MiCultura launches project "My History Counts Panama"

Panama, 30 April 2020. The Ministry of Culture, with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank (BID), launched the project "My History Counts Panama" that invites youth and adults from 18 to 25 years old to have their story about how, where and with whom they have been quarantined during this pandemic at home through photographs.

To achieve this goal, photographs have to transmit what the author of the photo values and considers important amidst this quarantine. "My story tells Panama" includes a general public at the national level, accepting a photo by family core photo from his place of care.

The Minister of Culture, Carlos Aguilar Navarro, comments: "Photography has been chosen as a vehicle of technique and art because we feel that it creates an historic and important connection with the present. Through this call, we want to help maintain, promote and expand human relations, generating empathy, solidarity and awareness at these uncertain times."

For her part, the Representative of BID in Panama, Veronica Zavala, noted: "From BID we recognize the role of culture and historic memory in social transformations and we are committed to its central role as part of the comprehensive response to the current crisis. The documentation of this historic moment, from every home and with an everyday tool, can contribute to the construction of a new, more participatory and equitable normality."

The project, supported by the Office of the First Lady of the Republic, Yazmín Colón de Cortizo and collaboration with the global movement # ResiliArt de Unesco, an impetus to art and creators in response to the pandemic by Covida-19, will have a duration from 30 April to 5 May 2020 and those who wish to participate will have to publish their photos from their homes at Instagram, Twitter and Facebook with the hashtag # MiHistoriaCuentapma. The jury will select 3 winners by category and among the awards will be scamption.To have more information and more information.

That initiative was part of Plan Proregete Panama, and had been implemented by the National Government to prevent the spread of COVID19.

About MiCultura

The Ministry of Culture of Panama is the leading entity of the State with regard to the promotion, protection and dissemination of cultural rights, cultural expressions, creative processes and cultural and historic heritage, intercultural dialogue and cultural cooperation and all activities related to promoting sustainable development through culture and public policies of culture at national level, with a view to enabling and facilitating access to the general public to arts and culture in the Republic of Panama.

About the First Lady's Office

The First Lady's Office, attached to the President of the Republic, serves as a bridge for the management of social programs and projects that, as part of public policies, promote the comprehensive development of people, families and communities with a view to overcoming the exclusion generated by poverty and vulnerability and with humility, simplicity, honesty, transparency and efficiency.

About Resiliart from UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) launched the ResiliArt movement, which aims to give high visibility to challenges faced and overcome by creative creators, artists and professionals at this time of crisis, and an exclusive global discussion with key industry professionals and calls for the voices of artists, both established and emerging, to be expressed through social media.

About BID

The BID Group is the leading source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean. The group helps to improve lives by providing financial solutions and development knowledge to both public and private sector clients. The group is composed of the BID, which has worked with governments for 60 years and BID Investment, which works with the private sector and Qzx31qQ Lab, with innovative ways to advance more inclusive growth.

Project bases

My History Counts

Contestants have to participate with a photo from a phone phone.

To participate they have to upload their photos from April 30 from 12: 00 noon to Thursday May 05 to 12: 00 noon on networks: Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. They have to "taggear" the account @ MiCulturapma and use the # MiHistoriaCuentapma

They can include photographs with color and black and white.

Size: 300 Dpi and that does not exceed 15 MB (this depends on the display format)

They can contain filters, the idea is to invite them to explore creativity.

The use of photo processing software for photo handling or editing is permitted.

The photographs should include a text of no more than 180 characters where they tell us their story in the photo. They should mention in the 180 characters the district / correction where they live and the number of people with whom they live quarantine.

The categories are: Spaces, Object, Activities and People.

A 1 photo per family unit may be sent.

The Jury will conduct a preselection of best 20 photos by category (80 in total) and of these will select 3 winners by category (12 in total)

It is strongly recommended that:

Do not put up works with words, in any language.

The paper submitted cannot be openly violent, political or non-aligned with the

MiCultura and BID values.

When presenting a work, each participant will have to certify that his or her rights have been

property about that work.

Do not classify jobs that:

To promote any form of political or religious proselytism

Extent vulgar conduct or expression, or its contents are considered indecent or obscene.

They use content that violates or violates the rights of third parties.

Include contents that can be considered as defamatory, slanderous or insulting.

They include content that promotes intolerance, racism, hatred or prejudice against any group or individual, or discrimination as to race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.