peacecamp2016

Living Together
peacecamp 2016:July 5th – 15th in Lackenhof and in Vienna

Participants
- Mixed Austrian group: 12 participants, 60% “Austrian”, 40 % “refugees”.
- Hungarian group: 8 participants, 50% girls/boys
- Palestinian group from a high School in Nazareth. 8 participants, 50% girls/boys
- Jewish Israeli group from Kibbutz Yagour High school. 8 participants, 50% boys/girls
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Objectives
- learning about one’s own and other’s personal identity and life circumstances
- learning about different cultures and countries
- against xenophobia, antisemitism, racism, prejudice
- learning about democracy and constitutional legality
- experiencing “living together” with people from d9fferent nations, countries, cultures, religions
- minorities, integration
- migration, exile, flight, being a stranger
- dealing with conflict . Narratives. viewpoints.
- breaking the polarization of “victims” and “perpetrators”, of “good” and “bad” ones.
- responsibility and possibilities of each individual to take care of the “social hygiene” of his/her personal environment

General tools
- exploring own and others’ personal history
- exploring actual (shared) chapters of own and others’ national history/narratives
- developing empathy for the suffering of “the other” in national conflict
- experiencing solidarity, cooperation and mutual assistance in coping with tasks and goals
- show4peace: produce a shared “product” that can be shown to, and appreciated, by an audience
- Team meeting

Workshops
- Art: find creative ways to explore and share with one another aspects of your own and others’ personal, cultural history
- Outdoor: cope together with talks which require cooperation, solidarity, sharing, creativity, wit, humor
- large group: explore your own, and listen to, others’ feelings, narratives; meet the “racist within yourself”; learn to gain control over your own unfriendly feelings; listening and sharing.
- culture evenings: create an evening that conveys with relish characteristics of your own country, culture, religion or anything particular of your own group
- talks4peace: face questions relevant to your identity, to the political and social issues of your region and your time. develop sensitivity to racism, incitement; explore the use of constructive as opposed to destructive political instruments
- reflect the issues of flight, terrorism, new beginnings in a new place/country/society/system.
- reflect how a society can meet (integrate) “strangers”
- personal responsibility: what can I do to make my world a better place (as opposed to “what should they do....”)

Preparations
individual preparation:
- present yourself in blog with a picture and a statement of motivation: why do you want to participate and what do you want to contribute
- 4questions4peace
- bring documentation of your roots and family
group preparation:
- 10 rules
- prepare culture evening with your own group
- assignments talks4peace (to be given)

Team:
- Art & Outdoor: Lukas and AnnPhie
- Large group: Silvio
- Culture evenings: the 4 accompanying teachers
- Show4peace: Annphie & Lukas
- Roots & family : Caroline
- Trauma pedagogics : Caroline and Lotte
- Process guidance and assistance: Lotte organization: Ronny
- Film: Gerald
- fundraising, networking, PR, documentation, publications, etc.: Evelyn
- Project planning and realization: Evelyn

Updates
For information and updates: http://2016.peacecamp.net

Vienna, February 6th, 2016
Evelyn Böhmer-Laufer

Hi, my name is AnnPhie, I´m 26 years old and looking very much forward to meeting you all. I am a professional actress and currently study creative writing in Vienna. This is my third peacecamp and I am thrilled to be part of it again, with my good old friend Lukas. Together we will be responsible for art, games and outdoor fun. I will do acting and theatre exercises and I´m very fond if movement: so get ready to break a sweat and get in touch with your slightly freakish side. If it´s a little embarassing, then it´s probably just right. We will be exhausted, but I can almost guarantee that you will have a good time... eventually. And if you re all in, then we will create something awesome together