Exhibition: "Stereotypes in texts and images", in Place de Strasbourg

Awareness-raising campaign

The exhibition "Stereotypes in texts and images" is the third and final part of a campaign that began in May 2024 to raise awareness of discrimination and stereotyping. The first part of the campaign answered the question "How do stereotypes work?" The second part highlighted emotions and situations of discrimination experienced, through 40 images accompanied by a brief message. These situations are far more numerous than we think, and very often, "one stereotype can hide another".

The last part of the campaign, which has been running since early August 2024 on the playground in Place de Strasbourg, focuses on testimonials by Luxembourg residents, most of whom come from outside the European Union. In discussing their personal experiences, these people expressed that promoting diversity in all its forms is a value, an asset, and a challenge that needs to be addressed. Recognising diversity is not self-evident. Rather, it is an ongoing process that happens on a daily basis through our personal interactions and dialogue.

17 interpretation panels

The exhibition, comprising 17 "text and image" panels, also dovetails with the law of 23 August 2023 on intercultural living together. It promotes "mutual respect, tolerance, solidarity, social cohesion and the fight against racism and all forms of discrimination". Through personal accounts, it illustrates and narrates the "participative, dynamic and continuous process which enables everyone living or working in Luxembourg to live, work and make decisions together".

"Stereotypes in texts and images" was designed by the Luxembourg multi-LEARN Institute asbl as part of the "Sustainable stereotypes of Luxembourg" project. The project has the support of the Ministry of Family Affairs, Solidarity, Living Together and Reception of Refugees (Ministère de la Famille, des Solidarités, du Vivre ensemble et de l'Accueil) (AMIF fund), and is co-funded by the European Union.