Call for participants
Snapshots of history
International youth exchange
Chernivtsi, Ukraine, 5-18 of August 2013
About the project
“Snapshots of history” youth exchange will gather 26 participants from 5 countries (Ukraine, Italy, Moldova, Estonia and Slovakia) in Chernivtsi, with aim to explore history of the city, exchange about history and remembrance in European context, and discover multi-cultural community of Chernivtsi.
Participants will study history of the city through replicating historic postcards and making photos of modern look of same places, discovering stories and histories behind photographed places, interaction of different minorities of this multi-cultural city, and making a photo exhibition of historic postcards and their modern replicas. The exchange program and exhibition will cover such places as Metropolitan residence becoming university and UNESCO world heritage site, Jewish temple becoming cinema, national houses of ethnic minorities, historic cemeteries, area which was Ghetto during WW2, town districts which were populated by different ethnic groups etc. The program of the exchange, and the exhibition will reflect special feature of the city - its multi-ethnic and multi-cultural history and community: stories of Jewish, Polish, Romanian-Moldovan, German-Austrian, Ukrainian life in Chernivtsi, as well as interaction between different ethnic groups (as Trayan Popovici case when Romanian mayor saved almost 20 000 Jews, and Jewish girl Miriam Taylor surviving ghetto in Chernivtsi, or Romanian and Turkish mass graves at the Jewish cemetery etc).
The project is organized with support of Youth in Action programme Executive Agency.
The program of the youth exchange will include following activities:
- workshops and discussions in the group on memory and remembrance, history, multiculturalism
- meeting representatives of different ethnic minorities, learning about their history
- free time, excursions and study trips in Chernivtsi and around, research and learning about historic buildings and areas of the city
- photography work in the city to replicate historic postcards and prepare exhibition of historic postcards and their modern replicas, promotion of exhibition in the city, preparing workshops and discussions with guest speakers during the exhibition
- photo exhibition “Snapshots of history”, collecting its materials and preparing possible follow up (for instance photo blog with virtual exhibition)
Financial conditions
All costs concerning meals and accommodation, as well as the program and materials will be fully covered for the whole duration of the youth exchange. Travel costs will be reimbursed 70% ( up to 50 Euro for Moldova).
We encourage you to consider environmental impact of the trip, and use environmentally friendly transport means.
Participants profile:
- Able to work in English, knowledge of Russian would be an asset
- Interest and motivation to participate to the project and contribute to its program with ideas, information, proposals for discussions etc. Interest in history, multiculturalism and photography
- Between 18 and 25 years old
- Available to join for the whole duration of the project
- Resident in one of the 5 countries involved in the project
Application procedure
- Deadline for applications is July 2nd, 2013
- If you are interested ask for the application form at avi@avimd.org.
Looking forward to welcome you in Chernivtsi!