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Data de início: 10-01-2020
Data de fim: 01-07-2020
Vagas: 1
Duração: 6 mes(es)
Data limite de candidatura: 01-10-2019
Financiamento: Financiamento por aprovar
Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 105 €
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Resumo: In a country where war was fought, it lingers, even if that war is already a century behind us. For each of the more than 600,000 dead who fell here, for each of the more than 425,000 graves and names on memorials and for the hundreds of traces and relics in the front region, for each of the millions affected (physically or psychologically wounded, refugees and displaced persons) there is a story of suffering, pain and ordeal somewhere in the world.
Because WWI was a global and multicultural conflict, people from all over the world visit our museum and in general there is a gaining interest in the subject of the war. Because of the interest in the subject, the research centre of the museum receives a lot of questions from individuals about their ancestors. On the other hand the centenary celebrations are close-by. All kinds of organizations ask advise or help for a project.
The in hosting organization presents the story of the First World War in the front region. It is located in the renovated Cloth Halls of Ypres, an important symbol of wartime hardship and later recovery. The completely new permanent exhibition (opening 11 June 2012) tells the story of the invasion of Belgium and the first months of the mobilisation, the four years trench war in the Westhoek - from the beach of Nieuwpoort to the Leie in Armentières -, the end of the war and the permanent remembrance ever since.
The focus of the scenography is the human experience and calls particular attention to the contemporary landscape as one of the last true witnesses of the war history. In that context, a visit can also be arranged to the belfry, from where you have a view over the city and the surrounding battlefields. Hundreds of authentic objects and images are presented in an innovative experience-orientated layout. Lifelike characters and interactive installations confront the contemporary visitor with his peers in the war, a century ago.
The museum works from many possible perspectives The general and military - historical is important, but also the relation with the present, our approach - as human and society - to our past and that of all other countries involved. People from five continents and more than fifty different countries and cultures took part in the war. Our public is diversified and extremely international.
The hosting organization is much more than a permanent exhibition. There is a current educational action for students from inland and abroad, besides a cultural and artistic programme. In the research centre of the museum every visitor can delve deeper into that dramatic period of the history of the world. Individually you can research the big, global background story here as well as the very personal and local history.
Perfil: Specific skills volunteer should have:
The hosting organization is looking for a volunteer interested in the First World War. It is important that the volunteer is a social person, and can listen actively to stories people will share with him/her about their experience during the war, or stories about the war. The volunteer should be able to work independently but also that (s)he fits in a team as well.
Level of language skills:
Everybody in the office speak English, Dutch and French, since there are volunteers from different part of the world. Good level of English is required.
Age: 18-30
Tarefas: Helping with research personal stories. In the permanent exhibition, visitors can activate 4 stories of individuals (three war stories (1914, 1915-1916 and 1917-1918) and one post-war story. The database of those stories needs to be enlarged and is work-in-progress...
Giving assistance in preparing exhibitions.
Answering questions visitors Research Centre. Because WWI was a global and multicultural conflict, people from all over the world visit our museum and in general there is a gaining interest in the subject. Because of the interest, the research centre of the museum receives a all kinds of questions from individuals.
Checking translations for instance of publications the museum makes at regular intervals.
Helping to compose ‘The Namelist’. Almost 100 years after the war 'to end all wars' which had an everlasting influence on the Westhoek, our country, Europe and the world, there still is no integrated name list of all the victims who fell in the Westhoek, not to mention the whole of Belgium. Partial lists, for which great efforts were and are made, are present at various organisations. But irrespective of their good intentions, those lists do not provide an overview. Until today all the victims' lists are a matter of nationality. Each nation involved has registered its own dead at the most. The dead of the other party or even allies are left unnamed. Regional census is totally absent too. If we want to fully grasp the story of the Great War and its impact to the present day, we have to and must dare to look beyond those existing figures.
For all those reasons, the Province West and the organization have joined forces to create ‘The Name list’. A list of all the fatalities linked to the First World War in Belgium. A unique tool where every victim, irrespective of nationality, both military and civilian, can be found. A list that registers all those involved by name, origin and date (of death and/or remembrance), which provides an easy and clear way to gain better insight in facts occurred in the First World War. The list teaches us more about our common history and the events that shaped our identity. The Name List will never be complete, but the province and the organization want to achieve a list that approaches historical reality as closely as possible by 2014. An estimated 600,000 victims were mourned in Belgium. The volunteer could do a great number of work to achieve this goal!
Horário: The workweek starts on Mondays and ends on Fridays. On Mondays we will have a staff meeting on which all the staff has to be present. The working hours are: 8h-12h, 12h-13h lunchbreak, 13h-17h. During the weekends the research centre is closed.
Documentação: CV + Motivation Letter + Application Form
