The "D.O.U.B.T. Club" is an ongoing and participatory project that emerged from their four-month stay in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 2023. During their research in the Shankill and Falls Road areas, which were the epicenter of most violent incidents during the Troubles - a civil war-like conflict between two population groups in Northern Ireland (1968-1998) - it became clear that the conflict not only persists in various forms but also presents new challenges, such as the radicalization of young people and the intergenerational glorification and romanticization of violence. In an environment marked by entrenched positions and a strong belief in one's own history and its representation, Kraus created the "D.O.U.B.T. Club" to understand the roots of conflicts and the patterns that sustain them and to creatively transform them. By using familiar visual forms of flags and ideologically driven associations, these elements were picked up, and 16-year-old youth were given the opportunity to transform them. By establishing their own clubs, they not only created their own spaces but also allowed their thoughts and visions to flow into the visual landscape in the form of flags. This served to diversify the urban space and, at the same time, strengthen their resistance to recruitment by gangs.

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