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"KaliMerhaba" Project-Exploration of Thessaloniki and Izmir

kalimerhabaFive young people from Thessaloniki, Greece, and five from Izmir, Turkey, started a ten-month voyage in order to investigate the common elements of the two cities and record them using new technologies.
As the project’s official facebook account informs us “KaliMerhaba” is a 9-month transnational project which aims to bring together young people from the cities of Izmir and Thessaloniki and develop an interactive dialogue between them through New Media. For many years, Greek and Turkish people were living peacefully together in both cities until the population exchange in 1922. 90 years later, KaliMerhaba tries to (re)investigate the similarities and differences between the two cities and especially between young people living there.
In specific, two teams of 5 people will use videos and photo reports in order to illustrate common traditions, cultural and linguistic characteristics, historical references, stereotypes and beliefs. The audiovisual material will be uploaded to a multimedia platform, dedicated to the project. The project is fundamentally based on intercultural learning and dialogue and active remembrance. It aims to bring together young people, fight deeply rooted stereotypes and prejudices and enhance the collaboration between youngsters and organizations from the two countries.”
Those ten “traveling companions” explore colors, images, sounds that make up the character of the two cities, they chat with their residents following the steps of the project KaliMerhaba which was designed by two NGOs, “United Societies of Balkans” from Thessaloniki and TREX EVS from Izmir.

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