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My Generation. Time Capsule 26.05.2009, 06.06.2009 & 15.06.2009. Objective. UNDERSTANDING THE LIFESTYLE AND THE ASPIRATIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE , THEIR NEEDS by the perception of young people themselves ! . Principle. collection of specific articles placed in a box buried in the ground
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My Generation Time Capsule 26.05.2009, 06.06.2009 & 15.06.2009
Objective UNDERSTANDING THE LIFESTYLE AND THE ASPIRATIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE, THEIR NEEDS by the perception of young people themselves !
Principle collection of specific articles placed in a box buried in the ground hope that it will be discovered by a future generation!
Meaning passing on who we were leaving a constancy of our existence
How ? Whatfor ? • group of youths who open up about their lives, problems and needs • learn their opinions and their own interpretations of the problems we are focusing on • Made clear their expectations
How ? Whatfor ? • observatory of the realities of the youths living in the districts of Valencia • opportunity to compare it with other partners of My Generation Cities
Workshoporganization 1st part : preview • 3 groupsfromdifferentValenciandistricts, aged from14 to 19 • Questionnaireabouttheirproblems, priorities&needs tothemselvesfirst… then surveyed youngs in the street s of Valencia As results, mainproblemswereidentified: accesstohousing&employment
Workshoporganization • Yet, they had to think about an object, a phrase and a song which they identified with to put into the time capsule
Workshoporganization 2nd part: Sharing time • Exchange of ideas & getting to common views • Problems are the same for all young people: employment, housing, education and drugs • Mainissue: individualism, lack of group awareness
Workshoporganization • Yet, preparation for brief performances recapturing all of the concepts covered in the activity, to be acted out on the final party of the project
Workshoporganization 3rd part: final time ! • Filling the time capsule with the chosen objects • acting out a performance regarding the previous activities’ themes • reading of a manifesto…appealing for the social participation of young people, asking them to abandon individualism and recognizing that their voices are stronger made as a group one
Theend ! • Yet, party&buffetforall!