{"id":1474,"date":"2019-08-05T15:15:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T14:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/the-art-of-peace\/?page_id=1474"},"modified":"2019-08-15T11:42:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T10:42:25","slug":"partners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/the-art-of-peace\/home\/about\/partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; global_module=&#8221;322&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_menu global_parent=&#8221;322&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; menu_id=&#8221;7&#8243; submenu_direction=&#8221;downwards&#8221; fullwidth_menu=&#8221;off&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; module_class=&#8221;main-navigation&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; 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background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>Partners<\/h1>\n<p>Our project partners are a diverse mix of organisations spanning the spectrum of creative disciplines and include visual and performing arts &#8211; music, dance, photography, animation, film, sculpture and painting &#8211; and creative writing, media and journalism across cities in the four countries.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text &#8211; partners &#8211; Colombia&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2>Colombia<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_accordion admin_label=&#8221;Accordion &#8211; Colombia&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;Crazy Dance\/Entrepreneurs for Peace&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#2b87da&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#29c4a9&#8243; background_color_gradient_type=&#8221;linear&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;180deg&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction_radial=&#8221;center&#8221; background_color_gradient_start_position=&#8221;0%&#8221; background_color_gradient_end_position=&#8221;100%&#8221; background_color_gradient_overlays_image=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; background_size=&#8221;cover&#8221; background_position=&#8221;center&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; background_blend=&#8221;normal&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Fou<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1516 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/the-art-of-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/08\/crazy-dance-logo-200x200-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Crazy Dance logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/the-art-of-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/08\/crazy-dance-logo-200x200-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/the-art-of-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/08\/crazy-dance-logo-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>nded in 2015 in a rural community on the outskirts of Medellin; the community has been affected by gang violence and high numbers of displaced people. Crazy Dance is a dance troop of young people using different genres of dance to bring young people together to provide alternatives to violence and promote peaceful coexistence.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;Lluvia de Ori\u00f3n&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#2b87da&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#29c4a9&#8243; background_color_gradient_type=&#8221;linear&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;180deg&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction_radial=&#8221;center&#8221; background_color_gradient_start_position=&#8221;0%&#8221; background_color_gradient_end_position=&#8221;100%&#8221; background_color_gradient_overlays_image=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; background_size=&#8221;cover&#8221; background_position=&#8221;center&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; background_blend=&#8221;normal&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1519 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/the-art-of-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/08\/lluvia-de-orion-logo-200x200-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Lluvia de Orion logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/the-art-of-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/08\/lluvia-de-orion-logo-200x200-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/the-art-of-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/08\/lluvia-de-orion-logo-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Founded in 2012 by Robinson Usaga, a displaced journalist, Lluvida de Orion works with young people in the Comuna 13 area of Medellin through creative writing, communication and education. The aim of the organization is to use writing, animations and illustrations as a means of education communities about the conflict and historical memory in Colombia and promoting peace.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; title=&#8221;Ciudad Comuna&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1520 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/the-art-of-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/08\/ciudad-comuna-logo-200x200-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/the-art-of-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/08\/ciudad-comuna-logo-200x200-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/the-art-of-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/08\/ciudad-comuna-logo-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Founded in 2009, Ciudad Comuna is a community media and communications organization. Their work is focused in three areas: generating community driven audio-visual content (radio and newspaper) and media and communication training for young people in the area (photography school and audio visual programmes) and research to promote positive social change in marginalised areas affected by conflict in the city of Medellin, Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; title=&#8221;Corporaci\u00f3n Talentos Culturizzarte&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1521 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/the-art-of-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/08\/corporacion-talentos-culturizzarte-logo-200x70.jpg\" alt=\"Culturizzarte logo\" width=\"200\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/the-art-of-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/08\/corporacion-talentos-culturizzarte-logo-200x70.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/the-art-of-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/08\/corporacion-talentos-culturizzarte-logo-200x70-150x53.