# communicating history - a young persepctive of transmitting history (working title)
## Idea(s)
### idea of the german group
> Explore new forms of “teaching” history. The young journalists are tired of the way history is displayed and educated in museums, memorials and schools. They want to figure out new ways to get other people more interested about these topic. Since like two or three years, especially young people want to know more about the colonial “legacy” of Germany.
> Our participants want to explore this “heritage” and find ways to inform and educate other people about it. Throughout the next year, they will have different projects around this topic and one of this project could be the international meeting with you guys. So if you are interested, you have like a realy broad field to work with… as long as it explores new ways of transmiting history.

### idea of the georgian group
* near history
* Crisis and civil war in tiblisi
* people leaving georgia (the last wave)
* first republic
* opinion driven history learning
* self-reflection process is not very common.

### survey among georgian participants
* the most important period, according to the survey, is the 11th-13th Century when Georgia had its heyday
* important historical figures also belong to this period (Queen Tamar, King David the Builder, etc.)
* This coincides with what is taught especially in schools
* many view the history class critically, since it is only about facts and figures, without linking historical events and interpretation, **just memorization, no reflection (that would be a good starting point)**
* although they view the lessons critically, they feel that the time that is taught there is the most important
* this is a big difference to Germany, the early 20s do not have the 12th century on the screen, here you can find data and facts about battles, the period of kings, etc.
* other criticism: it is taught that Georgia is "the best country", with some hatred of the then conquerors was fueled (Arabs, Russians, Mongols, Persians / Iranians, etc.)
* Most want to learn more about Georgia's independence from 1918-21 and the Soviet era
* Most people are interested in German history, how Germany was able to become a successful state after the defeat in two world wars AND the time of the German division.

### survey among german participants (what interests you about georgia?)

* what approaches to teaching history are there in Georgia - what "memorable" events in the history of the country are there any subject at all? - nobody of the german participants really knew that
* Soviet history and dealing with Stalin as the "son of Georgia"
* or the division of the country (Abkhazia)
* The old and new political right in the country - it would also be interesting if the independence/division of Abkhazia has gained the power of the political right and how they deal with it
* How is history communicated in school and which story?

The bottom line was that a specific topic should actually be left to each country, as the culture of remembrance is not in the foreground, but how to get back to it or to redefine it through teaching history.

## Participants
* 18-26 years
* 8-10 People from each country

## Funding
* We will apply for a funding by the “Stiftung EVZ” in their program “[europeans for peace](https://www.stiftung-evz.de/eng/funding/human-rights/europeans-for-peace.html)”.
* maybe a funding from Tbilisi Youth Centres Union or Tbilisi City Hall

## what else?
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