UWC Short Course "Connecting Borders"
Education Management - İznik, Bursa, Turkey
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UWC Short Course "Connecting Borders" Details
The world's globalization and growing interconnectedness urges young people to find spaces for intercultural exchange and dialogue. Connecting Borders empowers young people from different backgrounds and cultures to become an active and critical member of their respective communities and provides them with a platform to exchange ideas, experiences and their cultures. As our previous programs have demonstrated, participants leave the Short Course with more confidence and empathy, ready to make a change in their local environments.Building on the success of previous editions since 2013, the UWC Short Course Turkey 2018 will touch on issues of identity and society – and their several intersections –, to give young participants a chance to rethink and discuss the biggest challenges facing our world today.The complexity of these themes will be explored through storytelling, transnational identity construction and the analysis of current political, economic and social issues from multiple perspectives. Furthermore, the results of these explorations will be expressed by participants through the elaboration of a tangible final project, to be implemented in their respective home communities.Who?The UWC Short Course "Connecting Borders" will bring together 40 young people, between 16 and 18 years old, from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Where?Turkey - a dynamic, diverse and intercontinental location that provides a rich context to pursue our goals.When?July 1st - 11th, 2018.What? UWC is an organization founded in 1962 with the vision of bringing together young people to address conflict through the values of community interaction and cross-cultural understanding. Over the last decades, the movement has expanded its reach to 17 schools and dozens of short courses around the world. Short courses form an integral part of the UWC mission to expand its values to a wider audience.
