Inclusion of migrants and refugees through culture and online training

CULiNary project aims to promote migrant and refugees inclusion through the pairing of food and theatre awareness and the development of friendly educational materials for adult trainers and creating final performances involving trainers, migrants, refugees and audiences. The project wants to make visible, reflect, understand and deal with immigration from a disruptive approach, which is familiar to us, and known by all cultures: food and theatre with the aim of co-creating training models that use theatrical language, as an act of social inclusion.

It aims to develop intercultural dialogue in ways that convey happiness and joy, such as food and theater. It is also an innovative way to build bridges between the host community and immigrants or refugees.

The specific objectives of the CULiNary project are:

1. To foster inclusion of adult migrants and refugees by developing theatrical language skills, increasing networking, integrating the new environmental context and valuing their knowledge and experiences.
2. To provide adult trainers, of the partner organizations, with educational tools so that they can implement inclusion workshops related to theatrical and food languages and to use the scenic piece as a vehicle for debate that involves the staff, the migrants, refugees, and the public.
3. Implementing innovative ways of integrating migrants and refugees into the labor market and society.

The international partnership of the project

Italy, Spain, and Belgium.