Process Diaries Age Against the Machine_CERV Project

The present document presents five case studies conducted in Serbia, Poland, Denmark, Italy, and Portugal, within the European project “Age Against the Machine: European Solidarity Network for Older Citizens Rights” (2024-2026). The project investigates age-based discrimination in Europe through participatory theatre methodologies, co-creative experimentation, and dramaturgical constructions developed within intergenerational groups. Following a six-month workshop’s laboratories, and a collaborative creative journey, each group premiered its performance simultaneously in October 2024. Throughout the creative journey and theatre laboratories, all the facilitator groups used process diaries to follow up patterns of transformation, providing insight in how participants evolved over time toward greater agency and intergenerational trust. Special thanks to core coordination team members and core collaborators: Lazar Jovanov (Novi Sad, European Capital of Culture Foundation); Branka Bajić, Demir Mekić, Svetislav Jovanov, Lazar Novkov and Marko Bumbic (Trupa Drž Ne Daj, Novi Sad); Natasa Todorovic and Milutin Vracevic (Red Cross of Serbia); Gimmi Basilotta and Elisa Michelis (Dispari Teatro, Cúneo); Daniel Jacewicz, Dorota Porowska and Patrycja Gladala (Teatr Brama, Goleniów); Simon Beyer-Pedersen (Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium, Holstebro); Pedro Silva (Évora City Council-Youth and Sports); and Ana Moya Pellitero, Daniela Salazar, Isabel Bezelga, Ana Maria Malta, Anabela Monteiro and Diana (University of Évora).