De la haine à l’espoir
The youth-led digital art initiative is designed to empower them with critical digital literacy skills and social media tools to create cutting-edge multimedia performances and installations that describe their experiences with hate, discrimination and cyber bullying. Our aim is to implement and evaluate a sustainable, multi-sectoral, culturally-relevant, youth-led approach to creating media-based narratives that accurately reflect youths’ lived experiences, with the ultimate objective of reducing instances of discrimination.
We are currently funded by the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ), Canadian Heritage, and the Michaëlle Jean Foundation.
The Landscape of Hope logo, created by David Hall, is a take on the universal symbol for wifi. The two hand-drawn lines and ink splat for the traditional circle represent artistic creation, and the project’s ethos of using art and the creation of art amongst young people to help counter online harassment, bullying and hate. The barbed wire line represents this online hate, however the two hand-drawn bars safely protect the user – art protects us and creates a safe space – from online bullying.
The shape of the overall logo, starting at the bottom, gradually expands and gets bigger – not only does this respect the original symbol, and its meaning of wifi signal spreading outwards – but this represents the ripple effect ones actions, behaviour and language have online. They can often start small, and grow exponentially.
Ultimately, this logo will be seen as a fusion of mobility, online presence, creativity, and protection.
Par Leigh Glynn-Finnegan et Daniel Valenzuela
Nouvelles
Un nouveau chapitre de livre décrit les initiatives réussies du Paysage de l'espoir
4 mai, 2023
Des étudiants albertains du secondaire sont artistes en résidence au Centre d’études sur l’apprentissage et la performance (CEAP) de Concordia (en anglais)
La chercheuse postdoctorale Jessie Beier relie Paysage de l’espoir aux centres d'apprentissage Bennett, Argyll et Metro à Edmonton
31 octobre, 2022
Le Paysage de l’espoir de l’Université Concordia élargit ses initiatives de lutte contre la haine et la discrimination à Montréal et à Chicoutimi
Le Fonds de recherche du Québec, Patrimoine canadien et la Fondation Michaëlle Jean financent l’initiative qui permettra la tenue d’ateliers et d’événements communautaires
11 février 2021
Round table and performance of Landscape of Hope for the Study Day on Art and Pedagogy (en anglais)
21 october, 2020
Upcoming Landscape of Hope “Radiant Power” Online Events (en anglais)
14 octobre, 2020
Notre equip
Vivek Venkatesh, Owen Chapman, Sandra Chang-Kredl, Annabelle Brault, Martin Lalonde, Jason Wallin, Jessie Beier, Veronica Mockler, Léa Clermont-Dion, Kathryn Urbaniak, Emma June Huebner, Ashley Montgomery, Éva Roy, David Hall, Leslie Touré Kapo, Nik Forrest, Michel Poulin, Lou Raskin, Angus Tarnawsky, Maxime Brunet, Safia Boufalaas, Mairin Miller, Lucas Throw, Marilou Lyonnais A.