The acceptance of self through the affirmation of others
Lambros Arapakos, social worker, Greece
Giouli Douvou, theatre pedagogue, Greece
WORKSHOP
Athens Conference “Theatre/Drama & Inclusive Education”
21 March 2025
Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr)
Language: Greek
Limited number of participants
The workshop is addressed to teachers of all levels and specialties as well as to animators of youth groups with little or no experience in theatre pedagogical techniques.
Short description of the seminar: The aim of the workshop is to strengthen identity through inclusive education and the development of authentic and solidarity mindfulness.
The workshop draws inspiration from the works of Edouard Louis, which address issues such as inequality, stereotypes, oppression and social injustice. Through experiential and creative processes, participants will have the opportunity to recognize the impact of these concepts on their lives, to understand how social stereotypes affect the formation of their identity, to explore how society's imposed expectations and the need for acceptance – often expressed through overeffort and sacrifice of personal desires – lead to the constant search for the "thumbs up" of others and consequently to Exclusion. At the same time, we will examine how this cycle of exclusion and affirmation can give way to an authentic life path that responds to the real needs and personal meaning of life of the individual. In addition, the value of social cohesion and the development of relationships based on mutual respect and cooperation, away from stereotypical and restrictive perceptions, will be stressed. The workshop combines self-awareness with creative expression, offering tools for a more authentic, solidarity and conscious life.
Note: The workshop is experiential, participatory, includes exercises, games, improvisations, role plays and creative writing with physical contact and movement in space and on the ground. For this reason, it is necessary for participants to:
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wear comfortable clothes and shoes for movement exercises in the space
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attend the seminar in its entirety
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to bring with them... fun and appetite for experimentation!
Lambros Arapakos is a social worker and has specialized in Cognitive Analytical Psychotherapy. He has completed with honors postgraduate studies in Mental Health (TEI of Thessaly) and Social Work in Education (Democritus University of Thrace). He is a graduate of the Higher School of Dramatic Art "Embros Theatro Ergastirion". Currently, he is working on his PhD thesis at the Department of Education Sciences and Social Work of the University of Patras Greece, on Mental Health Counseling and Grief. He has been trained in Child Counseling, Adolescents and Families in Serious Illness and Bereavement from Merimna (Society for the Care of Children and Families in Illness and Death), as well as in the Therapeutic Management of Addictions (Rehabilitation Unit 18 ANO). He is a graduate of the Specialization Programs in Counseling and Guidance, as well as of the Pedagogical Training of the Higher School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE). He has worked designing and implementing support and social inclusion interventions for unaccompanied minor refugees and migrants (PRAKSIS), as well as for people with mental health problems (Association for Mental Health – SOPSY of Patras). For the last 8 years he has been working as a social worker in Primary and Secondary Schools, he animates skills cultivation groups for children, adolescents and adults, while he has worked as an instructor at the Public Experimental IEK of Patras and the IEK of Keratsini. At the same time, he teaches laboratory courses in the postgraduate program "Mental Health of Children and Adolescents, Addictions and New Technologies", implemented by the Department of Education Sciences and Social Work of the University of Patras. His work has been published in scientific journals and has been presented in conferences and workshops. He maintains a private counseling and psychotherapy office in Patras. He has participated in performances in Athens and Patras, as well as in forum performances of the Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr).
Giouli Douvou was born and lives in Patras Greece. Theatrologist of the University of Patras with pedagogical training. PhD Candidate at the University of Patras, Department of Education and Social Work, on antiracist psychoeducation. Graduate of the Postgraduate Department of the University of Peloponnese School of Fine Arts, Department of Theatre Studies (MA in Drama and Performing Arts in Education and Lifelong Learning). Head of the Theatrical Laboratory of the Municipal and Regional Theatre of Patras since 2011. Theatre animator in Primary, Secondary and Post-secondary Education for 20 years. She has facilitated theatrical workshops for teacher training representing the Municipal and Regional Theatre of Thessaloniki, Patras, the Athens & Epidaurus International Festival (Educating the audience in Ancient Drama), the Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr), the University of Patras etc. She has animated vulnerable social groups (unaccompanied adolescent refugees, mentally ill, prisoners, Roma) and has created many theater educational programs. She has participated and organized seminars on acting, directing, group animation, teaching theater, dramaturgy, dramatherapy and master-classes. She has directed and collaborated in many theatrical performances. In 2024 she directed and wrote the text of the theatrical play "The games of others" in collaboration with the Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr) and the Municipal and Regional Theatre of Patras. She dreams of an inclusive and creative world!
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| Facilitators | - Δούβου Γιούλη
- Αραπάκος Λάμπρος
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