Activity

A workshop by director Elli Papakonstantinou at Vocational School of Eleusina working with borderline children

A workshop by director Elli Papakonstantinou at Vocational School of Eleusina working with borderline children

An activity by
partnering with Europe Grand Central

Explores the borders

borderline children societal and ethnic borderline

Why

The children field a questionnaire. The questionaire gives us and the participants alike a fascinating insight to how borders are perceived by different people. At the same time it opts to strengthen the participants self- in using the tool of language for healthy dialogues.
This  documented in a short film.

Location

Eleusis, Ditiki Attiki, Greece

Characteristics

Area

1 month workshop by director Elli Papakonstantinou at the at the Vocational School of Eleusina… working with borderline children She s been gathering their stories and ideas of borders in writing and also through recordings.
These children are officially characterized as “borderline” children in terms of knowledge capacities. But what comes out from their descriptions and stories is that they also leave in a societal and ethnic borderline.
These documentations leaded to a short film.

Audience

How it was done

archiving
film
interviews
making
music
sound
workshops
writing

Results

Stories of “borderline” children :

Borders. Looking old houses. Notebook and pencil. Radio. Clog the words. Border – town, democracy, walls, tunnels, my room, my mobile, borders between freedom and dependence, parents, teachers, age, social position.
Borders.
Between people, to animals, to nature …
The spiritual communication can break the borders.
Everyone’s limits are the borders.
To EXCEED yourself!
To go to America and germany.
To break the sound barrier
Adrenaline!
Borders because of fear.
Health!
To break the frontiers of knowledge.
Borders.
Τo not exceed the limits.
The borders of me.
The stress.
My nerves.
The opinions and suspicions.
Το have confidence.
Exceed emotions.
The constricted as borders.
The serious issues.
Borders of love and friendship.
A line connecting two dots.
The sea.
The ocean

How it went

Main lessons learned

These children are officially characterized as “borderline” children in terms of knowledge capacities. But what comes out from their descriptions and stories is that they also leave in a societal and ethnic borderline.

Activity Timeline

2016

  • Stories of the borderline

    1 month workshop by director Elli Papakonstantinou at the Vocational School of Eleusina… working with borderline children. She s been gathering their stories and ideas of borders in writing and also through recordings.
    These children are officially characterized as “borderline” children in terms of knowledge capacities. But what comes out from their descriptions and stories is that they also leave in a societal and ethnic borderline.
    These documentations leaded to a short film.