"... I am Me!"
Drama and Experiential Learning Techniques for Human Rights and Refugee Issues
Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece 24/8/2024, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Supplementary/afternoon workshop for adults as part of the Theater Summer Camp 2024
Facilitator: Antigone Tsarbopoulou
Language Greek
The workshop "... I am Me!" is a certified workshop for teachers (and children), included in the educational part of the program "It Could Be Me - It Could Be You," an awareness-raising project targeting the education community on human rights and refugee issues, using experiential learning, theater, and educational drama techniques.
The program "It Could Be Me - It Could Be You" has been organized and implemented in Greece since 2015 by the Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr) in association with and supported by UNHCR Greece (the UN Agency for Refugees) and is also endorsed by IDEA (International Drama/Theatre and Education Association). It includes free of charge: (a) training seminars for teachers, students, local humanitarian organization staff, and members of the local community (human rights organizations, parents' associations, local authorities, teachers' associations, etc.); (b) workshops for school pupils; (c) staff training; (d) forum theatre events; (e) student festivals; and (f) "Together" – joint actions for local and refugee youth populations. In addition, useful educational resources are designed and posted on the TENet-Gr website, available for free access.
The workshop "... I am Me!" was designed by Elpida Komianou, Eirini Marna, and Antigone Tsarbopoulou.
SHORT DESCRIPTION
The workshop’s starting point will be Mira Lobe’s book "Little I am Me" (Greek translation by Anastasia Kalantzis-Azizi). Lobe’s book is aimed at children aged 4-8 and is written in four languages: Greek, German, Arabic, and Farsi. Participants will make creative use of the book and will take part in an integrated educational drama program. The workshop will provide them with ready-to-implement ideas for participatory educational activities.
Through various adventures in a meadow full of animals, a little animal of unclear characteristics discovers its uniqueness, acknowledges and appreciates it. While trying to find its place in a world where everyone has their own unique traits, our little animal turns into a fighter for life and starts its course of self-realization.
Using drama in education techniques and experiential role-playing, the workshop aims to explore issues of identity, otherness, self-esteem, and empathy. Thus, it will help participants strengthen their self-esteem, get acquainted with what is different, and make room for "other animals in the meadow of life."
Antigone Tsarbopoulou holds a degree in Primary Education and a degree in Greek Language and Literature. Her postgraduate studies are in the field of Education Sciences, specializing in the Teaching of Language and Literature. She has attended seminars and participated in workshops on theatre and the performing arts in education, both in Greece and abroad. She has also s