Media boxes recognized as a best practice project!
“Access to art and culture is a key to arriving in the new society,” writes the Conference of State Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs and publishes best practice examples from all 16 federal states in a project database. In addition to three other projects, the Bremen Stadtbibliothek Bremen .
Description of the media boxes:
Fleeing your home, getting stranded in an unknown world. Everything is new: language, culture, city, everyday life. The first weeks and months in the transitional living facilities are characterized by many appointments, finding your way around and being able or allowed to do nothing at the same time - and coming to terms with what you have experienced. A visit to the Stadtbibliothek not the first priority. The Stadtbibliothek Bremen various media, from books to board games to tiptoi pens, in media boxes free of charge as permanent loans for refugee accommodation. The media boxes contain materials on the topics: literacy, learning German, dictionaries (also thematic, e.g. for doctor's visits), grammar in pictures, pronunciation games. Each media box contains 40-50 titles that were purchased specifically for refugees. When selecting the media, the focus was on bilingualism so that the different native languages are playfully connected to German. Another selection criterion was that refugees should be able to engage with the media independently. There are now over 70 media boxes in use.