Creative conflict transformation - Theatre of the Opressed | CNA Priručnik

What Is Green?

nenad — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 09:22:00 +0000

Everyone sits in a circle. Their task is to silently count the number of green things in the room. After one minute, several people say how many things they have counted. Then everyone closes their eyes and they are asked to remember what is yellow in the room. After a short time, let a few people answer without opening their eyes.

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Structures*

nenad — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 09:26:54 +0000

Divide into groups of four or five. Each group should “build” the given structure by linking themselves up. The structures can be: a bridge, a tree, a school, a plane, a bus, a ship, a tower, a temple, a flower, a butterfly, an elephant, etc.

* Donna Brandes and Howard Phillips. Gamesters Handbook: 140 Games for Teachers and Group Leaders(Cheltenham: Stanley Thornes Ltd, 1990), p. 21. 21.

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Statues Theatre

nenad — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 06:29:58 +0000

The main difference between forum theatre and statue theatre is that statue theatre involves setting up human bodies as statues (immobile scenes without sound), while forum theatre is about role play (with movement and sound). Also, forum theatre requires more time and is more demanding. However, statue theatre may be more difficult to start off with because participants need more creativity and inspiration to create a statue (without movement or sound) about a set topic. Structural violence is usually set as the topic for both these forms of theatre of the oppressed. As for the time needed, 45–60 minutes is optimal to prepare the statue, and the same amount of time is needed to display, analyse and change each of the statues. Here we present an example of statue theatre about “Perpetrator, Bully and Observer” that we use less often. .

Set of Introductory Exercises for the Theatre of the Oppressed

Duration: 20 minutes. Descriptions of the exercises are given here.

Perpetrator, Victim, Observer

Type of exercise: Work in small groups Duration: 25 minutes Materials: Flipchart paper, markers Split into three groups. (You can use one of the creative division methods: see the section on Creative Division into Small Groups or Pairs on p. 259.) Each group is given one of the topics: perpetrator, victim, or observer. The groups are tasked with analysing these roles and preparing wall newspapers around the following questions: ͳ What does the perpetrator/victim/observer look like? (each group deals only with the role they were assigned) ͳ What are their characteristics? ͳ How do they make me feel? ͳ What are the strengths of this role?

What does the perpetrator/victim/observer look like? (each group deals only with the role they were assigned)
What are their characteristics?
How do they make me feel?
What are the strengths of this role?

Setting the Statues

Duration: 30–45 minutes

The participants remain in the same groups as for the wall newspaper. Each group is tasked with setting up a statue of the victim, perpetrator or observer (the same role they analysed previously).

Display, Analysis and Changes to the Statues

Duration: 225 minutes

Step 1. Display the statue of the perpetrator. The rest of the participants are the audience.

Step 2. The participants from the audience are asked: “What did you see?”

Step 3. The performers clarify what they wanted to show and answer the question: “What was it like playing that role?”

Step4. The performers present the wall newspaper they prepared in the first part of the workshop. (You will need about 40 minutes for steps 1 to 4)

Step 5. Then the next statue is presented, first the one of the victim, and then of the observer, and steps 2 to 4 are repeated.

Step 6. When all the statues have been presented and analysed, possible changes are considered. Theperpetrator statue is displayed again..

Step 7. The audience is asked to think about possible changes that could contribute to reducing violence and to try to replace one of the roles. (Do not replace the roles that are the source of the violence.) The other performers respond to the change and form a statue to accommodate the change and show their response.

Step8. All those on stage are asked: “How did you feel? What happened?” (start from the person whose role was most affected by the change)

Step9. Question for the audience: “What did you notice?”

Step 10. If there are more ideas, do a few more changes. For each change, repeat steps 8 and 9. Step 11. A round of applause for all who participated in the original statue and its changes. Make sure to have a break before

you move on to the next statue.

Step12. Move on to making changes to the other statues – first that of the victim and then the observer. For each statue, go through steps 7 to 11.

Evaluation

Small and Big Animals

nenad — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 09:24:26 +0000

Everyone should silently think of their favourite animal (or any animal). The task is for everyone to line up from smallest to biggest animal without talking and only by imitating the animal they have imagined. When the line is formed, everyone says the animals that they have just imagined.

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One – Two – Three

nenad — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 09:29:27 +0000

Step 1. Participants pair up. In their pairs they count together: they take turns to count to three and then they start again from one. (A: “One”, B: “Two”, A: “Three”, B: “One”, A: “Two”…) This lasts about one minute. Step 2. Each pair agrees on a gesture that they will use. They continue to count but instead of pronouncing the number 2 they have to make the gesture they have agreed on (approximately one minute). Step3. Each pair should agree on a sound to use. It can be onomatopoeia or an exclamation or whatever the pair chooses. Then they count again: instead of pronouncing the number 2 they should make their gesture and instead of pronouncing the number 3 they should use the sound. Step4. Then instead of saying the number 2 they make the agreed-upon gesture and instead of saying the number 3 they make the agreed-upon exclamation and instead of pronouncing the number 1, the agreed-upon gesture and sound at the same time.

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Magical Object

nenad — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 09:24:54 +0000

Everyone stands in a circle. The trainer says that they have a magical object that transforms as soon as it changes hands: it changes its shape, size, weight, smell, turns into a different object. They then mime what kind of object they are holding and they pass it on to the person next to them. This person mimes what the magic object has turned into and they pass it on to the next person. This goes on in a circle.

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Magic Box

nenad — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 09:30:50 +0000

One by one, people draw an “invisible object” (i.e. an imaginary one) from the “magic box” (which can be a box, a hat or something similar). They use mime to reveal what it is to the others, who must guess what the object is.

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Linking Statues

nenad — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 09:23:58 +0000

Everyone stands in a wide circle. One person makes a statue in the centre of the circle and the first person who has an idea about making a joint statue with the one that they see comes into the circle and makes their statue. After about ten seconds (long enough for everyone to see the image that these two people have made), the first person leaves the statue. Each next person who goes into the circle has to make a statue that links to the statue of the previous person.

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Leading by the Palm

nenad — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 09:21:21 +0000

The group is divided into pairs. In each pair, one participant leads by holding their palm at a certain distance (5–10 cm) from their partner’s face. The distance from the face to the palm has to be a constant. The person being led has to follow the palm with their face. All the pairs move through the room at the same time. After a few minutes they exchange roles.

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Leading by Sound

nenad — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 09:32:59 +0000

The participants pair up. The pairs choose a sound (for example, onomatopoeia, an exclamation) that they will use to recognise each other. Person A in each group has the task of leading Person B using only that sound. Person B has their eyes closed. All the pairs move through the room at the same time. After three minutes they exchange roles.

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