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>A multi arts spaces in Comuna 13, Medellin, founded in 2009 by local artist MAURIZIO CORTEZ. Culturizzarte offers free visual arts and performing arts education to young people in an area heavily affected by gang violence and poverty and displaced people. Culturizzarte hopes to provide young people with alternative options to violence and raise their aspirations through art.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/culturizzarte13.wordpress.com\/acerca-de\/\">Visit the Culturizzarte website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;En Corto Taller&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#2b87da&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#29c4a9&#8243; background_color_gradient_type=&#8221;linear&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;180deg&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction_radial=&#8221;center&#8221; background_color_gradient_start_position=&#8221;0%&#8221; background_color_gradient_end_position=&#8221;100%&#8221; background_color_gradient_overlays_image=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; background_size=&#8221;cover&#8221; background_position=&#8221;center&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; background_blend=&#8221;normal&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1518 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/the-art-of-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/08\/en-corto-taller-logo-200x200-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/the-art-of-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/08\/en-corto-taller-logo-200x200-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/the-art-of-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/08\/en-corto-taller-logo-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>En Corto Taller is an audio-visual collective that works with marginalised young people in Comuna 5 in Medellin to provide new employment and educational opportunities through audio-visual workshops and training programmes.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; title=&#8221;Elemento Ilegal&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1517 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/the-art-of-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/08\/elemento-ilegal-logo-200x200-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/the-art-of-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/08\/elemento-ilegal-logo-200x200-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/the-art-of-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/08\/elemento-ilegal-logo-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Elemento Ilegal is a hip hop school based in Comuna 8 in Medellin. Founded in 2008 by a group of young people, the school focuses on social, artistic and personal development of children and young people through hip hop.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][\/et_pb_accordion][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text &#8211; partners- Bosnia&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Bosnia-Herzegovina<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_accordion admin_label=&#8221;Accordion &#8211; Bosnia&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;Youth Cultural Centre OKC Abra\u0161evi\u0107&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#2b87da&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#29c4a9&#8243; background_color_gradient_type=&#8221;linear&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;180deg&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction_radial=&#8221;center&#8221; background_color_gradient_start_position=&#8221;0%&#8221; background_color_gradient_end_position=&#8221;100%&#8221; background_color_gradient_overlays_image=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; background_size=&#8221;cover&#8221; background_position=&#8221;center&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; background_blend=&#8221;normal&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>In the case study of Bosnia-Herzegovina, our main partner is the Youth Cultural Centre OKC Abra\u0161evi\u0107 in Mostar. OKC Abra\u0161evi\u0107 is situated on the former frontline of the divided city of Mostar and acts as an important cultural hub in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Since its opening in 2003, OKC Abra\u0161evi\u0107 is building on traditions of inter-culturalism and democracy. The centre is active in the redesign of public spaces in the city in order to create zones in which engrained logics of division can be challenged.<\/p>\n<p>Their vast experience in cultural activism is a tremendous asset to our project and will help us understand the challenges that working in a divided city entails, especially for young people. We collaborate with the centre in the production of audio arts in the form of audio installations which will tell stories of old and famous Mostar architectural objects.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][\/et_pb_accordion][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text &#8211; partners &#8211; Lebanon&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Lebanon<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_accordion admin_label=&#8221;Accordion &#8211; Lebanon&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;UTOPIA Association (Utopia)&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#2b87da&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#29c4a9&#8243; background_color_gradient_type=&#8221;linear&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;180deg&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction_radial=&#8221;center&#8221; background_color_gradient_start_position=&#8221;0%&#8221; background_color_gradient_end_position=&#8221;100%&#8221; background_color_gradient_overlays_image=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; background_size=&#8221;cover&#8221; background_position=&#8221;center&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; background_blend=&#8221;normal&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1715\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/the-art-of-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/08\/utopia-logo-200x77.jpg\" alt=\"UTOPIA logo\" width=\"200\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/the-art-of-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/08\/utopia-logo-200x77.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/the-art-of-peace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/08\/utopia-logo-200x77-150x58.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Utopia is a non-governmental, non-profit organization, located in Tripoli, North Lebanon, dedicated to acquiring social justice among all within the same society regardless of their political or religious beliefs. Utopia\u2019s purpose is to inspire a culture of civic awareness and equal citizenship in Lebanese society through specialized projects and programs to inspire and promote the changes toward achievement of social justice. 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