Project Details

Description

SO-CLOSE is a three-year project created to contribute to social cohesion and fight refugee marginalization or exclusion by facilitating the encounters between similar life stories, through the mediation of innovative digital and artistic tools.
Based on theories of cultural heritage-making, SO-CLOSE will improve social cohesion and promote mutual understanding between refugees and their local communities.
AcronymSO-CLOSE
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date2020/01/012022/12/31

Collaborative partners

  • Lund University
  • Autonomous University of Barcelona (lead)
  • Parc de Recerca UAB
  • Villa Decius Association
  • Peace School Foundation of Monte Sole
  • Consorci del Museu Memorial de l'Exili (MUME)
  • University of Girona
  • Center for Research and Technology Hellas
  • Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A.
  • Tempesta Media SL
  • Greek Forum of Refugees (GFR)

Funding

  • European Commission - Horizon 2020

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Other Humanities not elsewhere specified
  • Information Systems, Social aspects (including Human Aspects of ICT)

Free keywords

  • digital cultural heritage
  • refugees
  • migration
  • technology
  • Communication