peacecamp 2018
The Familiar and the Foreign: An Encounter of Cultures
July 3rd – 13th, 2018 in Lackenhof and in Vienna
peacecamp 2018 will take place from July 3rd to 13th, bringing together teenagers from 4 nations – Jewish and Palestinian youngsters from Israel and youth from Hungary and Austria.
The encounter starts and ends at Vienna Airport and takes place in Lackenhof/Lower Austria (9 days) and in Vienna (1 day).
Registration for peacecamp commits to participation through the entire program in all its activities.
Participants acknowledge and agree to peacecamp being filmed and the video shown in different contexts related to the peacecamp project.
Participants are 16 – 18 years old high school pupils from
- the Jewish-Israeli Zvulun School of Kibbutz Yagur
- the Arab-Israeli Hagalil School in Nazareth
- the Hungarian Laslo Szent Gymnasium in Budapest
- a mixed group from schools in and around Vienna plus a small number of youth seeking asylum in Austria
Our Team comprises
1 group psychoanalyst
2 artists/art therapists
4 accompanying teachers (one per group)
1 video filmmaker
2 teachers/historians – experts in (contemporary) history and social education
1 assistant – a former participant of the Palestinian group, now teacher in an Arab school in Israel
1 psychologist/psychotherapist – director of the peacecamp project
1 organizational director
The peacecamp program is structured with 90 minutes’ pleasurable and challenging workshops such as
- I feel good workshop: morning session consisting of music and movement, getting to know exercises, nonverbal communication, challenges
- large group led by the group psychoanalyst, with all young and adult participants
- art workshops allowing for a creative working through of the issues and themes of the peacecamp, leading to a final show4peace
- talks4peace – a workshop which triggers thoughts and reflection upon social and political issues relevant to the participating groups
- 4 culture evenings enabling each group to present their cultural, religious, political connection with their own group of reference
- show4peace/Lackenhof with “Ambassador of peace” award given to each participant
- show4peace/Vienna in a theatre in front of a real audience
Preparations
All participating pupils will be given preparatory assignments to bring or to send before the peacecamp begins.
individual assignments
- questionnaire 4 questions4peace
- life story book/family album
group assignment
- preparation of a culture evening
- poster and/or small video with themes to reflect upon in the talks4peace
Evaluation and assessment
After the peacecamp, all participants will be asked to provide three documents
- 4questions4peace (again)
- feedback questionnaire
- essay “This was peacecamp for me”
Information: https://peacecamp2018.antville.org
https://peacecamptexts.blogger.de/ (summary of all peacecamps so far)
Contact
Evelyn Böhmer-Laufer - bohmer@utanet.at
Ronny Böhmer - ronaldo@utanet.at
Vienna, October 2nd, 2018
Evelyn Böhmer-Laufer
Director of the peacecamp project
