Almost 30 participants from Poland, Estonia, Germany, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine started the international training “Once Upon Today … in Europe”, a full week covering methods, ideas or discussions on how to work with historical narratives in non-formal youth education. The training takes place between 25th September – 2nd October 2017 in the beautiful setting Read more about Once upon today … in Europe 2017. 25th September 2017[…]
The project team met in Berlin to organise the next activities of “Once upon today… in Europe” in 2017! The project is going to take place this year for the fourth time, starting with a training between 25.09 – 02.10.2017 in Krzyzowa (Poland). And it also was a lot of fun 😉
During the Youth Meeting in 2016, the groups of students from Estonia, Germany, Moldova, Ukraine, Romania and Poland presented the microprojects they had created in their home countries in order to present their lives, culture, city, country etc. Below, feel free to discover the different outcomes: 1.The microproject of the group from Estonia: Estonia 2. Read more about Microprojects “OUT”[…]
The concepts of museums of history often focus a national level of history. In order to discover the relations between histories of different cultures, the participants of “Once upon today…in Europe” thought about elementary questions like “What is Europe?”, “What is history?” or “What is a museum?” before creating their own conpect of an international Read more about Creating a European Museum of History[…]
Today, we discovered the Capital of Culture in 2016: WrocÅ‚aw (Breslau). Despite the rainy weather, we got to know many interesting corners of the city and facts about it via a guided tour. We saw a Synagogue, original & reconstructed buildings, went to a traditional Polish restaurant and ate a typical dish: Pierogi (Polish dumplings). Read more about WrocÅ‚aw – Capital of Culture 2016[…]
At first glance, this place might only seem to be a beautiful old residence of a noble family. But already on their first day here, the participants of “Once upon today…in Europe” discovered that it is much more than that! Via a guided tour through the gallery, the ‘House on the Hill’ as well as Read more about Tell me something about you, Krzyżowa![…]
Interviewing Mathilda, participant: Did you learn anything new during the workshop “Same event – different story”? -“I discovered historical events I didn’t know about – especially concerning Moldova (the deportation in 1946 was new to me). Furthermore, I got to know personal stories of the others, not only national history.” 2. Did you like the Read more about Same event – different story[…]
On the first day of the Youth Meeting “Once upon today…in Europe” in Krzyzowa, the participants got to know each other… but first of all – themselves: during the workshop “Flowers of Identity”, each of them drew a flower related to herself/himself in order to think about her/his own story, character, background etc. After that, Read more about Flowers of Identity[…]
The first visit to the Polish cemetery was a great experience for the team of Smila Lyceum working on the project ‘Mystery clad in marble.‘ We had not expected such a neglected sight, but were also struck by this place where each square meters breathes glorious historic past. Stone tombs and sepulchers – most of Read more about Mystery clad in marble (UA)[…]
Open Air Museum in Mereni (partially under construction), Moldova – From narratives to exhibition, Creating a place of pilgrimage for all those who feel affected by the repression that they or their relatives were subjected to and to those who want to know more about the political repression in Moldova. A place to bring the Read more about My dream: Open Air Museum in Mereni (MD)[…]