InCommon project has launched four contest at EU level address to migrant women, third country nationals. They aim to promote the self expression through art and to contribute to the mutual knowledge between cultures.
Music, photos and digital storytelling are the means to give voice to migrant women and promote the self expression with the final goal to strengthen bonds between the different communities that live together in the host society.
This is a EU level activity that seeks the exchange of perspectives in the countries participating in the InCommon project, Austria, Cyprus, Greece and Spain however the call is open to any migrant women third national country that lives in the EU.
In order to share and expand the perspectives of the works in competition, a popular voting period will open in which all the works will be shown and voted for them.
More specifically the contests are:
Song contest: MY CULTURE MY VOICE
Music is a social phenomenon inherent to humanity, it is a universal language that every human being understands beyond the native language used. The songs and melodies that we carry in our cultural baggage involve certain ideas, meanings and values that intimately relate the sounds to the community that produces them.
The contest aims to promote women’s self-expression through songs. Singing offers different possibilities from the expression of identity, the creation of lyrics and music, the interpretation of songs that belong to the culture itself and are close to the feelings, and the mixing or appropriation of different traits of the culture in an innovative way.
It is a contest open to women individually or groups not formed exclusively by migrant women. What is sought is free expression through music with an open theme in which intercultural expression should prevail.
Competition rules of MY CULTURE MY VOICE
Digital photo contest: MY FAVORITE PLACE IN MY NEW CITY
Through the images we express feelings, experiences, emotions … With this contest, self-expression is sought through photography, sharing the visions of the new city. Thus, participants are invited to send a photograph that captures the most special place for them in their new city, where they currently live.
It is a contest open to women individually or groups not formed exclusively by immigrant women. What is sought is expression through art focusing on their perspective of their new city.
Competition rules of MY FAVORITE PLACE IN MY NEW CITY
Digital photo contest: CELEBRATION
The celebrations are part of all the communities, each one with its own traits and specificities. They are cultural elements full of identity and meaning. This contest seeks to be a platform to share and learn about these celebrations and value each one of them.
Competition rules of CELEBRATION
STORY TELLING CONTEST: A STORY TO BE HEARD
Migrating to a new country is life changing! Over the course of InCommon we came across interesting stories showing how your culture, and the host country culture influence someone’s life and shapes beliefs. We are interested in sharing these stories with the wider public.
The contest aims to promote women’s self-expression through story telling. Story telling can be a way for the expression of identity, feelings, experiences, beliefs, can be a platform to share life-changing stories that can bring close and unify people from different background and promote a shared understanding.
It is a contest open to women individually or groups not formed exclusively by immigrant women. What is sought is free expression through story telling with an open theme in which intercultural expression should prevail.
Competition rules of A STORY TO BE HEARD
Further information and instructions to participate in the contest available in the links above.
