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RE-THINKING THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACE THROUGH A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE

2019-2-ES02-KA105-0135552019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: ES|IT|EL|LT|PT|LV · Grant: €4,619
Creativity and cultureGender equality / equal opportunitiesInclusion - equity

Objectives

We are daily surrounded by urban spaces in which we transit and / or live but we are not used to considering how they are organized. Although historically the traditional urban policy tried to organize the spaces from an egalitarian point of view, with the development of capitalism the populations and the urban space have been built from productivist and market logics, leaving aside the humanizing aspect of the cities in the management of public space. Moreover, the dichotomy between man - public space - and woman - private space - has also been a determinant in the construction of modern cities, which are built on a patriarchal urban policy model, which puts men in the center and leaves women in the background. We only need to look at the layout of the school playground, where even now, in most cases, the space par excellence, the largest and the most central is the football field, occupied mainly by children (boys). To their surroundings are relegated those "other" spaces where the girls tend to meet. This construction of the physical space determines the relationships and establishes gender dynamics and roles, creating, from very young, differences between boys and girls. In this way, we see that the construction of space has consequences in the development of social relations between the different people that inhabit these cities or contemporary municipalities, as well as in our day to day, in our living and doing. Without realizing it, we are the people who adapt to the spaces and not the spaces that adapt to people. Since a few decades ago, some movements that propose a reconstruction of the public space have begun to emerge, as well as a private one, from a gender and feminist perspective. Its objective is to put people at the center of urban policy, rethinking the urban from a vision that is more inclusive, fair, equal, safe and without borders. OBJECTIVES The objectives for this training are as follows: O1. To create a space for learning, debating, analyzing and exchanging knowledge and experiences. O2. To provide tools to improve the detection and diagnosis of spaces and their distribution in the design of projects and the community intervention. O3. To incorporate the feminist perspective in the organization and management of the spaces in which we live. O4. To work the critical spirit and awareness of the urban reality that surrounds us. O5. To promote the Erasmus+ program at the local level as a tool for the empowerment of professionals at the community and international sphere with young people. The objectives described relate to the priorities of the Erasmus+ Program, as they promote the construction of public spaces (for instance, youth centers) and fairer cities, favoring equal opportunities and social inclusion; they also support trainers and youth workers working in the community field with young people to acquire new knowledge, skills and competences that will help them to develop themselves professionally and personally, while encouraging an active role as European citizens.

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