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Violetta Tsitsiliani

2015/16 Athens

Violetta Tsitsiliani’s passion for culture led her to conduct her MA in Cultural Management after graduating from the Department of Translation, Interpretation and Foreign Languages of the Ionian University and having worked as a translator for 5 years. Her first interference with culture was on Jazz, to wit an Anglo-Hellenic Glossary of Jazz Musical Terms, and the second was a sociological approach to the profession of the young Greek fashion designers. Both gave her a perspective of the creative industries in Greece, and the opportunity of networking with artists. In the meantime, she has worked in the production of short films, in the construction of handmade clothes and the organization of events such as painting exhibitions and conferences.

Project Progress Phase III Phase II Phase I

Phase III

Scaling the projects in Greece

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Duration

Sep onwards

Project Title

The Language Project

The Language Project is a nonprofit organization which aims at providing help to vulnerable social groups, such as refugees and migrants, by developing and implementing innovative educational programs and cultural events, seminars and workshops focusing mainly on foreign languages, translation, interpretation and cultural mediation.

It started as a cultural and educational initiative supported by START and evolved to become the first Greek NGO promoting efficient cross-cultural communication, smooth integration and enhanced employability for everyone. Since 2015, The Language Project has implemented more than 40 events, training and workshops engaging more than 700 direct beneficiaries.

This year, our goal is to train refugees to become interpreters for refugees, by providing high quality long-term cultural mediation training with renowned partners, targeting refugees, migrants and bilinguals.

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Phase II

Project implementation in Greece

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Duration

Dec - May

Project Title

The Language Project

The Language Project is an innovative cultural initiative, a group of people, a living entity with one goal; to create a networking spot and open platform of expression for those who love languages.

An [inter]-[meta]-[multi]linguistic experience based on synergies, inspired by innovation and aiming at social impact. We aim at making words meaningful and the person behind them visible; at getting translators and linguists out of their cocoons and bringing them into the spotlight, in order for them to share their passion; at using language as a co-creative tool to interact and learn; at encouraging young people to communicate in any language, regardless of whether they make mistakes.

How? By creating a network of language aficionados and by producing versatile translation-based events that promote multilingualism in Athens, Corfu, Thessaloniki and in many more cities to come, with the support of European and Greek institutions. Workshops, an open communication platform for language lovers, participatory videos about multilingualism, translation slams, educational methods, events and info sessions concerning linguistic professions. We do things we Love. We Love Languages. We Love communicating, in any way we can. We speak a Lot, in any Language we can. At Least we try. We transLate reaLity through our own perspectives. We write more. We traveL even more.

Can foreign sounds, peculiar words and different cultures change the way we see the world?

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Phase I

Capacity building in Germany

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Duration

Sep - Nov

Project Title

Retranslation

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Host Institution

zakk

zakk GmbH is a socio-cultural center with a diverse and ambitious cultural program. The program is mainly focused on the departments of “Wort & Bühne” (word and stage), music, intercultural work, discos, projects and politics. Visitors of zakk have all kinds of social backgrounds and people of any age are welcome, from teenagers gifted with a literary talent to seniors interested in “...how to use the internet properly?” The zakk cultural center is a nonprofit organization and the sole partner is the registered organization zakk e.V.

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