Implementation
Istanbul workshops were realised within May 2018 as weekend workshops, at the premises of cocukistanbul’s strategical partner Studio X Istanbul, covering total 3 weekends. A sum of 106 children participated the workshops which is parallel to the target of 25 children per each workshop.
Rotterdam workshops were realised within June 2018 as school group workshops run at the primary school “de Boog” in Schiemond area and the primary school “de Valentijn” in Delfshaven area, covering 3 school days. A sum of 100 children participated the workshops again in line with targeted group numbers.
Children attending to public schools fairly represent children of families from lower socio-economic background compared to those attending to private schools in Turkey. cocukistanbul, gives special emphais to mix different socio-economic backgroud children in all workshops and events practiced. Same has been practiced with this project workshop.
Wereldmuseum has preferred to work with two district schools, located at areas heavily occupied by lower socio-economic background immigrant families. There are no “private” schools in Rotterdam comparable to Istanbul.
cocukistanbul chose a method to cover children from all around Istanbul. Wereldmuseum sought a collaboration with 2 Rotterdam schools, namely primary school ‘de Boog’ in Schiemond erea and primary school ‘de Valentijn’ in Delfshaven area. The workshop was plotted in 4 different classes. Rotterdam children represent a more closed group in terms of socio-economic back ground and living area/neighbourhood.
Workshop
During the workshops the children reflected how they percieve their city, decribed the place they live with its surroundings by drawing, expressed verbally and then being “city planners” they transformed the place they live in a way they feel best to their and all other living. In Istanbul, they then defended their ideas to the questioning participants, including the parents that acted as “city council”.
The outputs can be collected under two headings:
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How children percieve the city they live in
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What does Istanbul/Rotterdam mean to you?
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Voice you hear in Istanbul/Rotterdam?
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Smell you feel in Ä°stanbul /Rotterdam
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Colour you see in Ä°stanbul/Rottredam
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Drawing and Re-designing their neighbourhood: Neighbourhood picture/sketch description and if and what to change? Why?
