The Anti-Bullying Movement Series is designed to use art & culture (primarily dance) to disrupt bullying in youth-at-risk by increasing the skills & competences of artists, educators, youth workers, educational leaders, & support staff that serve youth.
The next (second) training of the project in Hildesheim, Germany, is dedicated to two topics: Cultural Safety and Cyberbullying.
When: 2 – 6 April, 2022
Where: Hildesheim, Germany and online
Applicants can choose to participate physically or digitally
This training is hosted by our partner, Netzwerk Kultur & Heimat
Apply Here: https://antibullyingmovementseries.eu/apply/
(by the application choose Cultural Safety & Cyberbullying workshop)
Cultural Safety Practices aim to create a socially, emotionally, and physically safe environment for people where their identity and needs are no longer denied. It is about a cultural work that values heterogeneity as the base for collective learning. With this LTT we will discuss strategies and pitfalls when engaging vulnerable groups within the processes of cultural and artistic production. The LTT will give us the opportunity to share experiences on how culture can contribute to inclusion and a sense of community, but we will also ask, how cultural work and artistic experiences can be designed safely? How can sensitive issues be addressed with affected groups through art and culture?
Cyberbullying – recent studies have proofed that half of all young people and children are either affected by cyberbullying or are closely acquainted with an affected person. COVID-19 has reinforced this trend. On this LTT we will discuss this phenomenon and ask, how art and culture can contribute to the prevention and intervention of cyberbullying among youth.
Program – detailed version:
Saturday, 2nd of April 2022
4pm-6pm | Opening (Hybrid)
Opening including keynotes on Cultural Safety and Cyberbullying
6pm | Performance by the Ars Saltandi Dance Collective
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Sunday, 3rd of April 2022
9-12am | Creating together with rural communities (tour through the district of Hildesheim)
Multi-generation house Nordstemmen offers a self-organized cultural program in which people of all ages, but also of different cultures, actively participate and contribute to the offers of this cultural center.
Forum Heersum organizes “Landscape Theater”. Every year, the Forum dedicates itself to a village in the district of Hildesheim. The residents not only co-determine the script together with professional staff but become actors themselves. In a “Landscape Theater” the village and its surroundings form the stage and backdrop of the play. The audience is on its feet and moves open-air while attending the play.
2.30-4.30pm | Designing cultural work safely – Avoiding (re)traumatization (Hybrid)
Play extracts and discussion with Theater Springinsfeld – this theater company goes into elementary schools as well as institutions for people with disabilities with plays for the prevention of sexualized violence. The company will share their experiences, from the development of their plays together with target groups to the implementation, which is accompanied by specialized staff in order to avoid possible (re)traumatization.
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Monday, 4th of April 2022
9-12.30am | Quarter of Cultural Participation (tour through Hildesheim Nordstadt)
The north of Hildesheim is characterized by migration histories and social disadvantage. To improve the quality of life and combat social injustice, many institutions rely on outreach cultural work – based on participation and processes on eye-level.
Station 1 + 2 | We are the city – Working with culturally diverse groups
The Faserwerk is an open space that dedicates itself to the question of how cultural events, craft-workshops and active interventions in public space can create sustainable places of encounter that help residents to develop a sense of community and identification with their district. They use culture to involve women and children with a migration history in actively shaping their living environment. The Faserwerk belongs to the socio-cultural center KulturFabrik Löseke.
An encounter with the tpz-Hildesheim (center for applied theatre) is planned. The tpz is currently creating a new cultural center in the middle of the Nordstadt. It will open its doors towards the neighborhood and its needs. Again, outreach cultural work is a decisive element to address together with vulnerable groups topics of social relevance.
Station 3 | Communication and Accessibility (Hybrid)
with the Theaterhaus and Clara-Maria Scheim, Agent for Inclusion at the Theater of Lower Saxony
The Theaterhaus is a stage for independent theater companies. It is experimenting on creating a cultural offering that is equally accessible to hearing and hearing-impaired people while refraining from mere translation. At the same time the Theaterhaus is part of the KulturInklusiv network, where Hildesheim-based cultural professionals and social players alike meet regularly to develop joint strategies for cultural work for and especially with people with disabilities.
Clara-Maria Scheim specialized in cultural and mediation projects that are based on simple and easy language and are thus suitable for people with impairments, people with a migration history and children. She is also the Inclusion Agent at the Theater of Lower Saxony in Hildesheim.
3.30-5.30pm | Workshops
Workshop 1 | TheatreFragile: Mask theater with culturally diverse groups
The German-French theater company TheatreFragile uses mask design and mask play, in the context of transcultural theater as a basis for dealing with cultural codes and the perception of the other. The medium of mask in the field of cultural education frees the player from the social mask, from cultural origin, language, age and gender. Characteristic of TheatreFragile is the collective work on sensitive topics (exile, age) with people who are directly affected.
Workshop 2 | Björn von Lindeiner: Digital Media in Social Work (Hybrid)
Björn von Lindeiner is a lecturer at the University for Applied Science (HAWK) and regularly develops various projects with students that are implemented in schools throughout Hildesheim. The aim is to promote a positive and creative approach to media among young people.
Workshop 3 | Ars Saltandi: Power of Words – A dance project with young people about cyberbullying
At the Ars Saltandi Dance School young people regularly develop choreographies on social topics that are award winning. The latest project “Power of Words” is dedicated to the topic of cyberbullying.
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Tuesday, 5th of April 2022
9-11.30am | Brunch – Networking Event
1-3pm | Lectures on Cyberbullying (Hybrid)
Marek Fink (Zeichen gegen Mobbing e.V.) gives in his lecture “Cyberbullying and youth” a general introduction to the phenomenon of cyberbullying and how COVID-19 has contributed to an aggravation.
Sylvia Jaki (University of Hildesheim) will discuss in her lecture on “Online Hate Speech” the question: What is the impact of the option to speak anonymously in public and what does it do to those who use it and their victims?
3.30-5.30 pm | Free Workshops
Workshop 1 | TheatreFragile: Mask theater with culturally diverse groups
The German-French theater company TheatreFragile uses mask design and mask play, in the context of transcultural theater as a basis for dealing with cultural codes and the perception of the other. The medium of mask in the field of cultural education frees the player from the social mask, from cultural origin, language, age and gender. Characteristic of TheatreFragile is the collective work on sensitive topics (exile, age) with people who are directly affected.
Workshop 2 | Björn von Lindeiner: Digital Media in Social Work (Hybrid)
Björn von Lindeiner is a lecturer at the University for Applied Science (HAWK) and regularly develops various projects with students that are implemented in schools throughout Hildesheim. The aim is to promote a positive and creative approach to media among young people.
Workshop 3 | Ars Saltandi: Power of Words – A dance project with young people about cyberbullying
At the Ars Saltandi Dance School young people regularly develop choreographies on social topics that are award winning. The latest project “Power of Words” is dedicated to the topic of cyberbullying.
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Wednesday, 6th of April 2022
10-12am | Reflections (Hybrid)
Round Table Discussion: Reflecting on the outcome of the LTT
For further informaion about the project visit its website: https://antibullyingmovementseries.eu/