--- On Fri, 9/1/09, media matters <[email protected]> wrote: > From: media matters <[email protected]> > Subject: Workshop - Theatre for Development as Cultural Action > To: "media matters" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, 9 January, 2009, 3:01 PM > *Feb 26 – Mar 3, 2009: Six-day Residential Workshop – > Theatre for > Development as Cultural Action* > > * * > > * * > > Dear Friends > > > > Seasons' Greetings! > > > > Its time once again for our annual workshop – > "Theatre for Development as > Cultural Action". > > > > Even as we plan, we look back at our journey of having > engaged in > theatre-based activities with groups and communities… It > was in 1996, that > the coming together of a youth theatre group resulted in > *Chhi!* – a one-act > play in Hindi on the issue of solid waste management. A > two-year long > process and over 50 performances later, media matters > formally came into > being. > > > > In 2009, theatre continues to be one of our core areas of > intervention – > trainings, workshops, working with groups and communities, > performances, > post-performance discussions… The performing media > initiative of media > matters now has a repertoire of plays being performed by > its youth theatre > groups. > > > > Consolidating these experiences, we organize our annual > six-day residential > workshops – an opportunity to interact and work with > both, 'development > actors' and 'theatre activists'. > > > > Our previous workshops have been attended by participants > representing CBOs, > NGOs, government departments, theatre groups and > educational institutions > from across states – Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, > Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya > Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. > The age-group of > the participants ranged from 12 to 52 years. The issues > deliberated upon > include rights of women, children and young people; > eradication of leprosy > and TB, HIV & AIDS, disability, commercial sexual > exploitation, water and > sanitation, gender and life skills. > > > > This year too, we eagerly look forward to yet another > opportunity for > sharing of experiences, demonstrating as well as exploring > the scope and > possibilities of theatre – in engaging, enabling and > empowering groups and > communities. Performances by groups practicing > participatory theatre will > add value to the learning process. > > > > We look forward to participation from your organization and > partners. > > > > Please find below details of the workshop. For registration > or any further > queries, please feel free to contact us at [email protected] > or > 91-251-2606929. > > > > Warm regards > > > > Seema Kurup > > 9881261094 > > * * > > * * > > ** * ** > > *Theatre for Development as Cultural Action* > > * * > > *Dates* > > February 26 – March 3, 2009 > > > > *Duration* > > Six-day Residential Workshop. > > The lodging & boarding facilities at the venue will be > available from Feb 25 > (evening) to Mar 3 (evening). > > > > *Venue* > > Environment Education Centre, Talegaon (near Lonavla), > Maharashtra > > * * > > *Objective* > > By the end of the workshop, the participants will have > explored, > experimented and practiced facilitating participatory > theatre processes. > > > > *Methodology* > > The effort will be towards creating a participant-centred > environment for > experiential learning. The facilitation will explore a wide > range of > participatory tools and methods to encourage learning from > each other. > > > > *Language* > > Hindi and English will be the working language of the > workshop. However, > participants will be encouraged to interact/work in their > regional > languages. > > > > *Participants* > > The workshop is open to any person from CBOs, NGOs, > government departments, > theatre groups and educational institutions. The workshop > will most benefit > participants who have a background of working on community > empowerment > issues, with an interest/experience in exploring > participatory theatre. > Young people below 18 years of age will have to be > accompanied by a > chaperon. > > * * > > *Facilitating Team* > > · Prabir Bose works in the area of development > communication. He has > over 20 years of theatre-related experience – training > and facilitating > processes with groups and communities across states. He > also is a visiting > faculty for theatre at the Centre for Media and Cultural > Studies, TISS, > Mumbai since the last 10 years. > > · Seema Kurup has an experience of over 10 years of > work in community > projects and development communication processes on issues > related to > gender, women's empowerment, reproductive health & > rights, youth for > development, adolescent life skills and child rights. She > is involved in > capacity building processes - facilitating > "participatory communication & > action" with groups.** > > * * > > *Participation fees* > > Rs.7,000/- > > (Please note that the participation fee includes lodging, > boarding, > facilitation and workshop resources. Participants will have > to make their > own travel arrangements.) > > > > *Registration* > > To confirm your participation, please send the registration > form/s (together > with a demand draft favouring "media matters" > payable at Ambernath or > Mumbai) *latest by February 6, 2009*. > > > > *Organized & Facilitated by* > > media matters > > * * > -- > media matters > 400 Sai Section, Ambernath 421501, Maharashtra, India > Tel. 91-251-2606929 > Email: [email protected] > Website: www.mmindia.org Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. 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