In July, Martyna Ivanauskaite, Student Research Assistant, Maxim Jennings, Multimedia Journalism student and BU professors Karen Fowler-Watt, Roman Gerodimos, and Julian McDougall attended the 15th聽 辫谤辞驳谤补尘尘别.听
The聽programme provides global networking opportunities, encouraging collaborative innovation with people from聽different backgrounds. Students聽from Lebanon, South Korea, Hong Kong, USA, UK, India, Argentina, Austria, and Japan participated in the programme.
Through interactive seminars, Associate Professor Fowler-Watt shared a new approach, "鈥� as a methodology for peacebuilding.聽Professor Gerodimos聽highlighted the 鈥渟uperpower of shame awareness", a聽radical approach to building equitable, inclusive, and emotionally resilient communities,聽and Professor McDougall shed light on the question, 鈥淲hat do we mean when we talk about change?鈥�
Associate Professor Karen Fowler-Watt hosting an interactive workshopProfessor Gerodimos commented on the value of the programme for faculty and students: 鈥淭he programme provides us with an opportunity to explore, experiment, collaborate, develop, and challenge ideas. Attending the academy is the highlight of my year and provides a unique collaborative opportunity for our faculty.鈥�
Over the course of the programme, participants engaged in a range of activities, including interactive lectures and hands-on workshops, film screenings, a living library, art and cultural experiences,聽tours of Salzburg and Gosau, and a visit to the聽Mauthausen Memorial.
Martyna Ivanauskaite said the academy 鈥渨as a great opportunity to come to a different country to meet so many people from all around the world鈥he experience was great. I really enjoyed all the lectures and learning about other cultures and media around the world.鈥澛�
Martyna Ivanauskaite and Maxim Jennings with Professor Roman GerodimosMaxim Jennings said: 鈥淲e all need an equal say in the change we want to occur. Through listening to the stories of so many passionate and talented individuals, some old, some young, my grasp of change and the diverse ways we can enact it has been liberated.鈥�
This year's聽theme was . Participants were challenged to imagine media practices and education that seek to advance meaningful human connection and alliance in our overwhelmingly digital culture.
On their final day, attendees presented their group projects. Martyna鈥檚 group presented their project '', discussing聽the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver news through a combination of wearable augmented reality (AR) technology and mobile holographic screens.
Maxim鈥檚 group presented their project '', discussing聽shared experiences from the past, present, and future through a new form of storytelling that allows people to visually share memories with others.
Professors Fowler-Watt and Gerodimos facilitated the group projects. Professor Gerodimos also produced a short film聽titled ''聽with students during the academy.聽
Throughout the programme, attendees worked in groups to develop multimedia initiatives of the future that nurture human engagement, inclusion, and respect for others.
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