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Transit Tales<\/strong> is a European participatory photography project with migrants, funded by the European Union ERASMUS+ program; a project collaboratively conducted by the Documentary Photography Center (CFD) of Barcelona, Jungleye association (Calais), O.S.T collective (Brus- sels) and EYFA (Berlin).<\/p>\n

Throughout the so-called \u201cmigration crisis\u201d photography and images in the media have been a powerful tool in shaping public perceptions of what\u2019s going on. These images, in turn, impact public opinion, political discourse and institutional solutions (or the lack thereof).<\/p>\n

Transit Tales workshops bring together a group of 10 to 15 people of various gender, age and nationalities to create a Logbook using a mix of illustration, collage, photography and writing.<\/p>\n

The logbook is a creative tool for participatory photography created by the OST collective. The \u2018logbook\u2019 comes from the idea of a ship\u2019s logbook, a record of a journey or a book of images, and is a creative tool designed to be both collective, and individual. The participants are given a basic camera, a logbook and a pen. It offers an opportunity to each participant to give voice to their field of experiences, covering issues they are familiar with. It contains a sequences of instructions \/ missions, which the participants respond to using a personal mixture of photography, words, drawings, and collage. These responses turn the logbook into a transmitter of images and experiences. These missions can seem to be very concrete but in reality can be very open.<\/p>\n

The Logbook is divided into four sections:
\u2022 IDENTITY \/ I am: we learn how to describe ourselves through an image and words. Focusing on us to better find ourselves and re-building our self-identity.
\u2022 TERRITORIES \/ I live: yesterday, today, where do we progress and move? From where can we find our roots? What territories did we go through?
\u2022 MY REFUGE \/ I observe: going back to our personal place. What are the first feelings connected to arriving in Germany. Where do we find a refuge? What are our first needs? Are there any gaps?
\u2022 PROJECTION \/ I imagine: how do we project ourselves in the future? Prepare a new start; regain our self-esteem through re-building our self-image and identity; and regain independence and freedom.<\/p>\n

Designed to be meaningful for participants from all over the world, and to establish a database of contemporary realities, the logbook has proved to be an intimate and efficient creative, anthropological, and political tool.<\/p>\n

For Transit Tales workshops, the logbook was specially adapted with Jungleye, including new assignments and translation into three languages (Spanish, French, English).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n