Description
The project's objective is to create a set of tools that will enable selected minority groups (MG), Ukrainians, Jews, Romani people, Muslims, LGBT people, Africans, to more effectively protect themselves from the hate speech and its effects. As a result of the project (1) a reliable knowledge base on acts of hatred against MG will be built, for further use by MG and organisations and public institutions, (2) effective legal interventions preventing the acts of discrimination will be supported, (3) an opportunity to change the existing attitudes of selected groups (schoolchildren, teachers, lawyers, public officials) will be created through films, lesson scenarios, information materials presenting a given culture and problems of a given MG. Participants of the project will be communicated with through an Internet platform containing materials developed during the project implementation, presented in the form of open knowledge base (licence/ CC 3.0). Partner organisation has an experience in preparing visual educational meterials and will develop them during the project.
Summary of project results
"Most hate speech-related diagnoses describe the phenomenon itself, rarely focusing on the actual groups affected. Minority representatives frequently lack the competencies to act alone in notifying authorities of behaviours and/or content violating their rights. There is a shortage of educational video materials showing minority cultures, albeit data published by IAB Poland (2013) suggests that video remains the prevalent form of web communication. The project purpose was to change attitudes towards minorities, and to improve the system of reacting to hate speech through research, legal, and educational activities. The project allowed the setup of a web platform reached by more than ten thousand users, comprising educational, research, and legal materials. A database of online comments concerning minorities was created. Six reports were published on 6 minorities exposed to hate speech in Poland. Sample legal actions were promoted to allow efficient reactions to online hate speech. The “Online Hate Speech. Legal Aspects"" guidebook was published. Seventeen legal notifications and 4 appeals with relevant authorities were filed. Ten minority-related stereotype teaching scripts were drafted; 6 films showing the life of minority group representatives in Poland were produced, including 36 short versions. Three electronic format publications were produced: “Towards a Network of Tolerance"", “Encountering Another"", and “Minority Image"". Project beneficiaries included 13,000 visitors to the siectolerancji.pl website, and a further 50,000 viewers of educational movies on youtube.com. The project partner - the KEN Association of Culture, Education and Science - drafted a paper summarising available educational tools preventing hate speech and anti-discrimination teaching scripts."
Summary of bilateral results