© 2021. PHOTO BY PEACE DIALOGUE NGO. AUTHOR: MARIANNA KHAZHAKYAN
On 18-19 December, Peace Dialogue NGO implemented a workshop entitled “History and I”. The event took place in Shahumyan community of Lori region at Mane Papyan’s initiative who was one of the participants of Fostering Critical Conversation on Social and Political Impacts of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict course organized by Peace Dialogue on 3-5 September, 2021.
Fourteen 15-18 year old young people from the border regions of Syunik, Tavush, and Gegharkunik, as well as Lori and capital Yerevan took part in the workshop. With this meeting, Peace Dialogue strived to give the participants an opportunity to discuss and ponder over their perceptions on the history of the region with their peers, as well as reflect on their personal and collective memories on past and present events and identify possible ways of sharing those memories and narratives with others.
In the course of the two-day discussion, by means of various methodologies and exercises offered by facilitators Mane Papyan and Shushanna Tevanyan, the young participants made an attempt to seek for answers to their questions related to a number of relevant topics, such as war, peace, identity, religion, national values, and stereotypes widely spread among the society.
The event was organized in the scope of Open Narratives initiative in coordination with Conciliation Resources with the financial support of European Union.
