Project Description
The project is aimed at building the capacities of young researchers and granting them the opportunity to focus on working in the field of cultural study and research. The project’s objective is to improve the skills of researchers, offer them direction and give them the opportunity to realize a research project (this could be their first research outside the framework of academic study) under the direct supervision of professional researchers specialized in culture who form the scientific committee of the project.
The project extends over a period of 7 or 8 months and includes three key phases: Phase I – Selection of young researchers and preparation of the training materials. Phase II – Training and Capacity Building. Phase III – realizing research projects under the supervision of professional researchers.
Through the selection criteria for the participating researchers, the project focuses on relevant subjects of cultural research connected to the developments that Syria is undergoing at present.
At the end of the project and based on the evaluation of the scientific committee, Ettijahat will publish a number of the realized research papers electronically first and as a book in a second stage. This procedure depends however completely on the findings of the selection committee with regard to the quality of the realized research papers.
Objective
• Building the capacity of 10 young researchers from various fields of cultural research
• Production of selected research materials that reflect positively on cultural work and can form a base for a long-term research programme to be implemented by “Ettijahat. Independent Culture”.
• Designing and piloting trainings programme in the field of cultural research.