Meridian – Der Wissenschaftspodcast des Berlin Center for Global Engagement   /     Meridian – Folge 6 – Virtual Stories: The Digital Artistic Agency of Middle Eastern Children and Youth

Description

In this episode Professor Maksudyan talks about her experience with creating new digital platforms of virtual art for youth and children of the Middle East. The project also aims to create channels for Middle Eastern youth to engage with young people in Europe, and especially those in Berlin, through interregional connections built by the project partners. The project included a competition, that encouraged the submission of works that engage with current global challenges such as the pandemic, rising authoritarianism, exilic and diasporic experiences and others. The winners can be looked up here. 

Subtitle
Prof. Dr. Nazan Maksudyan is an Einstein guest Professor at the Freie Universität Berlin and a research associate at the Centre Marc Bloch (Berlin)
Duration
00:23:53
Publishing date
2021-11-29 07:30
Link
https://www.berlin-university-alliance.de
Contributors
  BCGE/Berlin University Alliance
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Enclosures
https://lcdn.letscast.fm/media/podcast/9905062a/episode/86f3eabd.mp3?t=1637837216
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