The EU Democracy Campus brings together educators, facilitators, and young people to experiment with how democratic thinking can actually be practiced.
Not taught in theory, but shaped in real spaces.
https://open.substack.com/pub/associationredefine/p/practicing-democracy-virtual-parliament?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Real thinking doesn’t happen automatically.
It needs structure, psychological safety, and the right questions.
Through Youth4Peace and the EU Democracy Campus, we developed a small set of tools used in debates and workshops with 1,000+ young people.
https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/tools-for-building-better-thinking?r=6l8ed8
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Democracy is often discussed. It is rarely practiced across borders.
This short video takes you inside the EU Democracy Campus and its virtual parliament: a space designed for young Europeans to rehearse democratic participation together, across languages and borders.
https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/practicing-democracy-virtual-parliament
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🚨 ‘Tradwives and Alpha Bros’
Our researchers Dr Franziska Bellinger and Dr Michaela Kramer want to arm young people against right-wing populist and anti-feminist trends in social media. 🌟 In their project ‘Unlearning Antifeminism on TikTok’ they are developing open educational resources to sensitise young people to the political dimension of such posts.
📚 Find out more in our current issue of Unimagazin: ➡️ https://uni.koeln/SJ5AQ
Ahead of Print in BFP: Democracy Education in Public Libraries
How can libraries actively promote democracy? Becker & Fischer discuss challenges and innovative formats for democratic education in libraries. #DemocracyEducation #Libraries #Democracy #SocialParticipation
Zusammenfassung Spielen Bibliotheken in demokratischen Gesellschaften eine zentrale Rolle bei der Wissensvermittlung und der Förderung gesellschaftlicher Teilhabe? Ja, denn als Orte des Dialogs agieren sie zunehmend proaktiv demokratiepädagogisch. Der Artikel beleuchtet erfolgreiche Formate, thematisiert ausgewählte Herausforderungen und bietet konkrete Ideen zur Weiterentwicklung einer erfolgreichen Demokratiearbeit von Bibliotheken.
Association REDefine
Universität zu Köln
Jens Mittelbach
Anuleena Kimanen