I Want to Change My City
Maria João Veloso; Andreia Ramos; Cristina Fraganito
NAME OF THE SCHOOL, MUSEUM, ASSOCIATION:
Agrupamento de Escolas de Rio Tinto nº3.
CITY:
Gondomar.
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COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
Portugal.
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PUBLIC SPACE WHERE THE PROJECT WAS DEVELOPED:
Surrounding streets to school.
CATEGORY OF PROJECT:
Workshops of school hours.
AGE AND NUMBER OF CHILDREN:
6-10 years old.
89 participants.
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PERIOD OF THE PROJECT:
November 2016 to June 2017
LEARNING OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT:
Promote autonomy; Co-responsibility; Cooperation and critical and creative thinking; Encourage collaborative leadership and consensus building; Promote the concept of belonging to the community; Active participation in the maturation of the child-citizen.
BUDGET:
3500€.
Transcriptions
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Another day as a child in this adult city.
Wake up and cling to the mirror friend again.
Mirror, mirror on the wall! Don’t you think I have rights?
Always closed as a pet doll in this box.
Again by car! The adults are blind and deaf ...
Come on, we're too late, we won’t arrive on time!
The traffic is crazy!
The traffic is crazy!
Another uneven adult!
Everything would work out if I were to walk to school ... and there are other benefits, just look:
More health…
More learning ...
More concentration ...
More complicity among all people ...
More fun…
More freedom and autonomy ...
More childhood, more dialogue with the city
They claim to be my city! But it's just a dream! I would like to break the glass that separates me from her one day. So yes!
I am a child with the right to participate in the city and learn from it.
Listen to our voice! We have the solution to many of your problems. Adults only complicate! Let us participate in the project of the city and make this a space for all.
Listen to our voice!
