Symbolic Violence in Terms of Gender

Background In our project on symbolic violence, which we named GENDER for short, we were able to bring awareness to the public, up-to-date fieldwork information, and a free guidebook and films.Within the scope of the project, we created a guidebook with short films in 5 languages. The reproduction of gender inequality through symbolic violence is the main impediment to gender equality. Symbolic violence as the potential or ability to obtrude certain means, cognitive structures, and dispositions which represent political and economic power in invisible, concealed, naturalised and unquestioned forms upon social agents to comprehend and adapt to the social world. Gender relations are contingent and arbitrary. It is produced, reproduced, perpetuated and legitimised as a paradigmatic effect of symbolic violence(Bourdieu,1990c). Based on the above reason, we made awareness films and fieldwork. In the project, we had the opportunity to compare the level of symbolic violence in different countries.We presented the perception of symbolic violence in different countries to academics and interested parties as new data.We have raised awareness among young people about symbolic violence. We distributed our project book and films to 3 different countries. Objectives What we wanted to achieve in the project was to raise awareness about Symbolic violence in 3 different countries. Then, we aimed to work on awareness at the global level. We have successfully completed all the work we targeted in the project. Within the scope of the project, we held 3 training events and 3 promotional meetings. In the project, data were collected from nearly 600 people from different nationalities living in Turkey and Europe. Data analyzes were made into a book. We provided new data to those who are interested in the subject by conducting current field studies on symbolic violence in 3 different countries. We have produced videos on the subject of the project so as to include the hearing impaired. During the project activities, we made the participants aware of symbolic violence. We produced a project book in 3 languages. We shot films in 4 languages. We ensured the dissemination of the project through social media and web pages. We announced our project with institution visits. We distributed our project book. We gave our project outputs to academics and educational institutions. Implementation During the project period, 3 TPM and 3 LTT were carried out. The first management meeting of the project was held in Turkey. The second management meeting was held in Portugal and the last management meeting was held in Romania. The learning activities of the project were held in Turkey, Portugal and Romania, respectively. Nearly 60 students and academicians participated in the learning activities. Within the scope of the project, fieldwork and data analysis in different countries and films in Turkish, English, Romanian, Portuguese and sign languages; Turkish, English and Romanian guidebooks were produced. Project books and films were promoted in Istanbul, Ankara, Lebanon, Germany and Austria (These promotions are available on social media.) The following activities were carried out during the project process: +Works, (meetings, social media activities, promotional films, web page, street events, university events, press events, etc.) +Web page and social media studies +Needs analysis studies +3 TPM & 3 LTT events + Output works (guidebook in 3 languages, video in 5 languages) + In-group training activities + Visits to institutions, organizations, youth groups and NGOs, + Activities with university students. Achievements The films produced within the scope of the following project are in Turkish, English, Romanian, Portuguese and sign language; guidebooks were produced in Turkish, English and Romanian: 1- Field studies and data analysis studies 2- The guidebook on symbolic violence 3- Promotional films 4- WEB page 5- Domestic and international information meetings 6- Social media interaction studies.