Orienteering can be a valuable tool for building social networks and exploring one's social, historical and cultural context. Over the past 30 months, the ORIENT project has pursued its goal of promoting the social inclusion of young people while stimulating the...
To promote orienteering as a mean to enhance social inclusion, the consortium published the Manifesto, a policy-oriented document containing a series of recommendations based on the project experience.The objective of the Manifesto is to demonstrate the potential of...
“Participatory mapping is the process of creating a tangible display of the people, places, and experiences that make up a community, through community members themselves identifying them on a map”(Burns, Paul & Paz; 2012) Over the past few months, the ORIENT...
Is it possible to use orienteering, a sport of exploration and adventure, to foster social inclusion of young people? It has been shown how grassroot sports play a key role in building communities and creating more inclusive societies. For this reason, the ORIENT...
When human beings authentically inhabit places, it’s not just a one-way relationship: places also inhabit people and often influence the course of their lives, affecting and shaping their perspectives. Thousands of people walk the same streets every day, they visit...
Orienteering is more than a sport: it’s not just a physical or recreational activity but it also has a great potential in terms of social inclusion. To deepen this topic, the ORIENT consortium developed the Anthology, a compendium of knowledge, tools and methodologies...
Did you know the power a compass, a map and a group of motivated young people can have? We do! We are talking about orienteering, a grassroot sport many will know little about. Originated as a military training in the late 19th century, it has now become a...