Weeks after the #BlackLivesMatter protests in Vienna, Doreen Atim, the ICDO team member shares her personal experiences and thoughts regarding racial discrimination. How is it to be a woman of color in Europe?
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In this week’s ‘Quarantine Diaries’ episode ICDO team member will share with us Easter traditional preparations in Medjimurje, Croatia. This Easter in lockdown due to COVID19 is different than any before. Check out why!
One the 26th of January 2020, ICDO hosted Gala Dinner in Casa Xixim in Tulum, as part of the first phase of the Maya Voice project in Mexico
During the first phase of the Maya Voice project, ICDO team has conducted more than 80 interviews with participants from more than 20 different indigenous Maya communities in Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Playa del Carmen, 24 January 2020 - On the 24th of January 2020, as a part of ICDO’s ‘Kalan Je La’an: Following the Maya Voice', ICDO presented at the Teatro de la Ciudad Solidarid the product of ICDO art workshops - an art installation created by 33 Maya youth together with ICDO’s Art Director Iva Pehar. The Art Installation reveals the cultural values in its symbolism and synergy of the traditional and the contemporary. ICDO collaborated with the Maya youth in an interchange of skills and cultures, where art became...
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José María Morelos, 15.-19. January - The mesmerizing story of Maya beliefs, language, traditions, cosmology and visions of the future is incorporated into the art installation, which was created by 33 Maya youth from 16 different communities together with ICDO Art Director Iva Pehar during ICDO Art Workshops.. ‘Kalan Je La’an: Following the Maya Voice’ Art Installation represents a symbiosis of traditional and contemporary, which complement each other in a sustainable synergy. Every pair of hands brought a piece of their community, beliefs, dreams, plans for the future and messages...
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On the 15th of January, the Mayor of Playa del Carmen, Mrs. Laura Beristain Navarrete, officially announced the cooperation with ICDO on ‘Kalan Je La’an: Following the Maya Voice’ project.
La Linea Negra: Photo Exhibition and Panel Discussion ICDO hosted the talk “The Black Line: Sacred Landscapes from La Sierra Nevada Santa Marta - Colombia” in collaboration with The Colombian Embassy and Weltmuseum Wien on November 16th, 2019 in Vienna, Austria. The aim of the event was to gather non-indigenous society to listen to the message about protecting nature and our planet, transmitted by mamos, indigenous spiritual priests from Colombia. The panel discussion featured: Coque Gamboa, photographer Andrea Altemüller, photographer Katharina Heigl, photographer Josipa Palac, ICDO President Moderated by Claudia Augustat,...
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ICDO is offering a platform for students from Bosnia and Herzegovina to share their thoughts and opinions.
Bridging Diversity: Art and Expression April 16, 2019 Bridging Diversity: Art and Expression Location: United Nations Headquarters, Vienna International Centre In the third phase of "Bridging Diversity: Bosnia and Herzegovina" ICDO organized a two-week art exhibition and essays reading in the UN Headquarters in Vienna. OBJECTIVE: Foster intercultural dialogue and provide a platform for freedom of expression and open communication between youth from three ethnicities in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina through art and writing. KEY STAKEHOLDERS: Youth from all three ethnicities (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian), government officials, representatives from international...
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