Planning, applying for, and implementing cultural projects for young people in a discrimination-sensitive manner | #8 Discrimination-sensitive application process

Language creates reality and is an important tool for anti-discrimination. How we talk about people has real consequences not only for our thinking, but also for how we interact with each other. That is why it is particularly important in grant applications for projects that explicitly target people affected by various forms of discrimination to ensure that no discriminatory stigmas are reproduced. As applicants and implementers of projects, it is important to create a space for children and young people that is as sensitive as possible to discrimination—and the application process is where it all begins.

In this workshop, we will examine the language used in grant applications in order to formulate applications and project texts that are as free from discrimination as possible. We will focus on potential problems and open questions surrounding the topic and work together to develop forward-looking approaches and solutions.

• Speaker: Demba Sanoh

• Demba Sanoh is a historian, multi-certified diversity trainer, freelance author, and speaker. He works primarily on his main topics of racism and colonialism. He also has many years of experience in the cultural sector and works as a tour manager and production manager for various bands and festivals in German-speaking countries. In his role as co-founder of SAME BUT DIFFERENT, he combines his expertise and trains companies and institutions in the cultural and music industry on topics such as diversity and sensitivity to discrimination.

   

• Organized by the Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste
• Registration at: http://bit.ly/46hrtoc 

The series of events is being organized jointly by the program partners from “Kultur macht stark” (Culture Makes Strong): Assitej, Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste (Federal Association of Independent Performing Arts), Bundesvereinigung Kulturelle Kinder- und Jugendbildung e.V. (Federal Association for Cultural Education for Children and Young People), Deutscher Bibliotheksverband e.V. (German Library Association), Deutscher Bühnenverein e.V. (German Stage Association), Fonds Darstellende Künste e.V. (Performing Arts Fund), Jugend Film Fernsehen e.V. (Youth Film Television), Stiftung Lesen (Reading Foundation), and Türkische Gemeinde Deutschland e.V. (Turkish Community in Germany).