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CatalyticAction 2023 Photography Workshop
The CatalyticAction 2023 Photography Workshop will focus on the theme of gender inequalities and how they manifest in the built environment. Lebanon is a context of deep and structural gender inequalities, with one of the highest overall gender gaps in the world, ranking 119 out of 146 countries in the World Economic Forum Gender Gap report 2022. In many Arab communities, urban space is by default, male space.
Through photography as a medium, we will seek to reflect on gender inequalities within the built environment, and in particular in public spaces – a very relevant topic in the current international debate.
The workshop’s field activities will be happening in the format of site visits to give you the opportunity to experience different contexts of Lebanon; from the charming neighbourhood of Mar Mikhael in Beirut, to the vibrant sea promenade in the city of El Mina in North Lebanon, to the busy towns within agricultural plains of the Bekaa valley.
The workshop’s desktop activities will be an opportunity to learn photography from expert photographers and reflect on the field work. These will be conducted in the community centre that we rehabilitated in the neighbourhood of Karantina in response to the 2020 Beirut port explosion. During this workshop you will be working alongside professionals and local community members. You will also be visiting many of CatalyticAction’s projects, experiencing firsthand the positive impact of our work.
Through photography as a medium, we will seek to reflect on gender inequalities within the built environment, and in particular in public spaces – a very relevant topic in the current international debate.
The workshop’s field activities will be happening in the format of site visits to give you the opportunity to experience different contexts of Lebanon; from the charming neighbourhood of Mar Mikhael in Beirut, to the vibrant sea promenade in the city of El Mina in North Lebanon, to the busy towns within agricultural plains of the Bekaa valley.
The workshop’s desktop activities will be an opportunity to learn photography from expert photographers and reflect on the field work. These will be conducted in the community centre that we rehabilitated in the neighbourhood of Karantina in response to the 2020 Beirut port explosion. During this workshop you will be working alongside professionals and local community members. You will also be visiting many of CatalyticAction’s projects, experiencing firsthand the positive impact of our work.