General information
The Istanbul based cultural association DIYALOG is offering an up to 5 month internship in Istanbul. DIYALOG is a cultural association supported by private organizations and institutions. At the moment DIYALOG is organizing several international community video workshops that are taking place between as remote workshops using ZOOM comnferincing clients to cope with the lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic.
DIYALOG also organizes the Mahalla Festival 2021 dedicated to migration, cultural identity and inclusion. At the moment the festival is taking place with online events and for August/September the festival is planned as a physical event in the occasion of the International Istanbil Biennial depending on the development of the pandemic.
At the moment we offer internships as remote working modus or physical in Istanbul. But in general you can do the internship from your home from everywhere in Europe by using ZOOM client, Skype and other conferencing tools.
The intern will be involved into all aspects of DIYALOG: preparation of events, fund raising, communication with partners and so on. DIYALOG is organizing different international cultural events in Turkey and abroad: https://www.diyalog-der.eu/ Special attention is on the overcoming of borders, which still exists in the culture between nations, countries, communities and genders. The principal objectives are the promotion of exchange and cooperation in order to carry out an intercultural understanding to strengthen as well as above all the cultural dialogue between communities. The basic research and work of the association focuses on collaboration in old and new media, technology, and theory with an emphasis on social contexts.
We are running as well several cultural based online platforms. As intern at DIYALOG you will be trained in pproject development, project management, fund raising and content publishing for cross media platforms. The main online platform is the INENART website with regular contributions about art events and creativity international: http://www.inenart.eu/
The last mayor event was the Mahalla festival in Istanbul last year in December taking place as a remote festival in Istanbul, over our online platforms we reached up to 20.000 people per event: http://mahalla.inenart.eu/
As we are a small NGO you will have to pay for your travel expenses, the financing of your living and your accommodation. Please clarify your health insurance coverage with your health insurance before starting the internship. Each trainee will receive an internship confirmation and, upon request, a qualified certificate at the end of the internship. If you are interested into an internship in Istanbul please send as an email with your CV.
