THE VILLAGE+:
SOCIODRAMA MEETS SOCIAL PRESENCING THEATER

PRESENTER: JOERG JELDEN

Sociodrama and power
DATE AND TIME: 29th of June, Saturday  14:00-16:30
CONFERENCE TOPIC: Sociodrama and organisational development, team coaching and training
TYPE: Workshop
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NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 20
TAGS: Organisational Development, June29 Afternoon
ABSTRACT:

Have you ever experienced light, silent, non-verbal, movement-based Sociodrama? In this workshop, we will combine Sociodrama with Social Presencing Theater (SPT) to explore a group or community’s inner and outer relations. SPT is the Embodiment part of Theory U, which is an expanding method for awareness-based systems change. We will start with a SPT form called The Village and then give it a sociodramatic turn.

Participants will not only experience this combination of action methods but also receive a brief introduction to SPT as well as a presentation on three ways to combine two action methods as described in the article “Sociodrama meets Social Presencing Theater on a bricoleur ́s journey” (published in Zeitschrift für Psychodrama und Soziometrie in early 2024).

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

Joerg is a transformation facilitator based in Hamburg, Germany. With his colleagues at Komfortzonen.de, he works with organizations of all kinds and helps them develop participatory futures, strategies, and organizational structures. In his work and beyond, he regularly applies action methods like Sociodrama, Social Presencing Theater, Playback Theater, and Clowning to help organizations explore and anticipate change. In his leisure time, he can be found at live concerts, exhibitions, hiking in nature, doing Capoeira or reading speculative fiction.
For the forthcoming Sociodrama edition of the German Magazine for Psychodrama and Sociometry Joerg Jelden has contributed an article in English comparing and integrating Sociodrama and Social Presencing Theater.