This Forum Theatre Workshop (FTW) will help participants reflect on real-life problems while engaging with refugee students in the course of their work at the University.
Augusto Boal believed that, in the same way that in traditional pedagogy can be passed from teacher to student without critical consideration, so to could ideas be passed from actor to audience in theatre (Boal, 1998, p19). Forum Theatre is one of set of tools that emerged from his vision. Forum Theatre revolves around the presentation of a short scene by actors, in which audience members are invited to replace the protagonists. This interaction encourages the audience to explore the different ways of dealing with situations.
In our FTW, the scenes portray real-life challenges in our partner universities. Through this workshop we explore the best practices for university staff to interact with refugee students in the following settings: student registration, the teacher-student relationship during the grading process, and student discussions with international relations staff. This interactive workshop gives participants the opportunity to experiment, discuss and assess different behaviors and actions which can be applied to the above-mentioned situations.
This workshop will:
- raise awareness among staff members on the causes and effects of stress in dealing with the refugees in the university system
- ideate realistic scenarios to manage problem situations in order to relieve the stress of not knowing what to do
- provide opportunities to discuss and exchange best practices
- share our cultural representations of these situations
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Facilitator: Caroline Schlenker, INP Grenoble
