II. Gimnazija Maribor, Maribor (SLO) - Sir M. A. Refalo Centre, Gozo (MT)
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First Report // Erster Projektbericht
1. Title of project // Projekttitel
Crossing east-west-north-south cultural borders
-A project that observes different attitudes to art in a diverse Europe-
2. Partner schools // Partnerschulen
Denmark, Portugal, Slovenia, Malta
School #1: II. Gimnazija Maribor, Maribor (SLO)
School #2: Sir M. A. Refalo Centre, Gozo (MT)
3. Working language // Arbeitssprache
English
4. Participants: (all persons involved - students, teachers) // TeilnehmerInnen (alle involvierten Personen - SchülerInnen, LehrerInnen
Slovenia:
Teacher: Polona Oblak (English)
Students/ Age:
Malta:
Mario Cassar (Art & Design Teacher)
Students/ Age:16-18yrs
Project partners (other persons or institutions involved - e.g. experts, artist, organisations) // ProjektpartnerInnen (andere involvierte Personen oder Institutionen - z.B. ExpertInnen, KünstlerInnen, Organisationen etc.)
5. Idea of the project / project description / runtime // Entstehung der Projektidee / Projektbeschreibung / Laufzeit
Cultural borders and boundaries in public space-
Everywhere we move in public space, we meet expressions of culture: City planning, architecture, sounds, smells, dress code, behaviour, language etc. often without thinking consciously about it, we conform to these expressiones, take for granted the boundaries they create and move within them. The idea of this project is to make the students aware of these cultural boundaries in public space by, first, explaining to the students what different concepts of culture and interculture entail and then letting them explore the boundaries in different spheres of public space in their own country and communicating their thoughts about them.
6. Aims of the project // Projektziele
Medium: podcast. The idea is to make tree radioprograms (upload on the Querdenken-wiki) and take pictures of the objects that are placed in a public space.
1. February (second week)
Presentation: Each school presents itself
Subjects: The School, The students, National marks (capital, sights, inhabitans), National modern litteratur and art (The studenst interview interesting people from there own country about this topic).
'2. March (second week)
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Performance:
An object that is not typical in the school is placed in the building's entrance or foyer
Interactiv interview: The students interview one another.
It was decided that a camping be put in the school and the following details and questions are asked:
1. Name and age of student
2. What do you think this object is?
3. What material/s do you think it's made of?
4. From what side would you prefer to see this object?
5. Do agree that this object be permanently exhibited in the school grounds? Reasons for the answer.
The interviews (on forum) is made for a radio-program and upload on the Wiki
3. April (second week)<br>
The Product: Each school contacts an artist. The artist comes up with an idea, which should be manifested as a non-typical object to be put in a common place, such as the town's main square. The students will produce a raportage and interviews about the cultural borders they discover. First of all the students should be aware of the different reactions they discover, but also ask people about what they think about the artist's idea regarding the object exhibited.
Picture of the happening are uploaded on wiki>
The teacher produces 3 questions about the culture in his own country and send them around to the other partners:
Then, the students are meant to create inter-cultural communication by crossing these boundaries in creative expression without language (as language itself is one of the boundaries of public space). These crossings must be recorded and then connected into an easily accessible wordless website, which should illustrate how inter-national cooperation can cross cultural boundaries and create inter-cultural communication through creative expression.
7. Detailed project-schedule and method (who, what, when, how?) // detailierter Zeitplan und Methode der Umsetzung (wer, was, wann, wie?)
OVERALL PROJECT SCHEDULE
Cooperation before rendez-vous week:
Exploring cultural boundaries in public space in each of the two countries under the following headlines:
- Boundaries in language – national culture and literature/media
- Individual boundaries – Expressions of culture in looks and demeanor
- Boundaries in the city – communicating borders without words in public space
- Boundaries between national states – travelling between eg. Denmark and Sweden and examining how national boundaries are expressed in public space.
Each of the participating groups should simultaneously explore these 4 aspects of cultural boundaries in public space and document their explorations through photographs and discussions, which are then swapped with the other group and discussed internationally via for example podcast, blog and chat. That provides the groups with background knowledge on the subject and on each other for the mini-projects and the wordless website.
