Introduction to Creative action

Based on our previous experiences in using cultural peer-learning approaches for exchanges between youth from the Global North and the Global South and on the lessons learned during the Covid-19 health crisis, our team created a number of digital methods, which convert cultural, physical and synchronous interactions into digital versions. Thus for example the artistic creations on SDG topics, which were exposed in physical exhibitions and were used for post-cards and other items, are now proposed to be included in a Virtual Gallery, covering both photography & painting/art works, dealing with certain SDG topics and provided by global artists. Then if you thought that murals can only be done if all the artists are physically present, think again, because we are proposing the Virtual Murals activity, which will have an artist, a tutor from a distant location, guiding and supporting the actual muralists on site. The online interaction would be used for the purpose of discussing colors, the idea behind the image to be turned into a mural and the connected topics and stories. “30 questions to fall in love with a culture” is a concept that steps on the “30 questions to fall in love” concept, transforming it into a transnational online activity, with synchronous and asynchronous sessions, which can help the interacting people get to better understand each other’s culture via questions that delve into how a person perceives and lives a culture privately and how he or she can share this culture with a friend. People have been telling stories to each other for different reasons since the dawn of humanity. Stories have traveled far and wide and common wisdom has managed to infiltrate the stories, fairy tales, fables, sayings of peoples on all continents. Sharing stories in podcasts – fairy tales, fables and proverbs – is another digital activity we are setting up. The podcasts section will be enriched by videos with home stories, told by young people from the Global South – not fairy tales, but bearers of the contemporary culture, which deserves just representation. Theatre is a cultural expression, which has a very strong, transformative effect on people. Especially when it is used for social change. What CULPEER goes Digital is offering are forms of Asynchronous Theatre, which tackle global problematic situations, do transcontinental problem solving and share personal stories stepping into the domains of verbatim theatre and theatre of the oppressed in many of their forms. The exemplary SDG related theatre play, developed and recorded by a South African group, will offer viewers an opportunity for self-reflection and analysis. Online Q&A sessions can be used for meeting up with actors and discussing various aspects of the play. Food is a carrier of culture, it is an expression of a cultural identity. Culture is influenced by food through various ways such as family, tradition and religion. Such aspects distinguish peoples. Hence, sharing how we cook and what we eat via Online cooking classes is another digital method, which we are contributing with. Last but far not least, music is an expression of culture, which can bear all the information we need to share – from facts, included in the lyrics, to feelings depicted in the tunes. An affirming transcontinental "Sing a song together" digital activity is another offer by the CULPEER goes Digital initiative. Dancing and drumming tutorials and sessions will be accompanying this part of the project offer. Go to the digital methods descriptions and supporting materials for a better idea on how you can transfer and transform your cultural knowledge into creative online activities.