ERASMUS PLUS KA2 MIGRATION AND ITS CULTURAL EFFECTS ON EUROPE DIGITAL BOOK TRANSNATIONAL MEETINGS 2017/2019 ERASMUS PLUS KA2 | MIGRATION AND ITS CULTURAL EFFECTS ON EUROPE | DIGITAL BOOK | TRANSNATIONAL MEETINGS | 2017/2019 INDEX Hi, dear readers! school community, have te- share the topic of the project It’s a great pleasure to work sted how European citizens of and the activities showed du- on this digital book to sha- different religions, cultural and ring all the meetings by all stu- re our project’s activities that political backgrounds can live dents participating. WELCOMING TEXT 3 have been carried out by the together and enter into a dialo- Moreover we believe that the- students, during our transna- gue of mutual respect becau- se works have increased the tional meetings. se fundamentally our diversi- education quality of our scho- LOGO COMPETITION 4 As it is known, migration is one ties are our enrichment. ols involved in the project by of the major factors in popula- I would like to add that the developing the teachers and tion change in Europe today. other important goal of Era- students’ professional deve- ITALY 5 As the numbers of immigran- smus Plus project is recogni- lopment. ts have been growing, we can zing cultural richness and di- This interaction have foste- observe a decline in toleran- versity, seeing culture as area red learning and encouraged ce for cultural diversity, that is for creating economic and so- our social cohesion. In this DISCOVERY ITALY 6 often seen as a threat to natio- cial sustainability. context, all of us have raised nal cohesion. During all this time we have cultural awareness of interna- Therefore our project repre- been feeling the joy and the tional opportunities both for CYPRUS 7 sents a challenge to us and pride of have been partner of students and our teachers. our students. During our short “Migration and its cultural ef- term exchanges of pupils, in- fects on Europe” project and A MOMENT IN THE LIFE ternational teams of studen- we have tried to work hard ts and teachers coming from and carry out our project, ac- OF AN IMMIGRANT 8 Poland, Turkey, Spain, Cyprus cording to its aims. Regards, Teresa Conte and Italy together with all In this digital book we try to The Italian Coordinator This experience as guides was very TURKEY 9 interesting and fun. IMMIGRANT CHILD 10 This meeting was a chance for us to take SPAIN 11 responsibility for our learning, and also MISTRUST, WIDE SPREAD for sharing our local culture with the STEREOTYPES AND PREJUDICES 12 others. POLAND 13 All this will help us to gain insights PROMOTE CULTURAL about cultural diversity and be UNDERSTANDING 14 respectful and open to the others. GREETINGS & THANKS 15 2 3 ERASMUS PLUS KA2 | MIGRATION AND ITS CULTURAL EFFECTS ON EUROPE | DIGITAL BOOK | TRANSNATIONAL MEETINGS | 2017/2019 I.T.E.T. “Dante Alighieri”, in particular the sector Graphic TH TH and Communication, took care of graphic design for the ITALY 18 / 24 FEBRUARY 2018 Erasmus+ project. Our students produced brands, logos, posters, leaflets and brochures, videos and photographs. Hi everyone, we’re the Turkish team! we all could get along well together. varies in their cuisine were much more In fact, for the logo competition of Erasmus+, our pu- We’d like to tell you some of our wonder- On the following days, we visited lots of than ours, so that type of dishes were pils have developed several proposals, among which the ful memories from Italy. historical places together and had work- very interesting to taste as well. All of the one that turned out winning. Firstly, we must say that we had such shops which we enjoyed a lot. All of the traditional dishes were worth to taste, an amazing time with everyone in there historical&cultural places were so intere- specially the Italian pasta and lasagna! from the beginning to the end. sting and glorious. Except the Italian culture, we learned On our first school day, on Monday, all of But our favorite place was the castle. It many facts about other countries’ culture as well. We are so glad for we were able to meet many people from different cultures and also for making new friendships worldwi- de. We loved the Italian people’s hospitali- ty, Spanish people’s funny jokes, Polish The logo is composed by two hands thanks to which we people’s intimacy and Cyprus people’s can read the letter “E”. The logo has also two different friendly behaviours. colors, because “we are different”, but each hand, alo- We hope that our friendships will last ne, isn’t enough. This remind to us that just together we for a long time! can do greatful things, because “we are the