{"id":50424,"date":"2011-05-09T08:46:31","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T06:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cesie.org\/in-action\/european-cooperation\/in-between-us-sexuality-in-europe\/"},"modified":"2019-04-19T10:35:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T08:35:24","slug":"in-between-us-sexuality-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cesie.org\/en\/in-action\/european-cooperation\/in-between-us-sexuality-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"In between us \u2013 Sexuality in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"inApril 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Selections of participants for the Grundtvig Workshop (Workshop Reference number: 2010-1-IT2-GRU13-12743) \u201cIn Between Us \u2013 Using art as a pedagogical tool\u201d has been completed. The workshop will take place in Palermo from 7th till 15th May 2011. There will be involved 20 participants from 11 countries: Slovakia, Turkey, Belgium, Spain, Latvia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland and Hungary.<\/p>\n

The project foresees the participation in many non formal activities based on non formal education. The activities consist in seminars, country presentations, art workshops (painting & collage, photography, theater). Through these activities participants will represent the perception of sexuality of their own countries and understand how to use art as a pedagogical tool for education. Most of the methods used will be non formal although some theoretical concepts will need to combine them with more formal methods. Some of the activities will require the presence of the learners all together while for other ones they will be divided in groups.<\/p>\n

The whole project is based on concepts like non formal education, active participation and intercultural dialogue.<\/p>\n

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May 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

From 7 to 14 of May 2011, CESIE \u2013 Centro Studi ed Iniziative Europeo \u2013 is organizing a workshop for adults titled \u201cIn between us \u2013 Sexuality in Europe\u201d .<\/p>\n

\u201cIn between us\u201d wants to be a creative space for discussion, multicultural and multidisciplinary interaction. The workshop aims to challenge stereotypes by proposing new approaches in order to face questions about sexuality, within a non-formal educational context, by using arts. It also aims to facilitate links between different groups involved in these questions, so that all together it can be possible to contribute to: policy: creating more effective supporting strategies to improve sex rights; arts & culture: providing one\u2019s freedom of sex expression, LGTB and gender related questions; education: building intercultural dialogue and promoting mutual comprehension on questions related to sexuality and education. The main theme of the workshop \u201cIn between us\u201d is sexuality analyzed through art as a pedagogical tool. All activities will be developed with a non formal education perspective, peer approach etc. The meeting agenda includes the following activities: itinerant seminar about art, culture and sexuality in Palermo, \u201cSexuality in Europe\u201d, presentations of sexuality and its perception in different European countries; seminar Education & Sexuality I: family education, formal and non formal education; seminar and debate \u2013 Education & Sexuality II: sexual health education, stereotypes, LGTB; art workshops \u2013 \u201cSelf Identity & Society\u201d (painting & collage, theatre, photography).<\/p>\n

The participants of the workshop are young and adults from 11 countries: Belgium, Latvia, Romania, Spain, Bulgaria, Turkey, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland and they have different professional and educational profiles: psychologists, sociologists, artists, sex educators, students, teachers, who are all interested in applying artistic tools to face themes as sexuality, gender, sexual minority, rights, etc.<\/p>\n

The workshop has been founded by Grundtvig sectorial program (LLP) that meets didactic and learning needs of people involved in every form of adult education, as well as institutes and organisations. The workshops will gather people coming from different countries for an innovative multinational learning experience, which is very important for one\u2019s personal development and learning needs.<\/p>\n

Activities open to the public:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Intercultural Evening & Aphrodisiac dinner, on Monday, May 9, 8.30 p.m., at the Convento dei Carmelitani.<\/p>\n

Round Table \u201cPolicy and Sexuality\u201d (sexual minority rights, equal opportunities),on Wednesday, May 11, 10 a.m., at the Convento dei Carmelitani with Titti de Simone, Luigi Carollo, Erasmo Palazzotto, Massimo Milani.<\/p>\n

Final Exhibition \u201cThrob of links(ex) \u2013 Sexuality in Europe\u201d Happy Hour, Saturday, May 14, 6 p.m. at the Piazza Tavola Tonda<\/p>\n

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June 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIn between us\u201d project is concluded<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIn between us \u2013 sexuality in the EU\u201d, the workshop funded by the European Commission\u2019s Grundtvig programme (LLP \u2013 LongLife Learning Programme) is concluded.<\/p>\n

The participants from 11 European countries debated and exchanged opinions about sexuality perception in their own country and in Europe, learning how to use non formal dynamics and art as pedagogic tool.<\/p>\n

Especially, three artistic workshops have been organized: painting and collage (to explore their own sexuality through the senses), theatre (to analyze their own body and emotions by connecting with other people) and photography (to explore the complexity of the human body through creative photos).<\/p>\n

The artistic workshop sessions have been divided into three themes: Self identity, Society, Self \u2013 identity & Society.<\/p>\n

At the end of the artistic workshop, participants were involved in the \u201cmagic square\u201d created with the aim to share their experience with the three art forms they used during the workshops (theatre, painting& collage, photography).<\/p>\n

Equally, the \u201cArt, culture and sexuality in Palermo\u201d seminar was a moment to introduce the relation among the concept of sexuality and art, culture and urban space. The participants went for a tour to see Sicilian art history, the hidden sexuality in Giacomo Serpotta\u2019s works, past traditions and customes in connection with sexuality and art.<\/p>\n

Great importance has been given to the school and family role in society and to the possibility that sexual education should be taught in schools, in order to learn how to deal with it from an early age.<\/p>\n

The participants of \u201cIn between us \u2013 sexuality in the EU\u201d took part in the \u201cPolitics and sexuality\u201d round table, where the spokesmen and supporters of the Pride Palermo 2011 participated: Massimo Milani, a street artist and militant for LGTBQ rights, Luigi Carollo, one of the founders of the \u201cAssociazione omosessuale Articolo Tre\u201d, and Erasmo Palazzotto, regional coordinator of Left, ecology and liberty.<\/p>\n

The project has been concluded in piazza Tavola Tonda with the exhibition of the works made by participants and the theatrical performance \u201cPalpitare di nessi \u2013 sessualit\u00e0 in Europa\u201d (\u201cThrob of links(ex) \u2013 Sexuality in Europe) followed by a final aperitif.<\/p>\n

The exhibition was opened during the \u201cwork in progress\u201d so that people could see the artistic process and its contents developing. The event ended with the final performance \u201cLe Statue\u201d(\u201cThe Statue\u201d), made by following the Poor Theatre artistic method.<\/p>\n

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