Core features of the practice
Organisation:
Institution name: Minor Projektkontor für Bildung und Forschung
Institution type: NGO
Institution URL: https://minor-kontor.de/we-refugees-wir-fluechtende/Format:
Exhibition, Instructional material, OtherTarget population:
Students, Educators in formal settings, Educators in non-formal settings, Civil society and non-profit leaders, General public/non-specialist audienceCost (per practice):
FreeSetting:
No specific setting requiredThemes:
Remembrance education and/or history education, Antisemitism, Xenophobia and other prejudices, Human rights/discrimination, The Holocaust and/or other genocidesCore activities:
Internet research, Film viewing, Image analysis, Textual analysis, Testimonial
Additional information about the practice
Number of participants:
Not applicableAge of target population:
16-18, 19-25, 26+ yearsAdditional specifics:
NoneTopics and objectives:
We Refugees Archive is a digital archive on refugeedom, past and present. It focuses on individual micro-histories and the city as a microcosm of refuge and new beginnings. Testimonies of refugees in National Socialism and today are contextualized and edited for international remembrance and education work.Materials used:
Written or other published material, Audiovisual material, Online material
Link to the material:Material produced:
Not applicableSequence of activities - methodology:
The We Refugees Archive can be explored individually or by usage of the educational modules (https://en.we-refugees-archive.org/praxis/). Educators can create their own tool boxes/modules by using the "Bookmark" function.Length of activity:
Up to 5 hoursIs the activity digital?:
Yes: https://en.we-refugees-archive.org/Language(s) in which activity can be delivered:
English, American, GermanIs specialist knowledge or professional training required?:
No
Target population
Components of the practice
Accessibility and replicability
Qualitative Details
Has this practice been evaluated?
NoCore content knowledge and transferable skills:
More awareness for the experience of refugees, their agency, support and exclusion mechanisms, continuities and ruptures between the past and the presenceIndicators of success:
highly adaptable to different context, flexible usage, no costs, multilingualismEducational coordinator contact details:
Name: Anne von Oswad
Email address: a.oswald@minor-kontor.de
Scalability
The RETHINK project is concerned with bridging formal and informal education. This section explores the factors that make a practice adaptable.
Key factors for successful implementation:
Other factor – please specify, internet access and basic digital skillsMain challenges to teachers adapting this practice for their students:
Creating an understanding for the differences and similarities between refugees' experiences in past and present and different placesAvailability of guidance/training/replication materials (and in what language/format currently):
Guided toor through the archive, education modules (https://en.we-refugees-archive.org/praxis/)Other comments or details:
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