Regional funding for three-year collaborative MIK project!

Given today's age-segregated society, issues of intergenerational interaction are increasingly relevant. And from a natural and cultural heritage perspective, questions about how different generations relate practically and visionarily to what it means to “live sustainably” are at least as important. Sustainable Communitylaunches new perspectives on how local natural and cultural heritage can be saved and used in the long term between and within different generations. In a series of workshops on historical imagery, older and younger people will learn to create short films together about the future of their neighbourhood. Based on these workshops, the project is testing and developing an educational that contributes to the participants' social engagement and participation in democratic processes and improves their ability to find and critically evaluate visual information and use it in their own visionary film productions. Such improved media and information knowledge (MIK) can, among other things, stimulate a continuous visual communication and civic dialogue. 

In addition to GPS400, Mediapoolen Västra Götaland AB (project owner), Filmpedagogerna, Göteborgsregionen, Västra Götalandsregionen/Kulturutveckling and Visual Arena are part of Sustainable Community. During the first year of the project, participants from Fristad's local community association and a middle school class from Gula school in Borås are also involved. In project year two, other Swedish community associations and schools will be invited, and in project year three, Sustainable Community will also collaborate with international colleagues and partners.