MEDIANE Media in Europe for Diversity Inclusiveness
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MEDIANE Media in Europe for Diversity Inclusiveness Valentina ACAVA - SPAIN FREELANCE EEMPS [email protected] /valentinammaka.blogspot.com APPLICANT PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY PROFILE I was born in Rome and grew up in South Africa. I've been living between Europe, South Africa , Kenya and Tanzania. I'm a journalist, writer and intercultural facilitator.. I've published seven books in Italy from children, young adult, novels, drama and poetry. My literary work as been praised for the capacity to promote diversity in a multicultural context. As a journalist I've been freelancing from Mauritania, South Africa, Kenya for many years covering different kind of events (1994 South African Elections - Child Labour Mauritania - Post Election 2007 Kenya etc...), also as a freelance I've been collaborating with different magazines on post colonial literature (Africa, India) and on immigration. I'm the founder of the Gugu Women Lab which is a collective of women (south african and immigrant) with whom I worked during 2011-2012 to a writing project aimed to promote human rights. Out of this experience a play titled THE CUT - LO STRAPPO has been released and it is about Female Genital Mutilation. I'm currently promoting this owrk in Europe to sensitize people, media and institutions on this very urgent theme through the language of creativity. The project will be soon sponsored by Amnesty INternational. I worked in schools in Italy, South Africa, Kenya as a facilitator in intercultural programmes, organizing workshops, readings, courses. I worked as a facilitator with immigrants and refugees especially in Kenya and South Africa with whom I used social theatre and writing as a tool towards the identity process. I regularly attend international conferences, books fairs, meetings, round tables. In 2011 I presented at UNISa (University of South Africa - pretoria) a paper as a keynote in the Ist Colloquium of Italian Studies focusing on the role of media and literature in conveying stereotypes on Africa. Several Unievrsity Thesis has been written focusing on my work. I'd love to take part to the MEDIANE programme to share my experience and also have the chance to work on a new pla tform and context, to confront different ways of working utilizing different medias as well. ORGANISATION PRESENTATION freelance EXPECTED PROFILE & DRAFT WORK PROPOSAL I would love to collaborate with a person or organization who has experience in relating with themes such as diversity, otherness, identity , refugees, immigration within an urban context and who uses his - her skills and experience to convey a different vision of what we normally call OTHERNESS breaking prejudices and stereotypes. The main objectives is to create a multimedia interactive project through which exchange tools, experiences in promoting diversity offering a 360° view on multiculturalism providing ideas and a new language to use when it comes to OTHERNESS in media reporting. A project aimed to promote a sustainable society of equal interaction among people. GLOBAL ADD ON EXPECTED EXCHANGES I'm a freelance journalist and writer. I'm italian but grew up in South Africa. I've seven books published in Italy and a long experience as a journalist covering events from different African countires and Europe. I've been working with immigrants and refugees in South Africa, Kenya, Italy) using writing, social theatre as a tool to "translate" the condition of an immigrant and his/her identity process. I' now focusing on Female Gentital Mutilation. I'm currently promoting a work-project I did in South Africa during 2011-2012 which was a writing workshop aimed to promote human rights which is called THE CUT-LO STRAPPO. I would like to work with different medias (like video) on a project that will reflect the perception of otherness and identity in Europe and also on themes like Female Genital Mutilation within the immigrant communities. I can work in English and Italian, any period can be fine for me. MOTHER TONGUE italian OTHER FIRST LANGUAGE english / OTHER LANGUAGES french MEDIANE Media in Europe for Diversity Inclusiveness Ismail ADEMI - ITALY / ITALIE ALBANIANEWS EEMPS [email protected] /www.albanianews.it APPLICANT PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY PROFILE Ismail Ademi (Issi) was born in Albania in 1983. He lived in Italy since 1998. After Political studies he hold a Master in Corporate Social Responsibility at the Siena University. He writes regularly in some online newspapers (Albanianews, Prospettive, Almablog, Shqiptari I Italisë,etc) on integration issues, immigration, intercultural and politics. He is the founder several migrant organization and collaborates with many local authorities on immigration issues. Currently working as a