
Young adults will be trained on public and oral history gathering methods. The project’s goal is to initiate a community engagement process – the trainees will collect historical stories and data from people in their local neighborhood.
Calling out for educators and trainers:
We are looking for two educators/ trainers that will guide a diverse group of participants. As an educator, you will receive training in public and oral history methodologies and will guide the participant to establish their own personal archive, as well as encourage them to interact with the local community.
More info
General program:The workshop consists of 3 phases, taking place will take place over 10 days (non-consecutive) – to be split by 2 educators.
The gathered materials will then be curated (with the trainees) to be transformed into an exhibition.
TRAINING
The educators will go through an online training in June where they will be guided into the topic and their responsibilities.
WORKSHOP OUTLINE
Introduction: This will be a training phase, where the educators will train the participants on oral history methods. It will take place over 2 days back to back, during the second week of September (dates flexible).
Research: 3 days on location – the trainees will interact and speak with community members, get to know their histories and current situation.
Collection and creation: 5 days on location, the students collect documentation (photos, documents, photographs) and note their own memories and stories as part of the archive, and interview 6 locals.
EXHIBITION
The exhibition will take place for a minimum of 2 days in March of 2025.
How to apply
Apply by sending a CV and brief motivation to: dannynedkova@x-arts.eu
REQUIREMENTSVery good level of German and English language.
Ability to lead the workshop on the basis of a flat hierarchy.
Having experience in teaching, education, pedagogy, art pedagogy or having experience in leading workshops
Beneficial is to have closeness to the topic of the workshop
COMPENSATION
Compensation in the form of a flat rate will be offered for the collaboration.