Young Digital Creators
“Being creative and collaborative” is the motto of UNESCO’s Young Digital Creators (YDC), which is a web-based programme designed for young people of different cultures to gradually construct, through a collaborative process and creative tools, a deeper understanding of each other's cultural values and shared perspectives on global issues of our time.
How does YDC contribute to fostering intercultural dialogue?
Young participants of the programme express their ideas, feelings, and visions on different topics with the opportunity to create joint digital pieces based on their unique experiences and environments related to the topic.
Young people are invited to think and create locally, drawn from their own immediate culture and realities, in displaying multicultural perspectives and then exchange their expressive contents with young peers of different cultures across the globe.
YDC supports interactive platforms, culturally sensitive and suited to the young users coming from different geo-cultural regions, especially engaging young people to share and exchange their concerns and values, furthermore to act collaboratively and build better understanding in making our society more sustainable.
Interdisciplinary approaches and creative online learning modalities, locally driven, bring strong motivation for different youth communities to think critically and foster creative expressions. Being applicable and adaptable to formal and non-formal educational settings, the programme also targets out-of-school, post-school youth.
What are the major YDC topics?
Presenting digital expressions and local tones of urban space and environment http://unesco-mycity.paris4.sorbonne.fr/ (Undergoing Session 2005, Arabic/Hebrew version currently being developed in partnership with Israeli NGO MAKASH, ISEA 2006 collaboration with the sponsor of ADOBE)
Taking notice of one’s own water environment and creating unique water soundscapes with digital sound http://unesco.uiah.fi/water (Undergoing Session 2005, Re-adapted to the context of the Gulf region in collaboration with the UNESCO Doha Office, Hindi version currently being developed in collaboration with the UNESCO New Delhi Office and Sarai Media Lab)
Shaping joint digital triptychs and interacting on HIV/AIDS issues related to socio-cultural realitieshttp://digiarts-hiv-unesco.org/ (Undergoing Session 2005, Caribbean-friendly programme “Youth creating and communicating on HIV/AIDS” currently being developed in collaboration with the UNESCO Kingston Office)
Re-creating tales of African history and identifying the culture of peace through digital storytelling productionshttp://www.ml.refer.org/unesco/digiarts/sommaire.php3 (To be launched in October 2005)
How to take part in YDC?
The programme was tested, and launched in April 2004, also presented at the World Summit on Information Society Geneva 2004. Session 2005 has been launched in March 2005 and is currently running with the participation of over 45 schools and centres from different parts of the world.
For participation to the current and upcoming sessions, contact digiarts@unesco.org. All that is needed is a computer, internet connection and, above all, the spirit to be creative and collaborative!
Publications & Documents
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Youth Creating and Communicating on HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean (Workshop Report) |
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[Young Digital Creators] - Building creative and culturally sensitive communities of practice (PPT) |
UNESCO actions
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History and Culture of Peace in Africa |
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Scenes and Sounds of my City |
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The Sound of our Water |
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Young Digital Creators |
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Youth Creating and Communicating on HIV/AIDS |
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