Amplify & Ignite: Creative Practice in and With Communities

Migration From. Migration Through. Migration To. Migration Back. This workshop will explore how applied theatre can be used to deepen learning around these themes of migration. The session draws on our experience developing and co-teaching a first-year college course at CUNY John Jay College called “Voices of Migration: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Global Movement.” Through embodied, on-your-feet learning, we will share best practices for how college classrooms can center student voices, familial histories, and cultural knowledge throughout the learning process. Throughout the session, we will guide participants in a series of applied theatre games and activities that can be used to explore key themes and questions related to migration and immigration. Together, we will practice creating lines of questioning that lead to deep conversation about those core class concepts. Participants can use these practices to explore the ever-more-important topics of migration and immigration in their classrooms and communities or apply them to other challenging topics. Whatever the case, this workshop will equip attendees with a set of concrete tools and strategies that can be used with young people and adults, in and out of school settings.