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• Artistic output activities

  • Performance art

  

  Arts Based Training at Tikabhairav, Nepal – May 2023

  • Nepal

  • Advocating for progressive education
  • Tackling child and gender-based violence

  During May 2023, the Intergenerational Dialogue Project, supported by colleagues from Kathmandu University and lead YAAR Juhi Adhikari, visited Tikabhairav village and a public secondary school, just outside the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. Through peer to peer training on the use of Image Theatre, students were introduced to working with ‘sculptor’ and ‘clay’ exercises as...

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• Artistic output activities

  • Performance art
  • Photography

  

  Community Engagement through Deuda – April 2023

  • Nepal

  • Advocating for progressive education
  • Cultivating well-being and mental health
  • Tackling child and gender-based violence

  During the April-May 2023 inception visit, the Deuda Folklore team led by Prof Simon Dancey visited the rural municipality Mellekh, in far western Nepal, where a large scale Deuda performance was being held with over 1,500 participants from surrounding villages. Musicians and dancers led a ‘call and response’ inter action amongst the circles of performers....

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• Journal article

  

  Journal article: Navigating Ethical Challenges in Participatory Arts-based Research with Young People

  • Indonesia

  • Tackling child and gender-based violence

  Dr Harla Sara Octarra, co-investigator of the MAP project in Indonesia, published an article on navigating ethical challenges in participatory arts-based research with young people....

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• Reports

  

  Reports: UNESCO – MAP National Dialogue on Culture & Arts Education Report

  Read the final report of the MAP-UNESCO Dialogue Roundtable on September 21 2023. Learn about arts based methods and inter generational approaches towards arts education in Nepal....

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• • Photography

  

  Ideation workshop

  • Rwanda

  • Cultivating well-being and mental health

  On July 31 2023, the University of Lincoln core team, Tom Martin and Michelle Walsh held an ideation workshop with Kwetu Film students. Together, they carried out a Creative treatment of MAP students storyboards. This included idea generation, visual strategies, how to use metaphor and practical production planning techniques. The images show the presentation of...

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• • Photography

  

  Dialogue session: approach & exploring existing artworks

  • Rwanda

  • Cultivating well-being and mental health

  On July 27 2023, the Visualising Peace project held a series of sessions with trainers, young people and film crew to explore the film themes, final approach and existing artworks to inform the films. MAP students pinned their existing artwork from phase one on walls and then discussed the artworks and how the forthcoming films could...

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• • Photography

  

  Photo sequencing & framing workshop

  • Rwanda

  • Cultivating well-being and mental health

  On July 26 2023, the Visualising Peace project held a series of exercises with trainers, young people and film crew to learn about photo sequencing and framing: both skills useful in film production. Young people learnt about how to think through ordering images in a film in relation to building a story and creating affect....

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  Onboarding workshop: getting to know each other

  • Rwanda

  • Cultivating well-being and mental health

  On July 25 2023, the Visualising Peace project held a series of onboarding exercises with young people interested to be part of the films. The sessions included ice-breakers, an explanation of the project aims and methodology, as well as gaining consent. Young people learnt about the project aims, asked questions and were informed about what...

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  Production Day 1 for Film 2: Family Conflict

  • Rwanda

  • Cultivating well-being and mental health

  On August 5 2023, the Visualising Peace project began shooting the video “Family Conflict”. This film is concerned with mental health issues and ways to address these within the family unit. Students and Kwetu film crew storyboarded and scripted the film in advance, and spent the day on location in the hills above Kigali. The...

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  Screening & Feedback Day 3 for Film 1: Mental Health in Schools

  • Rwanda

  • Cultivating well-being and mental health

  On August 3 2023, the Visualising Peace project, held a screening and feedback session for all the actors, crew and students involved in scripting the video “Mental Health in Schools”. It was a moment to celebrate, share ideas for how to make the film more engaging and learn from each other. The images show participants...

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