ZHA!
ZHA! is a community project stemming from a desire to promote the living traditions of the Roma communities and to develop a work of participation and co-creation based on their artistic and cultural heritage, in the city of Porto.
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Through creative, educational and artistic activities, it aims to take action against the social exclusion of this ethnic minority by valuing, preserving and disseminating its cultural practices, promoting personal and social skills for greater empowerment of its participants and demystifying beliefs and preconceptions around Roma communities, facilitating their integration in more inclusive and participative paths through life. This project has culminated in the recording of the album É a nossa vez! (It’s our turn!), with 8 original songs and 3 video clips, launched at a Listening Party at the Batalha Cinema Center; the LARAY show presented at the TMP Rivoli Grand Auditorium; the doc.ZHA! – a documentary released as part of the final meeting, again at Batalha; and also the website to publicize the project and an essay on action-research reflection, with the project as a case study.
Project supported under the 2nd edition of the PARTIS & Art for Change initiative, promoted by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the ‘la Caixa’ Foundation.
- Promoters
- Visões Úteis Associação
- Programmes
- PARTIS & Art for Change 2022-2025
- Social Issues
- Ethnic and Racial Discrimination, Lack of access to cultural practices and expression, Social and/or geographical isolation
- Artistic Area
- Multidisciplinary
- Beneficiaries
- 70 participantsAdults, Children, Youth16–25 years, 26–64 years, 7–15 years
- Date
- 2022 – 2025 (36 months)
- State
- Ongoing
- Territories
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Área Metropolitana do Porto
Porto