Projects

SUMMARY
"Veiling/Unveiling" is a 3-phase intercultural seminar involving 3 organizations: Une Terre Culturelle from France, Dock Europe from Germany and KHAYAL from Lebanon. Each of the participating organizations will delegate 8 participants and 1 team leader. Each organization will also organize one of the phases of the seminar in its respective home country. The seminar will deal with the ideas of "hiding, veiling and concealing" and their counterparts at the opposite end of the spectrum "showing, unveiling and discovering" using photography. The focus will revolve around different concealment processes such as those used to hide certain places (places reserved for men and cut off from the outside, sites with no public access, etc,) as well as the various ways in which people “veil” (clothe/cover) themselves, by adopting a constructive approach that relies on photography and perception to address the meanings behind the acts of veiling, hiding and concealing objects and people. At the end of each phase, the organizers will hold an exhibition to showcase a selection of the participants’ photos.

BACKGROUND
The backdrop of this thematic seminar is the controversy over the wearing of the veil that has been going on over the past few years in Germany and France.

TARGET GROUPS
8 participants + 1 team leader from each country.
The seminar addresses people of different ages working in youth structures or in cultural/artistic fields. One essential condition for eligibility is the interest of all participants in using photography as a medium in intercultural work, without any other prior experience or knowledge required.

OBJECTIVE(S)
Overcoming prejudices based on stereotypes and misrepresentations in the media among a group of French, Lebanese and German animators to promote tolerance and encourage integration among different cultures.