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Podcast 1 - School, city, country, national language
II. gimnazija Maribor, Slovenia
Podcast 1 Backup link- external serverPodcast 2 - Modern art object in school, interviews
II. gimnazija Maribor, Slovenia
Podcast 2 Backup link- external serverSir M. A. Refalo Centre, Gozo, Malta
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Students are curious about a strange object which they found in the school's entrance
From left to right,Dorothy Spiteri, Marion Zahra, Mr.Mario Cassar, Kenneth Portelli and Joseph Camilleri. These students will be accompanied by Mr Marcel Xuereb, Head of School to the May event in Graz.
Interview 1: - Adrian
Interview 2: - Angello
Interview 3: - Remy
Interview 4: - Bernadette
Interview 5: - Cauchi
Interview 6: - Charmaine
Interview 7: - Marion
Interview 8: - Mark
Interview 9: - Martin
Podcast 3 - Modern art object in the city, interviews
II. gimnazija Maribor, Slovenia
Podcast 3 Backup link- external serverSecond Report - CROSSING EAST-WEST-NORTH-SOUTH CULTURAL BORDERS
Malta's second report
AN OUTLINE OF THE PROJECT IN THE MALTESE LANGUAGE:
Kullimkien niltaqghu ma' fruntieri kulturali hekk kif nimirhu fi spazji pubblici. Dan isehh f'kull hin madwarna u barra mill-ambjent taghna, barra l-pajjiz. F'din l-esperjenza komuni, inkunu kontinwament qeghdin niltaqghu ma' espressjonijiet kulturali differenti. Hekk per ezempju l-ippjanar urban, l-arkitettura, l-hsejjes u l-irwejjah, modi ta' lbies, l-imgieba tal-persuni u fl-ahhar imma mhux l-anqas, il-lingwa.
Hemm ir-riskju kbir li dawn l-esperjenzi ta' kuljum nehduhom for granted u ma nahsbux konxjament dwarhom. Hekk nistghu facilment nikkonformaw u fl-istess hin nitilfu s-sabih ta' l-esperjenza interkulturali. Ghan ewlieni, f'dan il-progett hu li naghmlu lill-istudenti konxji minn dawn il-fruntieri kulturali billi:
1. naghtuhom spjegazzjoni dwar xhini l-kultura u l-interkultura
2. naghtuhom il-possibilita' li jesploraw dawn il-fruntieri fl-ambitu ta' spazji pubblici go Malta u fl-istess hin nikkomunikaw ma' ohrajn barra minn pajjizna biex hekk issir forma ta' esperjenza inter-kulturali.
'''egg-york'''
Progett ta' l-istudenti ta' l-Arti u d-Disinn fl-iskola Sir Mikelang Refalo, Victoria Ghawdex
L-ewwel fazi tal-progett kienet ugwali ghall-erba' skejjel li fformaw xirka ta' skejjel Ewropej bl-iskop li jirrealizzaw il-progett Querdenken, jew Hsieb Krejattiv, imniedi mill-gvern Federali Awstrijakk fl-okkazjoni tas-Sena Ewropeja tad-Djalogu Interkulturali.
Tpogga kamp fl-entrata ta' l-iskola u l-istudenti gabru r-reazzjonijiet ghal dan l-oggett stramb u mhux is-soltu ssibu f'post simili. Dawn l-intervisti gew irrekordjati u mitfugha fil-website WIKI tal-progett. L-istudenti staqsew lil shabhom l-istudenti diversi mistoqsijiet bhal per ezempju, jaqblux li dan l-oggett, jigifieri l-kamp, ghandux jigi esebit fl-iskola b'mod permanenti. Il-maggoranza assoluta wiegbu fin-negattiv u dan juri kemm is-socjeta' Malta u Ghawdxija ghadha mhix familjari ma' forom aktar kuncettwali ta' arti l-aktar l-installazzjonijiet. Ftit mill-intervistati, pero, rabtu l-kamp ma' l-arti moderna.
All art students(1st year Art & Design Advanced Level) preparing their designs for a huge papier-mache sculpture (phase 2 of project)
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Stephanie (age 16) realizing her design for the project.
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Stephen (age 17) seriously brain-storming on his design. Take it easy Steve!!!
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Kenneth and Joseph welding the steel structure which will hold the papier-mache sculpture
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A picture which really represents the title EGG-YORK. The huge (3-4meters high) sculpture shaping up.
