Share to Connect: Using storytelling for Youth work
Share to Connect: Using storytelling for Youth work Storytelling is increasingly being used as a tool to initiate communicative, social and intercultural processes among young people. That is because storytelling is about the storyteller as well as the listener and therefore brings connection. In order to achieve that connection worldwide, we regularly pass on our […]
Young meets old: Listening without prejudice
Young meets old How do people see each other when they work on their own story and then share it in a recorded way? Without seeing each other and only hearing each other’s stories, images about the “other” are formed differently. This is what we worked with in Jong ontmoet Oud (Young meets Old) part […]
Casablanca Stories: strengthening identity in Morocco
Casablanca Stories We believe that every community consists of different identities. Identities that enrich and strengthen the community, as long as you can and may celebrate this diversity. To make this diversity more visible, we initiated a bottom-up project in Casablanca to put storytelling on the (cultural and social) agenda of the city. Strenghtening identity […]
Four benefits of storytelling to connect different age groups
Four benefits of storytelling to connect different age groups Storytelling is a strong means of initiating communication between individuals and groups, for example between different generations or different cultural backgrounds. Working in groups is an essential part of this. For example, telling and listening in groups encourages you to really get to know and understand […]
Changemakers: It’s the small big stories that are important
Changemakers: It’s the small big stories that are important In a time of harsh words and radical language, the world is becoming more and more divided. People are hardening and a growing group has a negative outlook on society, causing that necessary connection to be neglected. Personal leadership is therefore more important than ever. What […]
The Human Library: judging by listening
The Human Library: judging by listening When people aren’t strangers to each other and treat each other with benevolence, this will improve the quality of life within a society. And the better the quality of life, the greater the sense of security and the smaller the chance that polarisation or radicalisation will arise within such […]
Together in West: Living Library
Together in West: Living Library Do not judge a book based on its cover, just as you should not judge a person by their appearance. Take the time to find out more about the content … That’s what the Living Library project in Amsterdam Nieuw-West is all about. By listening, you get to know each […]