Games are activities that have rules and are played individually or as part of a team. The game is an activity that plays an important role in children’s development. The child finds a way to play and socialise in any area, alone or with friends. They take responsibility for the games they play and learn social rules. They gain control through play in terms of their thoughts, emotions and relationships. The game is the most natural and healthiest way of communicating with children and sharing their world. Games and sport all come together, with their similarities and differences, and are an important tool in the reflection of culture.
Old Games For New Generations is a 15-month project on traditional games and sports. The aim is to recognize the traditional games and sports that are being forgotten or not preferred by the youth, and to ensure that these games and sports become widespread. In the project, e-books and game cards will be designed as a result of research. The visual and video recording links of the works carried out will also be included in the e-book, and the game cards will be prepared ready for distribution and transportation.
Elderly individuals are living history and culture. In this context, working together with older individuals who have experience rather than written, visual and similar tools will bring an innovative perspective to the process in the context of knowing and popularizing traditional games and sports. With this project, it is thought that the gap between older and younger people will be bridged and that empathy and tolerance will be developed since this project requires co-operation.
Partners
International Partners
– IPS – İZMİR PERFORMANS SPOR KULÜBÜ (Türkiye)
National Partners
– Municipality of Beja
– Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth
Cofounded
– Erasmus +, reference number:
Activities
The main activities of the OLD G NEW G project
Initial meeting between partners to start the project,and other intermediate meetings to monitor the develop of the project and planning further activities.
The partners will create a new card game based on Portuguese and Turkish traditional games.
With all the data collected in the research and face-to-face meetings, the partners will develop an E-Book that will be available to the general public interested in the topic of traditional games.
Throughout the project, there will be a compilation of digital diaries with the aim of summarizing the different phases of implementation.
Each partner will organize a training session in their country to share traditional games and play them together, sharing different ideas.
Media
During the project, we will share all the produced content and the acess to the oficial website.