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Joseph (age 16) preparing the chicken wire which will cover the steel structure while Carly (age 17) helps on
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A "pop-art" picture of a masterpiece-to-be
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Lisa (age 17)giving a helping hand
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Lisa giving a second helping hand
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Lisa giving yet another helping hand
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A huge picture for a huge sculpture
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QUOTES FROM THE ART ROOM, SIR M. A. REFALO CENTRE, GOZO - MALTA''''
STEPHANIE (Age 16):
"I never believed an EU project like QUERDENKEN could offer so much for our Art& Design curriculum. We moved from brainstorming, to designing and finally for realization and exhibiting of the sculpture in a public place ... a real thumbs-up to everybody who was involved"
STEPHEN (Age 17)
"I succeeded to implement my knowledge in 3-D in a happy and relaxed environment. We really worked like a team."
JOSEPH (Age 16)
"I really liked the sculpture presented by our Slovenian partners and the reactions people must have had in Slovenia. I'm very intrigued by Danish culture as encountered through our friends' podcast. Though I knew a bit about Portuguese Baroque, I was really impressed with the magnificent church interiors our Portuguese partners sent us on Wiki ... "
KENNETH (Age 16)
"In this project, I succeeded to use my experience in carnival floats' construction, here in Gozo ( in the famour Nadur Carnival) with something more contemporary and conceptual. It was a real buzz!!!!!!!
LIST OF STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING PART IN THE PROJECT
Carly Azzopardi
Joseph Camilleri
Stephen Cardona
Lisa Formosa
Rena Hine
Stephanie Meilak
Kenneth Portelli
Marion Zahra
Rebecca Mallia
Alana Mifsud
Stacey Rapa'
Dorothy Spiteri
Slovene second report
An outline of the project in the Slovene language:
Kulturne razlike na javnem prostoru - kjerkoli smo ali kamor koli gremo se srečamo s kulturo. Urbanizacija okolja, arhitektura,zvoki, vonji, pravila oblačenja, bonton, jezik in drugo. Pogosto se tega sploh ne zavedamo, saj jemljemo te stvari kot samoumevne. Glavni cilj tega projekta je ozavestiti dijake, da te razlike obstajajo. Najprej bomo govorili o različnih konceptih kulture in medkulturnega dogajanja in mejah ter omejitvah, ki si jih postavljamo. S tem bomo spoznali svojo državo in si privzgojili posluh za druge narode in narodnosti.
Taking the interviews in our school and city
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Quotes from the students in Maribor, Slovenia
Ana Gruden, 17
I am really happy to have met so many different people and I find fascinating how people that come from so many backgrounds, countries, etc. can work so well together as a group. So I guess the saying ˝UNITED IN DIVERSITY˝ is true. We are so different, but somewhere in the inside we are all the same.
Zelo sem vesela, da sem spoznala tako veliko različnih ljudi. Presenečena sem ,da lahko ljudje, ki prihajajo iz različnih držav in z različnim ozadjem, tako dobro sodelujejo in delajo skupaj. Predvidevam, da izrek ‘’združeni v raznolikosti ‘’ drži. Vsi smo tako različni, pa vendar nekje globoko v nas samih smo vsi enaki.
Vid Hajnšek, 17
The project was definitely a new and interesting experience, from which a learned a lot of new things about culture, art, and above all, people.
Projek kreativno razmišljanje je zagotovo nova in zanimiva izkušnja, iz katere sem se veliko naučil o kulturi, umetnosti in predvsem o ljudeh.
Luka Mustafa, 17
This interesting project has changed us. It has shown us some new aspects through fun and creative thinking. Come on, and go with the flow of this project.
Ta zanimiv projekt nas je zelo spremenil. Pokazal nam je nove načine razmišljanja skozi zabavo in kreativno razmišljanje. Pridite in hodite po smernicah tega projekta.
Nina Žigart, 17
In a world of diversity, conflicts and a constant battle for success it's nice to get together with people from different countries, people of different nationalities, religions, views on the world and figure out that in all the diversity we are all similar. After all, we ARE all just human beings.
V svetu raznolikosti, sporov in nenehnega strmenja za uspehom je prav lepo družiti se z vrstniki iz drugih držav, nacionalnosti, religij in kultur. Z izražanjem različnih mnenj o svetu danes, pri čemer smo ugotovili kako podobni smo si v tej raznolikosti, saj nas druži to, da smo živa bitja.
List of students who are taking part in the project
- Ana Gruden, F
- Nina Žigart, F
- Vid Hajnšek, M
- Luka Mustafa, M
Podcast 4 - Review of the project
II. gimnazija Maribor, Slovenia
We made this podcast as our final act in this project. Listen to what we think about this project.
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