Intercultural Trialogues Dissemination.

Intercultural Trialogues Dissemination.

This event took place in Rua Red, an arts centre in Tallaght, Dublin between 11:30-14:30 on Saturday, 23 September 2023. It consisted of a film screening of the short documentary AKWAABA, a short film produced by Bridges Not Walls in August 2023. This documentary is based on this year’s theme for BNW, Reducing Inequalities: Race and Origin. The documentary contains testimonies from each of the participants and their views on race, origin, migration, and solidarity.

Following the documentary, the floor was opened to a Q+A session. There was a lot of interest regarding how youth exchanges work; the impacts of these projects on the participants and host community; and the future of Europe in terms of the present rise of the far-right.

The dissemination finished with a networking session, where 14 participants enjoyed icebreaker games such as “Walkaround Speed Dating”. The event finished with a closing reflection.

Intercultural Trialogues Workshop.

This event was hosted in Rua Red, an arts centre in Tallaght, Dublin between 15:00-18:00, on Saturday, 23 September 2023. There were eight participants present for this workshop.

The event began with some ice breakers for the group to get acquainted. Following “Two Truths and a Lie”, the workshop moved onto the poetry workshop. Participants were led through a mindfulness exercise at first. Following this, they were asked questions that might prompt ideas for the poetry. Participants were given half an hour to create a piece. The session ended with a majority of the participants sharing what they had written. The workshop finished with a closing reflection.

Theatre as a Collective Language Dissemination.

This event was hosted in St. Andrew’s Community Centre, a community centre in Rialto, Dublin between 12:00-17:00 on Sunday, 24 September 2023. Eight participants were present at this dissemination.

The event began with some ice breakers. Participants shared anecdotes from their past and from their home culture. Following this, the session turned to some non-verbal theatre activities. The participants participated in a “Walk Around” to feel the space. After this activity, they enjoyed “Freeframes” where they would pair up to spontaneously create scenes together. Following this they also took part in “Complete the Scene”, where they would use eye contact to enter a scene and add to it in some way.

Following lunch, the participants engaged in “the Elevator”, an activity where each participant is given a role and enters the scene to illustrate it. This activity allowed for short sketches that were constantly changing as roles were changed and new participants entered. The event finished with a closing reflection.