From the Heart: Enter into the Journey of Reconciliation
This project also has a Changeshop where you can read more about its latest progress.
Allez à Changeshop: From the Heart: Enter into the Journey of Reconciliation .
From the Heart leverages the power of "Immersion Theatre" to engage non-Indigenous people in the work of ethical reconciliation with First Nations.
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A propos de vous
Prénom
Will
Nom
Weigler (Lead Artist on the project)
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Victoria International Development Education Association
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Canada, BC, Victoria
Country where this solution is creating social impact
Canada, BC, Victoria
Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Vancouver Island.
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The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
This project addresses the need to transform the relationship between non-Indigenous and Aboriginal people in BC, in Canada, and worldwide. Our proposal offers an inspiring and creative way for non-Indigenous people to become actively involved in taking personal responsibility in the work of changing that relationship. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s recently released Interim Report explicitly urges all Canadians to find opportunities right now to engage in the work of healing, to make their own personal contributions to reconciliation, and to create new truths about our country.
The time is ripe for this project.
La solution: quelle solution proposez-vous ? Soyez précis !
Our solution is to leverage the power of the arts to change the public conversation about this relationship in a peer-to-peer public forum using an unconventional style of staging called “Immersion Theatre.” It starts with a dedicated group of non-Indigenous people willing to face discomfort and vulnerability as they work through a facilitated process of confronting their own preconceptions, reconfiguring feelings of shame, resistance, anger, or pity into a fuller appreciation of the lived experiences of First Nations. The project is based on the premise that this group, in collaboration with professional theatre artists & educators, can turn what they learn from their group workshops into dramatically compelling stories, scenes, songs and dialogues that convey what they feel shifted their own perceptions of what they thought they knew. The public dialogue begins when audiences encounter the groups’ mini performances on a journey through a large labyrinth in a Victoria warehouse.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
The first phase of the model is the smallest circle. A multi-cultural group of youth, adults, and seniors who care about this topic are invited to spend time in workshops with theatre artists Will Weigler, Krystal Cook, and Bisia Belina learning how to translate their ideas and insights into a theatre performance. Once the ensemble begins to strengthen these skills, educators Paulette Regan and Brenda Ireland introduce them to a deeper understanding about the lives and histories of Aboriginal people in Canada. The ensemble members then distill the revelations and insights they experience from this work together into brief, evocative performance pieces.
The second phase of the model expands this circle. Instead of coming to sit in a theatre and watch a play about this daunting topic, the public will be invited to wend their way through the passageways of a labyrinth with alcoves, chambers, rooms and nooks, meeting the ensemble members’ performance pieces all along the way. At the end of the journey, in heart of the labyrinth, they will be welcomed to sit, have tea, and reflect on the experience in conversation with others.
The third phase dramatically expands the potential circle of public dialogue about reconciliation between non-Indigenous and Aboriginal people. The core team will turn what we learn from the pilot project into a “how-to” workbook, creating a model that can be reproduced in other communities both nationally and globally.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
A growing number of books and videos are addressing the topic of re-envisioning relationships between non-Aboriginal and First Nations people in Canada. At informal discussion salons in Victoria and elsewhere, “settler” people are making an effort to “unsettle” themselves, confronting their own identities as Canadians in light of this country’s legacy of colonization, violence and injustice toward First Nations people.
What sets this project apart from these other valuable initiatives is the compelling public forum we can offer for person-to-person engagement in the work of truth telling and reconciliation. We will turn one of these initiatives, Paulette Regan’s acclaimed book “Unsettling the Settler Within,” into a dynamic, interactive, experiential, arts-based civic engagement event.
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Création de l'organisation : nous voulons tout savoir sur votre déclic. Expliquez-nous oú et quand les fondateurs se sont rendu compte que cette solution possédait un véritable potentiel pour changer le monde.
My PhD research was about Aha! moments in theatre. I studied hundreds of stories about particular moments in plays that people described as unforgettable—experiences watching a performance that made them suddenly understand something in a new way. Based on what I found about how theatre staging can have this kind of impact on an audience, I developed a “vocabulary” that anyone can use to make a theatre performance that enables an audience to be more receptive to appreciating the performer’s personal experience or cultural perspective. My own Aha! moment came when I met Dr. Regan, read her book, and realized we could apply this teaching to the enormous challenge of shifting the seemingly intractable relationship between non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal people in Canada. If people who care about changing the legacy of colonialism are able to tap into the compelling power of theatre to open dialogue with others in their communities, and move the conversation forward, we can change the world.
