The Youth Against Racism exhibition

The Youth Against Racism exhibition, opening at the Valve Cultural Centre, presents the work of 71 seventh graders from Kastelli and Oulun normaalikoulu. The students participated in workshops called critical change laboratories and explored what it's like to grow up with social media, how to recognize racism and what solutions can be made to improve things. In the workshops, the students identified problems that occur on social media channels popular with teenagers, such as racism, discrimination, hate speech and bullying.

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Time

Tue 11.03.2025 09:00 - Sun 23.03.2025 21:00

Venue location

Kulttuuritalo Valve, Hallituskatu 7, Oulu

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The students participated in a process that combined analysis, discussion, reflection and creativity to brainstorm future social media applications that addressed the challenges they identified. They started by reflecting on their own social media feeds. The students worked together with teachers, researchers from the University of Oulu, the multicultural centre Villa Victor and the international association Designing for Children’s Rights, exploring problems they saw in their everyday lives and developing innovative solutions to them. The critical change labs were organised as part of the schools’ ICT courses and as part of a multidisciplinary learning package on tolerance. The content focused on digital wellbeing.

The workshops led by researchers have been organized since autumn 2024 as part of the EU-funded Critical ChangeLab research and innovation project.

Last updated: 4.3.2025