same”. We also are very thankful to the familes The yellow star refers to the European flag. who hosted us in their houses. Our students have realised many works, that were Thank you so much for hosting us kin- showed during the meeting in Italy. the teams had a couple of presentations was amazing and we got amazed by its dly and showing your culture to us! We Enjoy the digital book, because this was also created by about their cultures to presentate. architectural features. missed all of you so much! Wish to see our graphic designers! They were all so interesting, we wish we Besides the cultural places, we tried you again! could visit all of the countries. Italian cuisine too. We tasted lots of dif- We also became much closer with other ferent cultural dishes in there. Most of teams on that day, we are so happy that them were very tasty and the seafood Serdar Urhan, Faruk Okcu Sabrina Guglielmi Graphic Design Teacher THE VULNERABLE IMMIGRANT CHILDREN Italy has become a country of immigration since the mid 70s and with various percentages of peoplewith different colour, habits and traditions. In the last years there have been more than 4.7 millions of immigrants and among these 2.5 % were children. Accor- ding to statistics, the main countries that host migrants in general are: German, Italy, France, Spain and Italy but the number of children who can’t cross European borders are increasing and the countries with most percent of immi- grant children are China, India and the Philippines. Children migrate for many reasons. Even if these cases to emigrate are economic, war, gangs or persecution in their home countries and social differences, in our opinion every place in the world belongs to everyone, this is why all the children of the world should be able to achieve their freedom and live in good social conditions. DEBATE AND SOLUTIONS How can children live free? Local policy should help families to find a regular job, to integrate them in the society. Every family with children must have own home and as- sure care, food and education to every child. WHAT CAN CAUSE THE CHILDREN’S VULNERABILITY? Being young and out of place involves a particular stress so its fundamental to pay attention to the right and needs of children, respect and listen to the children for giving them the same opportunities and hope. V. Biseste, D. Russo, A. Definis, A. Gervasio 4 55 ERASMUS PLUS KA2 | MIGRATION AND ITS CULTURAL EFFECTS ON EUROPE | DIGITAL BOOK | TRANSNATIONAL MEETINGS | 2017/2019 DISCOVERY ITALY ARTICLE BY POLAND CYPRUS 14TH / 21ST APRIL 2018 We thought that the Erasmus + Huge structures show the sheer An interesting experience was also To start off, I believe that our tea- Next day, we had a fascinating co- had our farewell dinner/party at ‘’Kti- project will be just an opportunity to power of past empire. a visit to the local olives factory. We chers really gave us the chance to oking contest. Meanwhile teachers ma Makenzy’’ where we enjoyed a meet people from different countries, During our trip to Italy we had the op- really enjoyed the trip. We also visi- get to know our guests when we had from other countries were teaching delicious buffet with various dishes have fun and make new friends. portunity to see many stunning de- ted several important places on the free time with them. to our schools student’s lessons in and danced till one o’clock in the map of Puglia. The first of them was We also ate some delicious meals different sublects. morning. Unfortunately, one week of Margherita di Savoia. We fell in love made from my classmates in the re- with the beautiful shades of water of staurant of my school. the Salina and a view of numerous Another thing that also surprised us flocks of flamingos. The next point of was the tasty dinner in ‘’Voreas’’ re- our journey was Castel del Monte. staurant. This building, inscribed on the UNE- Tuesday, actually begins a little bit SCO heritage list, made a huge im- differently. We bring our guests to pression on us. Admiring its elabora- school and welcomed them with te interior was a great attraction for a ceremony including our schools us. The last stop of our trip was the choir singing traditional songs and wonderful Trani. Climatic corners, a small group of traditional dancers. marble houses as well as a magni- After this beautiful welcoming, we ficent fort and the cathedral create a went for lunch in our schools restau- charming scenery of the town, whi- rant. At around 15:30, we went to a At night, we had a tasteful dinner great time and experiences ended. ch can’t be forgotten. These places graphic village called ‘’Kato Drys’’.