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Deadline: 8 May 2017 for the summer edition and 17 July 2017 for the autumn edition
Open to: all candidates age 18-25, including students and freelancers representing various areas of interest that may include history, cultural anthropology, sociology and audiovisual arts, among others
Venue: Warsaw, Poland
European Network Remembrance and Solidarity is launching a recruitment process for an ongoing educational project called In Between?, which aims to encourage the young generation of Europeans to explore 20th-century history by speaking with those who lived it. Participants are given a unique opportunity to gain theoretical and practical experience in documenting oral stories.
After 4-day workshops in Warsaw participants will have learned the theoretical basics of interview methodology, digital video camera operation, photography, digitalisation of visual materials, archiving and historical context. Then, they will be divided into groups of six to travel to border towns and other localities for seven days. During their stay they will conduct and document interviews with local inhabitants. Recollections, sound and video recordings, photographs, letters as well as scanned documents and other items reflecting the daily life of the communities will constitute a basis for building accounts of their travel that will be shared with historical institutions and local archives, including the National Digital Archive and the Virtual Shtetl (Museum of the History of Polish Jews).
The Recruitment shall be open exclusively to adults (“Candidate“), who:
a) In case of those interested in participating in the Summer Edition – are younger than 25 years of age on 1 July 2017; in case of those interested in participating in the Autumn Edition – are younger than 26 years of age on 13 September 2017;
b) Show a knowledge of English of at least the B2 level (in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages of the Council of Europe);
c) Are citizens of European countries.
The organizers shall cover the costs of the participants’ accommodation during the delivery of the project as well as the costs of the Participants’ transport from the place of workshop delivery to the respective regions for which they have been qualified.
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