IN THE SPOTLIGHT
 | Interview with SDD partner Bob Kurik, Charles University Prague To daily face racism or hate speech is one time event that leads to a 1000 needles that hurt European citizens every day. Bob Kurik explains why he partners in SDD and what he has learned thus far. Read more… | |
 | Interview with Jesper Schulze, ISIS Sozialforschung, Germany Change of perspective may open up your world. Because it is important to be aware of your own patterns of behaviour and thinking in relation to discrimination, Jesper Schulze launched the SDD project in 2019. Jesper further elaborates his ideas and expectations of the project and its partners. Read More… |
WHAT WE DID SO FAR
 | SDD test workshop in Italy A lively discussion with productive inputs for the revision of the storyboard of the SDD education was held in Rome, Italy. The workshop has taken place face to face, with the participation of six of the persons interviewed for the Italian SDD National Summary and three Lunaria co-workers. Read more… | |
 | Test workshops in Germany We completed the test workshops for the storyboard successfully in Germany. We have collected a lot inputs. Like in all other European partner countries of our SDD project, workshops were held in Germany. People with different discrimination experiences were invited and the aim was to get feedback on the storyboard for our educational game. Read more… | |
 | SHINE has guided the SDD workshops in Portugal The SDD game content was evaluated in several workshops. To improve and make the SDD game more realistic, the project partners developed a set of national workshops with people that have experienced different forms of discrimination or belong to organisations attentive to discriminatory attitudes. We completed the test workshops for the storyboard successfully in Germany. Read more… | |
 | SDD Workshops held in the Netherlands by AFEdemy For an appealing and realistic gaming experience, the game content written by the SDD partners was tested by AFEdemy. Three online workshops were conducted with 2-3 participants each. Like in the interviews at the beginning of the project, real experiences were used to enhance the game interaction, the characters and their perspectives. Read more… | |
 | Writing of the scenes for the SDD Educational Game Based on the interviews conducted at the beginning of the project, all SDD partners develop content of the game. Each partner wrote and commented on different scenes. At the beginning of the project, a series of interviews helped to identify and understand the everyday situations of discrimination experienced by those affected. Read more… | |
 | Interviews in Germany As in all European partner countries, an interview phase was scheduled at the beginning of the SDD project. The interview phase in Germany has just been successfully completed and the interviews were documented for further work stages. Read more… |
MORE NEWS
 | Now available: SDD Compendium “Experiencing Hate Speech: Responses, Coping Strategies & Interventions” Based on various interviews with people who experienced hate speech and experts, as well as national reports from our project partner´s countries, the SDD Compendium “Experiencing Hate Speech: Responses, Coping Strategies & Interventions” was developed. Are you interested in our findings? The SDD Compendium is available in English, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian and Portuguese. Read more… | |
 | The contents of our SDD homepage are now available in seven different languages! We are happy to announce, that the SDD homepage (Smart for Democracy and Diversity) is now available in English and every language of the project partners: Portuguese, Dutch, Italian, Czech, French and German. This important step makes the project and its current progress more accessible to people around Europe. Stop by and discover the project website in your language. Read more… | |
 | Project leaflet available! The new project flyer is available in English, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian and Portuguese. The new project flyer is now available! Find out more about the SDD project at one glance: The flyer contains the most important information about our mission, our approach, and the implementation of the project. Read more… | |
 | Chronicles of Ordinary Racism Documenting racism, discrimination and hate speech in Italy. Between 1 January 2008 and 31 March 2020, Lunaria has documented 7,426 cases of ordinary racism, summarized in five white books on racism in Italy published on a yearly basis. Read more… | |
 | SDD presented in the Interactions Symposium, Portugal Carina Dantas, from SHINE 2Europe presented SDD to over 200 people at the Interactions Symposium in Portugal, discussing the challenges of ageing in the digital world. The digital revolution is happening. Read more… |
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