consultant in the field of international development cooperation. ORGANISATION PRESENTATION Albania News is the first online Italian language newspaper about Albania, based in Modena, whi ch was founded by a group of contacts and correspondents present in the Albanian communities living in Italy ,journalists, professors, scholars or students living in the land of eagles to give life to a network of independent information. The information is collected from local sources and developed by AlbaniaNews offices in Albania, Kosovo and Italy and translated into Italian.The online newspaper was born on 2008 with the name Albania News. Initially, the site structure was very simple, and consists of a long homepage summarizing the most important news, with some interactive sections where readers could contribute comments. In 2009 he was made the first restyling: thematic sections, with real-time update and the introduction of services to users as forums and communities. EXPECTED PROFILE & DRAFT WORK PROPOSAL The project idea is to write a case study on how the Albanian community abroad use journalism in order to increase the integration and the inclusion in hosted country. Albanianews is an example of media founded and managed by migrant journalists. The media instrument in this case is also seen as a way to increase the level of integration in the host country. We believe that the successful inclusion of journalists and activists of foreign origin, within the media landscape, can definitely emancipate their condition. In addition, a platform like Albanianews has been very useful to build a network of partnerships between the various associations Albanians in Italy, and to maintain close ties with the country of origin.The project idea is to write a case study on how the Albanian community abroad use journalism in order to increase the integration and the inclusion in hosted country. GLOBAL ADD ON EXPECTED EXCHANGES Albanianews is an example of media founded and managed by migrant journalists. The media instrument in this case is also seen as a way to increase the level of integration in the host country. We believe that the successful inclusion of journalists and activists of foreign origin, within the media landscape, can definitely emancipate their condition. In addition, a platform like Albanianews has been very useful to build a network of partnerships between the various associations Albanians in Italy, and to maintain close ties with the country of origin.The project idea is to write a case study on how the Albanian community abroad use journalism in order to increase the integration and the inclusion in hosted country. MOTHER TONGUE albanian/Italian OTHER FIRST LANGUAGE English / OTHER LANGUAGES MEDIANE Media in Europe for Diversity Inclusiveness Barbara ANDREANI - ITALY ONDEMIGRANTI EEMPS [email protected] /ondemigranti.blogspot.it APPLICANT PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY PROFILE I have graduated in International Relations at the “Università degli studi di Perugia”, with thesis about “Immigration and Mass media”. I was speaker for the final conference of the Leverhulme Trust International Networks – “Destination Italy: Representing migration in contemporary media and narrative” at the Oxford University. My paper was: “Immigration and local press in Umbria” Now, I work as editorial staff in the organization “Ondemigranti”,radio broadcast in-depth Information oabout immigration, broadcast on Radio Galileo. We organize, also the film festival "Mondovisioni". we project films from main countries, in the original language with Italian subtitles Planning and organization of photo-video documentation workshop for the festival "Art Out" ORGANISATION PRESENTATION Ondemigranti - Association "Il Pettirosso" radio and blogger about immigration EXPECTED PROFILE & DRAFT WORK PROPOSAL CMFE CommunityMedia Forum Europe the goal is to exchange good practices of communication and information about non-discriminatory immigration GLOBAL ADD ON EXPECTED EXCHANGES the goal is to exchange good practices of communication and information about non -discriminatory immigration MOTHER TONGUE italian OTHER FIRST LANGUAGE english / OTHER LANGUAGES MEDIANE Media in Europe for Diversity Inclusiveness Chadi BAHOUTH - GERMANY NEUE DEUTSCHE MEDIENMACHER EEMPS [email protected] /www.neuemedienmacher.de APPLICANT PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY PROFILE I am the child of a Lebanese mom and a Palestinian dad, both refugees in Germany, I studied policitical science with a focus on migrational issues, Middle East conflict and international relations, esp. on conflict over resources, with a PhD in waterresources conflict. I managed the Quartiersmanagement in Berlin Neukölln, a district with a very high amount of foreigners and people of colour and ethnic minorities and a high share of workless people. Its aim was to include