martes, 6 de octubre de 2015

jueves, 10 de septiembre de 2015

Final day of the seminar

The last day of the project was mainly focused on promoting the networking and future cooperation of the organisations taking part on it. On the morning, partners took part in a group dynamic created to know better each other and how to cooperate in a team on an intercultural background. Afterwards, they were divided on working groups with the aim of creating their own future initiatives. After a short introduction by one of the seminar facilitators about projects management, each group designed a project idea related to the use of theater as an inclusion and learning tool. The final proposals were shared with the whole group and considered to be implemented after the end of this project not only by its partners, but also with the cooperation of other external entities. 

The last afternoon was used to continue with the discussion about future cooperation, learning more about the Erasmus+ programme, the Youthpass certificate and deliver to participants their documents accrediting their participation on the project. A final evaluation was also carried out in order to measure the satisfaction of the participants on the logistic and management field of the project and make them reflect about their learning process during the seminar.














All the photos of that day can be seen on the Facebook page of the project.

miércoles, 9 de septiembre de 2015

Third day of activities

Third day of “InterACT-IN!”, third day full of new experiences and theatre work. The morning session of the day was carried out by experienced participants on the theatre of the oppressed and Augusto Boal’s school. Using the image theatre and forum theatre created by this Brazilian author, facilitators were able to use drama techniques to introduce participants on the seminar not only different social conflicts, but also offer different ways to create strategies to solve them or at least to consider the impact that our behavior could have on this kind of situations. Participants were able to learn about a cooperative technique that made them been “spect-actors”; audience and motor of the social change at the same time.

 









On the afternoon, the team of TECU carried out a clown workshop which main aim was to promote the improvisation and body language of the project participants. The activity was also oriented on the social field and dealing with inclusion issues but using drama as decisive tool.



 


The day finished with an intercultural night and some non formal activities about stereotypes that allowed participants not only to learn about others’ cultures, but also to get to know in a dynamic way the traditions, folk and gastronomy of the countries involved on the project.






All the photos of this day can be seen on the Facebook page of the project.


"InterACT-IN!" on the regional newspaper :)


martes, 8 de septiembre de 2015

Second day of the seminar

The second day of "InterACT-IN!" followed its formal calendar of activities and offered to partner organisations of the project a framework of dialogue and work to show the participants their entities, activities and best practices on theatre, education and social inclusion.

MTÜ Kultuur aitab hingata (Estonia) was the responsible of opening the day. Its staff run different pyshical and contact games focused on the exchange of points of view and related to the discussion of global issues, improvisation and conflict management. The delegation of this organisation also introduced to participants their main practices on the work with children and youth but also some initiatives related with target groups with fewer opportunities (Ex. Performances for deaf people using sign language as a dance).




Rēzeknes pilsētas Nacionālo biedrību kultūras nams (Latvia) was the second entity on taking the leading role on this day. Its representatives not only introduced to the group their country, enviroment of their projects and structure of the organisation, but also carried out different drama exercises that aimed to teach participants how to express emotions, warming up before a drama exercise or simulate human reactions.





After a lovely meal, Kobiety.lodz.pl (Poland) was the responsible of implementing with the cooperation of the project participants different dynamics dealing with body balance, physical expression and emphatic communication. It was also a time on which the representatives of the entity could share with the others the history of the organisation and offer to participants practices with a great impact at local level such as the "Flying grandmas" (a project which main goal is to train elderly as storytellers for children or people in needs).





The day was closed by SHAFT (Selim Halki Azeri Folklor Toplulugu) (Turkey), whose members developed different exercises related to team decission making and group discussions. The activities did not only help to participants to design strategies of communication, but also made them reflect about global values such as love, equality, peace, justice, etc.



 

The day was closed with a tasty dinner and some live music under the stars of Ezcaray. All the photos of this day can be seen on the Facebook page of the project.