Seminar on media education and digital activism in Palermo (Italy) from 24 to 27 November 2021.

Associazione InformaGiovani is offering to youth workers, educators, teachers and activists the opportunity to join the seminar DAMLAC (Digital and Media Literacy for Active Citizenship) supported by Erasmus+ programme, on the topic of media education and digital activism.

The seminar will involve 30 participants from 10 European countries (Italy, Estonia, Greece, Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Hungary) from 24 to 27 November 2021 (arrival date: 23/11/2021; departure date: 28/11/2021).
 
DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES
The seminar is aimed at promoting active exchange of experience, expertise, ideas and tools among non-governmental youth organizations dealing with media literacy and media education. The seminar will be useful to exchange experience and, mainly to check if it is possible to establish a network or youth organization dealing with media literacy with a critical approach. In a long term perspective, the project aims at promoting the development of new activities, new tools and new methodologies on the specific subject and the implementation of new actions in the frame of Erasmus+ with involvement of both formal and non-formal educational sectors.
 
Aims of the seminar are the followings:

• sharing experiences related both to the "desocialising" aspects of the Internet and devices for mobile connection, and to the opportunities that digital communication and online communication tools offer in terms of information and communication and in terms of stimulus and participation support
• promoting cooperation and the exchange of good practices and experiences between different subjects who are engaged on the subject of media and digital literacy and education with a critical approach
• contributing to a path of general dissemination of media literacy as a fundamental tool for the promotion of active citizenship, especially among young people and with an active role played by youth organizations with their own peculiarities and their own capacity for involvement through non-education formal
• developing new activities, new tools and new shared projects on the subject of media literacy and education

 
Participants will have the opportunity to acquire:

• specific technical knowledge (for example the role of algorithmic media, the role of algorithms outside of media, the psychological mechanisms that determine dependence on technology, etc.)
• share reflections on the link between young people, media and some social phenomena (for example cyber bullying, FOMO and so on)

 
PARTICIPANTS PROFILE

• aged 18+
• youth workers, educators, teachers young activists with interest or experience in the topic of meda education and literacy;
• staff members or volunteers with knowledge in the field of media education and literacy in order to contribute to the seminar
• young and adult people willing to act as multipliers in their professional or volunteering local context and to plan/implement follow-up initiatives in the topics of the seminar.

 
FINANCIAL CONDITIONS
Board and lodging: provided by Associazione InformaGiovani during the activity period.
Travel costs: reimbursed on actual costs incurred up to the budget limit based on Erasmus+ distance calculator as listed in the infosheet below. Reimbursement will be done by bank transfer after receiving the needed supporting documents (invoice / booking confirmation and boarding passes / tickets) and completion of the EU Survey questionnaire by the participant.
 
HOW TO APPLY
Please, fill the form at the following link: https://forms.gle/8Dw6n5sM9E5rpg4A6
Deadline: OPEN FOR PARTICIPANTS FROM SPAIN, NETHERLANDS, POLAND
 
For more information, please read the document INFOSHEET_DAMLAC ENG