Suburb View

2 min.

Another view of the suburbs. Collective creativity and volunteering with Urban Vision

‘Young people are powerful agents of change and innovation as well as essential partners in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development [...]. Young people have the right to participate meaningfully in the development, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and follow-up of policies that affect them and society in general’ (from the Conclusions on the social dimension of a sustainable Europe for young people, May 2023).

In the context of Goal 11 of the 2030 Agenda, i.e. to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, lasting and sustainable, the Fondazione Mondo Digitale together with Urban Vision is promoting the Suburb View project for the enhancement of urban spaces with the contribution of young people. Students have the opportunity to participate, together with the educational community, in a workshop for the collaborative production of a creative work to enhance a place particularly dear to the school community. The process is animated by digital artists, Urban Vision employees with the formula of volunteering their skills, and the coordination of FMD trainers.

TARGET AUDIENCE
Students from two secondary schools in the suburbs of Milan and Rome, teachers and parents, two digital artists and some Urban Vision employees.

OBJECTIVES

Collective creation of two works of art to enhance two urban spaces, with the aim of:

stimulating young people's leadership and creativity, encouraging new talents
promote the participation of local communities in the creation of urban artworks
broaden the educational consortium with new hybrid alliances
encourage meetings between young people in training and leading companies
enrich the curricular training programme with new content and challenges
promote volunteering
build healthy communities and resilient territories.

ACTIVITIES
The training and ideation paths are divided into:

brainstorming session, involving the entire school community to choose a place/asset particularly dear to the school community to be enhanced through an urban work of art (e.g. the school, the neighbourhood oratory, a square, a sports facility, etc.)
meetings with artists, Urban Vision employees and FMD trainers to create the prototype of a creative work (video art, installation, sound art, etc.)

The project includes 40 hours of recognition for the Transversal Skills and Guidance Pathways (Pcto).

METHODOLOGIES