What is this workshop about?

In this workshop, participants will be given the opportunity to reflect on their own sense of security, what it means to them and what threatens it. This will then be translated into an understanding of security policy, global issues and finding the links between themselves and the conflicts they face around them. With this, it hopes to promote a stronger sense of power in influencing security around them.

Security takes different forms and is achieved through different methods. Sometimes the translating of a personal connection into something tangible can feel lost and unachievable. Through the use of zines and vision-boarding, participants are invited to create a booklet which represents how they view security and its relation to the world around them. With this they then explore wider themes of global, national and communal security, learning about the different
factors of security policy and how they impact them as individuals.

Security is understood differently by each individual and this workshop acts to answer the question: What is my relation to security and how can I play a role in contributing to security as an active young citizen? In this workshop, security is understood as the absence of threats to people or communities, including freedom from fear and from basic needs going unmet.

Key facts

Duration: 45 to 80 minutes without a break

Format: on site

Target group: students between 14 and 18 years old

About the material

The workshop was developed as part of our Fellowship in cooperation with the Hertie Foundation. All materials are accessible as an Open Educational Resource.

The author and we as Understanding Europe would like to encourage teachers, young educators and educational multipliers to use it for their work.