Description
The project addresses the need to fight discrimination, racism and hate speech in the settlements with mixed population. The project aims at promoting multicultural dialogue between the ethnic communities in Bulgaria, building trust and respect for the other by presenting the unique culture of each community through a travelling photo exhibition. First, a photographer from the applicant’s team will visit settlements with mixed ethnic population for 2 months and take photos of the life of people in mixed communities. Second, 40 main photos will be taken, printed and prepared to be presented in a photo exhibition. Third, the photo captions and an audio recording accompanying the photos will be prepared. Finally, the photo exhibition will visit 13 cities in Bulgaria with mixed population for 8 months. The project will benefit people living in areas with mixed population, the Roma, refugees, migrants and local communities in general.
Summary of project results
Multicultural Aspects of Humanity is a project focused on topical public issues related to discrimination, hate speech, social intolerance, etc. The project promoted multicultural dialogue between various ethnic communities in Bulgaria through the filming of the daily life, culture and customs of various ethnic groups in the country and the organization of photo exhibitions in 13 municipalities. Thus the project managed to provoke stereotypical public attitudes to various minority groups in Bulgaria and reach a large number of people, both from people small villages and the cosmopolitan citizens of large cities (including areas predominantly populated by ethnic minorities). The project focused on the positive but forgotten feature of the Bulgarians’ mindset, namely tolerance and support for the people in need. At the end of the project a photo exhibition was also held in the National Assembly as well.
Summary of bilateral results