Empathy in art (EMIA)

The EMIA project responds to several problems in the field of higher education and student attitudes.


By implementing the project we will  pursue these goals:


1. to deepen students' social competences through closer knowledge of various vulnerable groups, as well as adverse social phenomena in the past and present


2. Improve a client-centered approach by knowing the needs of and working with disadvantaged groups


3. actively involve students in artistic activities and cooperation with other groups (age, social, health, ...)


4. Improve business, economic, financial skills... 


To achieve these goals, the Faculty of Architecture has created a Creative Center platform that goes beyond the curriculum. The aim of the Creative centre is to bring students of Architecture and Design study programs not only to these art areas but also to introduce them to other types of art. The Creative centre has been aspiring to attract students from other schools of the arts as well as general public, creating an interdisciplinary and social platform for informal meetings, working contacts and creative activities reflecting the importance of the diversity of the cultural manifestations. In the project we will implement following types of activites: joint creation of bilateral theatrical perfomance, creation of a visual art work  with the theme of social inclusion, discussions of social issues through created "imported" works of art.  In the field of architecture and design we will carry out three other activities: workshop - design of an object/ or a building for disadvantaged group, workshop - creation of product for selected disadvantaged group, lectures on architecture in Norway with discussion.