YourSea-OurSea

Template for Activities/Workshops in Ireland:

As a workshop leader please

· do not print this out but fill it in digitally

· use the present tense in descriptions

· make sure you fill in as many answers as possible

· please replace the boxes p with an X

· send the filled-in description of activity to Thomas at:
Berger@inter-research.de

Some of the blanks can be filled in later, please regard this as the “growing ID-Card” of the activities. After the excursion we will use these to help with the final report

Title[1] of Activity	Our Sea - Your Sea
Description[2]	Participants will explore the meaning of the sea for their culture, society and economy. Starting from the importance of the sea and fishing to Achill, past and present, the group will explore their own cultures. They will do this in settings that are physically close to the sea or fish.
Subtitle[3]	Fishing
Leader[4]	Daniel Torrkulla
Assistant[5]
Workshop specialist[6]
Time[7]	Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri a.m.
Place	Out and about + cottage 2
Materials needed	Waterproof clothing - seasickness tablets?

category I SMALL INTERCULTURAL TEAMS
1. no more than 6 participants?	yes X
2. at least 3 nationalities	yes X
3. at least from 3 stations	yes X
Participants	- Celeste Abarentos - Andreas Schnitzer - Peter Theolin - - -
4. which activities facilitate intercultural communication?	describe: They will meet people who work with/on the sea and who are related to the sea in some way. It will give them an insight into their own cultures from a different perspective.

category II CONNECTION TO THE WEB STORY
1. activity is already included in web stories	yes p no X	describe where:
2. results will be included in web stories	yes p no p	describe where: Perhaps
3. is extra technical support needed?	yes p no X	describe which:

category III CREATIVE USE OF NEW MEDIA
1. will the new media be used in a creative way?	yes X no p	describe how: Sights and sounds will be important here so participants will learn about pictures and sound on the web. Graphics could also come into the picture because they could explore ways of presenting facts and figures in an interesting way.
2. are they essential to the activity?	yes X no p	describe why: The new media offer new ways to present information.
3. will the participants learn to use the new media?	yes X no p	describe how: They will learn to edit pictures, make graphs etc
4. do participants learn s.th. about the notion of new media?	yes X no p	describe what: Its versatility

category IV ACTIVE EXPLORATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
1. will participants explore in an active and creative way?	yes X no p	describe how: They will physically meet the culture and will have to contribute their reactions to what they see, hear and feel.
2. are they sensitized to parallels to their own home country?	yes p no p	describe how: Through talking and thinking about parallels
3. are there any innovative forms of experiencing culture (as opposed to conventional “guided tour”)?	yes p no p	describe how: Hopefully they will be learning about the culture through "doing" it .

category V BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY
1. will the participants share their own specialist/cultural backgrounds?	yes X no p	describe how: By being part of the group. Many people who live in cities are not aware of the power of the forces of nature and a workshop like this which aims to bring them into contact with one such force - the sea - could have an impact on the life view.
2. will there be a clear benefit for the community?	yes p no p	describe how: Raise awareness in among other nationalities and generations of the life in Achill
3. is the value of the benefit in relation of the learning experience of the participants?	yes p no p	describe how:

If an activity does not meet all criteria, this does not mean it cannot be done, of course. Activities should “largely meet the criteria”. Often other participants have good ideas how to include further aspects which are still missing.

Good luck

Laurence

[1] should be a gripping marketing title (no more than 5 words)

[2] no more than 200 words

[3] can be a longer, more academic and descriptive title

[4] any participant can be leader of a workshop

[5] assistant must be from a group/nationality different from the leader

[6] e.g. the photographer in the photo workshop (external specialists)

[7] regular times at the moment are either Mon/Tue/Thur/Fri 10-13 or Mon/Tue/Thur 14:30-17:30 or Wed all day