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Can I make a difference? 10 case studies about youth participation in Europe
To understand the challenges and opportunities that young people face when participating in everyday democracy, the Critical ChangeLab project conducted ten case studies with young people in ten European countries. Diverse cases of young people living in challenging contexts offer insights into young people’s perspectives on democracy and participation.
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Collaboration, open dialogue and learner-led initiatives: How to improve democratic health in education institutions
What is the state of democracy in education in Europe and how can it be improved? What are deemed to be the most important democratic values and practices? 1233 schools and other institutions offering non-formal education programs from 9 European countries completed the Democracy Health Questionnaire (DHQ) in order to answer these and other questions…
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Meeting the Critical ChangeLab Youth Assembly
In its first meeting, the Critical ChangeLab Youth Assembly members got to know each other, discussed the future of democracy in Europe and gave recommendations on the methods that will be used with the youth during the first year of the project.
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Knowledge can only be alive if it is shared
Jurij Krpan from Kersnikova Institute talks about the hierarchies in our interactions with humans and non-humans in technology, society, and education, and how they can be dissolved into more horizontal, less anthropocentric approaches.
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Giving a voice to young people from very different contexts
Boris Jokić, director of the Institute for Social Research in Zagreb, talks with Johanna Lenhart from Ars Electronica about the importance of bringing the voices of marginalized youth to the forefront and ISRZ’s work on education reform and policy in Croatia.
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Understanding the challenges that technology brings to young people’s lives
Christy Lange from Tactical Tech speaks with Johanna Lenhart from Ars Electronica about the importance of giving young people the space and opportunity to express their voices.
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You can try things, you can experiment. You can also fail.
Hans Christian Merten of create your world talks to Johanna Lenhart from Ars Electronica about the need for opening up learning spaces and the importance of self-preservation for young people.
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More agency is the mission
Eva Vesseur, who leads the Maker Education Lab at Waag Futurelab, talks about how critical making can create agency and contribute to social innovation
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Finding a sense of freedom through art-based learning
Laura Malinverni from the Esbrina research group and the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona speaks about how arts-based research can bring different perspectives to education.
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Responding to challenges with creativity and imagination
Caitlin White from Trinity College Dublin discusses envisioning futures within Critical ChangeLabs and the importance of taking interdisciplinary and critical approaches when working with young people.
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Reimagining civic education at NECE Campus
The Critical ChangeLab team delivered a workshop on ‘Reimagining Civic Education by Cultivating More-Than-Human Care’ as part of the Campus program of NECE (Networking European Civic Education).
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Incomplete circles
Niccolò Milanese the director of European Alternatives talks to Ana-Maria Carabelea from Ars Electronica about the engagement of youth and other missing voices in the discussions on political and societal transformation.
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Becoming the director of one’s future
Cultural entrepreneur and activist, Aris Papadopoulos from LATRA talks about the importance of bringing marginalised perspectives to the forefront of the current discourse about democracy.
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Understanding humans in change
Marianne Kinnula from the University of Oulu talks about how Critical ChangeLabs can create environments in which young people are encouraged to practice agency and create change themselves instead of expecting change to come from others.
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Critical ChangeLab // Beta Festival
The Critical ChangeLab at Trinity College Dublin is launching an after-school prtogramme in collaboration with Beta Festival. In the programme young people will use creative tools (including augmented and virtual reality) to imagine what the future could look like.
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Critical ChangeLab meets in Amsterdam
The Critical ChangeLab Consortium met for the first time in-person at Waag FutureLab in Amsterdam to lay the groundwork for everything to come. Some key areas of discussion included the evolution of the Critical Literacies Framework and the development of the Democracy Health Questionnaire.
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Critical ChangeLab kicks-off
The Critical ChangeLab project embarks on an exciting three year journey to build a resilient European democracy by reinvigorating the relationship between youth and democracy. Partners met together online to kick-off a project centered around direct action democracy, transformative agency, grassroots participation, and meaningful citizen engagement.