Décrivez le but de votre initiative, en insistant sur les résultats que vous souhaitez obtenir
Our aim is to create a model for a new kind of public forum, an arts-based “container” that allows non-Indigenous community members of different ages & cultural backgrounds an opportunity to learn about, reflect on, and have a chance to express what it means to them to embrace a personal commitment to ethical truth telling and fostering genuine reconciliation with Aboriginal people. New perceptions about the ways one sees the world can be difficult to articulate, especially when they come from the heart. The immersion theatre labyrinth will give them a platform, even briefly, to perform a story, scene or song, or to produce a soundscape or visual display that conveys to others: “this is how I have come to see things differently; this is what I’ve created to help you understand what I see.”
Jusqu'à ce jour, quels résultats a obtenu votre projet ?
At this stage in the project, we are raising operating funds, securing in-kind donations and planning production logistics. In October, we will begin the process of inviting community participants to join the project, which will start in January, 2013.
Quelles sont vos prévisions en termes d'impact au cours des cinq prochaines années ?
The pilot project in Victoria begins in January 2013 with 25 performances during the summer. From Sept-Dec 2013, the core creative team will produce a user-friendly workbook for replicating this model. Project leaders Weigler and Regan will network with municipalities and non-profit societies in Canada, inviting others to use this model to create their own productions of From the Heart. Both are committed to stewarding this project over the next 5 years and beyond, either working directly with communities or as consultants. Our co-sponsor VIDEA will share this process and its outcomes with the Indigenous people they work with in sub-Saharan Africa to support & assist their own struggles to implement sustainable development in their communities guided by Indigenous knowledge and experience.
Les meilleures propositions possèdent un programme solide détaillant leurs prévisions pour atteindre et suivre leurs objectifs de croissance. Identifiez vos objectifs à 6 mois pour accroître vos résultats
From the Heart captures the imagination of the public through media, word of mouth, and experience of participants & audiences.
Définissez les trois tâches principales à accomplir pour atteindre ces objectifs à six mois
Tâche 1
Production on track; the multi-generational, inter-cultural ensemble 30 participants are joined by expanded cast/crew.
Tâche 2
Successfully devised stories, scenes, songs, soundscapes and visual installations are rehearsed and ready for opening night
Tâche 3
Well attended performances; positive media response; positive written and oral feedback in the heart of the labyrinth.
Et maintenant, voyez les choses en plus grand ! Identifiez vos objectifs à 12 mois
As civic groups and NGOs learn of this model, From the Heart begins to take on a life of its own across Canada and worldwide.
Définissez les trois tâches principales à accomplir pour atteindre vos objectifs à 12 mois
Tâche 1
Core team develops “how-to” workbook based on evaluation of the project
Tâche 2
Signed contract for workbook with publisher
Tâche 3
Contacts made & dialogue initiated with stakeholders in other Canadian/international communities for replicating the project
Viabilité
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
For this project, the Victoria International Development Education Association (VIDEA) is co-partnering with the Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA) who will draw from their long established local networks to build a community ensemble representative of Canada’s diverse population. The project’s lead artist, Dr. Will Weigler, has been an applied theatre director and producer for over 30 years. His groundbreaking book Strategies for Playbuilding received the Distinguished Book Award for outstanding contribution to the field from the American Alliance for Theatre and Education.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
Right now our focus is on developing and producing the pilot project in Victoria to capture the imagination of the public through local, national, and even global media stories, reviews, in addition to the experience of the many project participants and audience members. The key to long-term growth in other markets is for our core team to create a workbook as comprehensive and user-friendly as possible. It will be designed to provide a step-by-step process that anyone can use to make their own version of From the Heart in their communities tapping into their local resources and assets.
Quel environnement et quels facteurs organisationnels internes font la réussite de votre projet ?
Along with Dr. Weigler, we have a stellar core creative team, including Dr. Paulette Regan, Senior Researcher for the TRC of Canada, who is the author of the book upon which the project is based. Brenda Ireland is an Anishnaabe-Métis intercultural educator/facilitator, who has 18 years of leadership in community development initiatives. Kwakwaka'wakw performer/poet Krystal Cook is an experienced facilitator of Healing through the Arts. Bisia Belina is the founder of VoiceWorks in Victoria. She helps her students access their personal creativity through movement, breathing & singing. Mark Lakeman and Mar Ricketts, two internationally acclaimed architects, will design the labyrinth. Both VIDEA and ICA can draw on a dedicated team of volunteers and skilled administrative staff.
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The First Metropolitan United Church of Victoria has generously offered us an in-kind donation of meeting rooms and kitchen for our three month script development phase. We haven’t yet secured a performance venue. We are looking for a sponsor with a vacant 10-20,000 sq. ft. warehouse with high ceilings in the downtown core that we can use from April – the end of July.
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