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New Visual Identity
Read more: New Visual IdentityToday we unveil the Estonian Dialogue Academy’s new visual identity. Over the last six months, we have worked with great passion on this project together with art director Savvas Theodosiou at the Tartu based ‘Purpose-driven design studio’ Orgcaos. Our goal was to create something that represents the core values of our organisation: empowering people to…
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How to understand and promote peace education in Estonia?
Read more: How to understand and promote peace education in Estonia?On 2 December 2025, a group of adult educators and peace education promoters met at the Estonian Dialogue Academy in Tallinn for a group dialogue as part of the Teach Peace project, which is developing an approach to peace education for adults. Since “peace education” can feel unfamiliar at first, the session offered a chance…
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Participants Youth Dialogue Lab discuss youth crime
Read more: Participants Youth Dialogue Lab discuss youth crimeWhat is the reason for a child or teen to commit a crime? And who should we blame? These questions were discussed last week by twenty young participants of Youth Dialogue Lab (Noorte Arutelulabor). After a performance of the Ukrainian song and dance group Volya the participants warmed up by discussing opposing ideas: Rules or…
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Õhtupoolik muuseumis
Read more: Õhtupoolik muuseumisTeisipäeval käisime Vabamus, kus saime põhjalikuma ülevaate Eesti lähiajaloost ja meie tänapäevase vaba ühiskonna kujunemisest. Meie giid tutvustas miks Vabamu loodi, milliseid lugusid püsinäitus esile tõstab ning kuidas erinevad perioodid on kujundanud inimeste igapäevast elu. Püsinäitus selgitas nii repressioone kui ka vabaduse taastamist ning seda, kuidas need suured muutused mõjutasid tavalisi inimesi. Ruumides oli tunda,…
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Evening in the museum
Read more: Evening in the museumOn Tuesday we visited Vabamu, where we gained a deeper understanding of Estonia’s recent history and the development of our modern free society. Our guide explained why Vabamu was created, which stories the permanent exhibition highlights, and how different historical periods have shaped everyday life. The exhibition covered both repression and the restoration of freedom,…
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Why should we care about people we don’t know?
Read more: Why should we care about people we don’t know?The participants of our Youth Dialogue Lab meet every second week. On Tuesday we a guest at Mondo NGO in Tallinn. We started off with an inspiring and interactive presentation by Global Education expert Mari Jõgiste. They learned about the aid work of Mondo around the world and about their global education program. The intro…
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Fundamental shifts in education
Read more: Fundamental shifts in educationIntroducing dialogue in the classroom is more than just adding another lesson to an already packed curriculum; it symbolises a fundamental shift in the core values of education. Based on our experience of working with young people in and outside schools, we identify these four key shifts when introducing dialogue in education: One of the…
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Arutelud algavad siit!
Read more: Arutelud algavad siit!Päev oli vihmane, aga hoolimata sellest kogunes omajagu noori meie avaüritusele, mis toimus 23. septembril. Uksest sisse astudes jäi kohe silma laud, millel olid õhupallid. Tekkis kohe küsimus, et mis meid küll ees ootab. Õhkkond oli ootusärev ja uudishimulik. Üritus algas väikese soojendusmänguga, mis aitas jääd murda. Viskasime palli käest kätte ning igaüks ütles paar…
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The dialogue starts here!
Read more: The dialogue starts here!The day was rainy, but despite that, quite a few young people had gathered for our opening event on September 23. As soon as you stepped inside, a table decorated with balloons caught your eye. This immediately raised a question of what might be waiting for us. The atmosphere was filled with anticipation and curiosity.…
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Applying dialogue to journalism
Read more: Applying dialogue to journalismThe goal of this paper is to give tips and suggestions how to use basic principles of dialogue in journalistic work. It is a follow-up of a workshop on dialogue we facilitated for the editorial team of the Pärnu Postimees newspaper in Estonia. Practical use Be Socrates Adopt the approach of Socrates in ancient Athens:…
