TEAM GAME/ INTER-DISCIPLINARY ART WORKSHOP
14th December 2015
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Location / Country / Region
Ankara, İstanbul , Turkey
Time frame
Started in 2008 and still running.
Short description
Providing the remedial power of art to the groups of people who have been exposed to social discrimination.
Actors Involved
Civil Society in the Penal System(CISST)
Association for the Development of Social and Cultural Life (SKYGD)
Psikoloji İstanbul Center for Counseling, Training and Research
İstanbulimpro Performance and Art Education
Target audiences
Prisoners, addicted people, disabled people, the elderly, the homeless, and the ones who have been discriminated because of their sexual preferences, refugees and many other groups who have been facing problems and have been socially discriminated. Especially young people between 18-22 and their close environment (Families, employees of prisons and hospitals etc.)
Relevant links, websites, etc.
http://www.cezaevindestk.org/project-detail-21-2-team_game_interdisciplinary_art_workshop
BACKGROUND
Political and Economic dimensions
Society-based art practices which focuses on disadvantaged groups has been gradually becoming more common around the world. Public art, has started moving art from galleries and museums to public areas since 1960. The boundary between art and social work has being fading away and art has been becoming an efficient tool of intervening to the communal issues. Art is a way of reaching out to the ones under risk and rehabilitate the relation between these groups and society in general. The process and the relations established are more important than the products of the workshops.
Social dimensions
Our experiences from the studies we have made, indicated that art can be an efficient tool to achieve the goals of fostering communication and rehabilitation among disadvantaged groups in the society.
1. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Each group will have 12-15 people who will be volunteers. The age of the attendees will be limited to 18-22 so to standardise the frame of art and to create a common language. The groups will also be gender-balanced as much as possible. We are planning to include the close environment of the disadvantaged individuals to the workshops. For instance, if a group of people who been rehabilitated for drug addiction, there will be 10 addicts, 2 nurses, a doctor and 2 relatives participating as well.
2. ANALYSIS
Innovativeness
During the programme, the main areas of focus are consciousness of the body, communication skills, resource developing, self-esteem, creativity, solving problems and dealing with difficult situations.
Key success factors
Some new techniques have been developed through the use of art workshops in order to foster communication between different groups of people.
Contributions to LLL Policy
The attendees try to find a solution for the problems presented in the workshops through their imagination. They are encouraged to work together in order to find the solution.
How does it contributes in qualify members for the Labs and experts for the Forums?
Because of all these different studies and practical experience. Marijn became an independent trainer for different groups of disadvantaged people.
3. Lessons Learnt
Regarding the building of a shared definition of LLL in LLL-Hub
Negative thoughts go away. These exercises help the attendees in their social life to deal with the problems like lack of sleep, doubt, fear, chronic aches.
Regarding the possibilities of having practices in LLL which evolve and become more innovative
Creating a space that the attendees can feel self-confident and have a chance to express themselves in any way possible.