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Social Media against Social Oppression (S.M.A.S.O)
Training course, Youth in Action Programme

PERIOD: 22-29 September 2013
LOCATION: Badolato/Italy
PARTICIPANTS: 6 each group (3 males + 3 females)
TRAINERS: 1 from Swedish and 1 from Turkish organisations
AGE: over 18
FINANCIAL CONDITIONS: accommodation and food totally covered; travel covered at
70% (max expenditure € 500)
COORDINATOR: CGB ULIXES/”ULIXES” Youth Council of Badolato
ABSTRACT
“Social Media against Social Oppression” (S.M.A.S.O.) is a training course that will bring
together 24 among youth project leaders, youth workers, project advisers, supervisors and
others active in the youth field, from Italy, Sweden, Turkey and Lithuania. Together with 3
among trainers and speakers and 2 volunteers as support staff. These people will meet for
8 days (travel included) in Badolato, South of Italy, and they will work intensely towards
implementing a new tool for their daily work within the youth field. On one hand, this
training is about using “Theatre of the oppressed” and “Forum Theatre” and to raise
awareness over the issue of diversity, discrimination, and social exclusion. Theatre of the
oppressed is about offering a constructed, theatrical and interactive space to discuss
oppression imposed by society, and to offer an arsenal of ways out of it. On the other
hand, it is about new age social media (Facebook, Foursquare, Twitter, Instagram and
others) and the spectrum of its opportunities and threatens in the youth field.
The objectives of this project are for participants to:
• acquire skills, knowledge and attitudes related to social inclusion/ exclusion, cultural
diversity etc.
• to deepen the awareness of similarities and differences in social problems and kinds of
oppression in different European countries;
• get familiarized with the tool of “Theatre of the oppressed”
• explore the benefits, weaknesses and opportunities of social media
• use social media as a tool to promote the idea of social inclusion and justice, by applying
a system of e-Theatre of the oppressed
• to increase the sense of common responsibility for the future of their local communities
as well as the whole European community;
• become active citizens and think wider than themselves
• become multipliers of this innovative tool and use it as a means of promoting active
citizenship
The project will address these topics using the non formal education (NFE) methods, such
as ice-breaking games, energisers, workshops, theatre in education, discussions,
brainstorming, presentations, team building activities, group dynamics tools, peer to peer
education, experiential learning, non formal learning, informal learning, movies, reflection
groups, role plays, simulations, video and photo shootings, on line tools, outdoor
activities.
HOW TO PROCEED
Please confirm the participation of your organisation not later than 20th of June.
DAILY TIMETABLE
AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES
Travel from the place of residence to Badolato REFLECTION
AND SELF-
ASSESSMENT the Declaration of
Travel from Badolato to the place of residence
EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES (in cronological order)
• Breakfast • Wake-up/Energizer/Team building activities (40 minutes per day, between • Lunch/Buffet lunch • Dinner • Video and photo shooting (all around the project, by each participant). PROJECT MANAGER&CONTACTS
Via C. Bevacqua 10 – 88044 Marcellinara (CZ) – Italy

Source: http://media.natverketsip.se/2013/08/SMASO.pdf