MUSA: THE FIRST HUB IN EUROPE WHERE GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP AND HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION MEETS SCIENCE
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Development awarenessDeveloping countries, unspecified
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€ 484,658
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Committed
€ 484,658
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Used
Description
The project is aimed at increasing public awareness on the issues of international development cooperation and on the 17 Sustanaible Development Goals. The proposal is built on the collaboration between Terre des Hommes, UNIMI (Labanof Dept.) and Fondazione Isacchi Samaja, aimed at promoting the rights of the 800 victims of the 18th of April 2015 sinking, and it involves the three organizations, together with Fondazione Collegio delle Università Milanesi, in the design of a project that falls within AICS call for proposal on GCE: MUSA. MUSA is the first University Museum of Anthropological Forensic Science for Human Rights in Europe. It was established in Milan in 2021 and will officially open to the public in June 2022, with the aim of raising awareness on the role played by science in the protection of Human Rights and in the promotion of GCE values. MUSA will teach the general public through scientific analysis of human remains and marks on bodies how to understand the development of phenomena such as racism, discrimination, violence, HHRR violations; how to identify vulnerable groups (primarily women and children) and their living conditions; how and why it is crucial to comprehend the reasons behind specific social and cultural dynamics, which, today as in the past, could threaten the core values of GC. By valuing the innovative drive that MUSA brings to the Italian cultural scene, the project will impact the cognitive and emotional domains of learners attending lower and upper secondary school in particular – although it will also focus on young adults and the educational community at large – supporting their acquisition of a wide and critical view of the socio-cultural dynamics which, throughout history, exposed human beings to violations of their rights. MUSA will teach that it is scientifically proven that the strongest communities are those which are more open, multicultural, inclusive, and capable of respecting diverse people and protecting the rights of the people who belong to them. MUSA is made of three main sections – historical-archaeological, criminalistics and humanitarian – which will all concur to give voice to the vulnerable ones, piecing together the truth towards their lives though the marks on their bodies, and therefore acknowledging the dignity they were deprived of. The humanitarian section will include the reconstruction of the 2015 sunken boat as well as personal belongings of the victims, the narration of the recovery work and much more, to make the reasons of the travel in search of protection clear and understood. The project will develop and implement pedagogical pathways on GCE, using science, addressed to lower and upper secondary schools, while at the same time providing MUSA with qualified staff able to work with students, both within the classroom and at the Museum. Indeed, as of today, MUSA lacks effective equipment and tools to provide immersive and multimedia activities and interactive laboratories to students. Furthermore, the project will also involve young adults (university students) and the educational community at large through a massive communication and awareness campaign at municipality, regional and national level. The Action reflects the vanguard of new thinking about GCE, for which “…society needs a wide secondary education system, able to use multiple educational tools to accompany a community’s evolution which could be functional to its needs”. “Universities are part of a social, cultural, economic and political context which influences their functioning, either promoting or limiting their action; for this reason, democracy needs science as much as science needs democracy”. (Thomas D. Parker, Senior Associate Emeritus at the Institute of Higher Education Policy (IHEP), Washington, D.C. (USA) - International Conference “The Third University Mission” (30 Nov - 1 Dec 2018, Moscow).
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| Year | Committed | Used |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | € 0 | € 193,863 |
| 2022 | € 484,658 | € 290,795 |
Agency
| Type | Name | Channel code |
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| Government | AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development | 11000 |
Channel reported
| Type | Name | Channel code |
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| National NGO | TERRE DES HOMMES ONLUS | 22000 |
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