Recent events in Europe such as the welcome policies of migrants or terrorist attacks, significantly contribute to the complexity of these issues. The pedagogical sphere is getting more and more solicited to effectively accompany the youth, finding answers and developing integration and prevention strategies. This mission proves itself to be rather complicated since the profile of youth in our establishments highly diversified during the last few years. Their values, their stories and their cultures are often intersected without a mutual understanding. More and more pupils leave the school system earlier and we are faced with the challenge of learning how to handle this new problem.

 

For this reason, the partnership with European memorials is a powerful tool for reaching common solutions and introducing memories in the educational sphere. The memorials have for their mission not only to inform about their own historical contexts, but also to teach citizenship and peace.

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The added value of our project is the introduction of art and artistic expression as an innovative pedagogical method used for the acquisition of knowledge and skills and the communication around more intimate memories in the context which goes beyond the school and the local setting since it is actually being integrated in a European perspective emphasizing the place of young people in the dialogue with the institutions. 

 

This approach will allow a concrete insight into the multiplicity of diverse memories and it will give pupils the possibility to express and become aware of common elements of those memories despite their diversity. Art will enable a true communication between all students participating in the project, transcending possible linguistic and cultural barriers and promoting mutual understanding.

 

Through tracing personal family histories, our aim is to teach youth to gain ownership over memories and open a large space for expression of emotions and creativity.