VOICES OF ETHNICITIES

PRESENTERS: OLENA STUPAK – OLENA KUCHYNSKA

Sociodrama and power
DATE AND TIME: 27th of June, Thursday  14:00-16:30
CONFERENCE TOPIC: Sociodrama and social healing – recovery from collective crises and collective trauma
TYPE: Workshop
ROOM:
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: Any
TAGS: Social Healing, June27 Afternoon
ABSTRACT:

The trauma of war has stirred up in Ukrainians the mechanisms of struggle for life that were not manifested in peaceful conditions. During March-April 2022, two phenomena could be observed in Ukrainian society that clearly reflected the social and cultural nature of the survival mechanism of a nation threatened with extinction:

  1. Consolidation. It is the process of the mass emergence of groups based on the criteria of “one turns to another” and “action for resistance”. People are uniting to purchase supplies and equipment for the army, to help the wounded, victims, evacuees, to weave protective nets, etc;
  2. The creative explosion of an artistic product. It is seen as a folk heritage passed down by ancestors and awakened by descendants. Nowadays, we hear a lot of folk songs, fairy tales, myths in our everyday life, and our clothes are enriched with forgotten ornaments.
    Contemporary art is also rapidly gaining momentum, leaving a memory of the sensual experience of this struggle.

We believe that these phenomena are universal, and in situations of threat, every nation and ethnic group relies on its deepest culture, narratives and myths.

The power of life and the power of unity lies in having an effective contact with the origins of one’s culture and seeing the strength of other nations and ethnic groups at any time. In the sociodrama, we will explore the origins of the cultures of different nations, looking for points of contact and unity through the language of creativity.

In the workshop art-therapeutic tools will be used. Participants will be able to identify the cultural characteristics of their own ethnic group, see similarities and differences in other groups.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:

Olena Stupak – Ukrainian Union of Psychotherapists (USP), Ukrainian Umbrella Association Psychotherapist (UUAP).
Head of the psychodrama section of the Ukrainian Union of Psychotherapists (USP).  Ukrainian Umbrella Association Psychotherapist (UUAP). Registered psychodrama therapist of the Ukrainian Union of Psychotherapists (according to the standards of the European Association for Psychotherapy), Teacher at the Ukrainian Psychotherapy University.
Leading group using the Sociodrama method in various fields: study group with psychodramas, work with participants of the Revolution of Dignity, sociodrama studies for social workers of state bodies, demonstration master classes at conferences, etc. 

Olena Kuchynska – Psychodrama therapist (Norwegian Moreno Institute certification), private therapeutic practice.
Psychodrama therapist, Trainer certified to conduct social and psychological trainings, sociodrama and psychodrama group leader.
Leader of trainings using the Sociodrama method in various fields: social and psychological trainings for business, holding support groups for teachers, teenagers in rehabilitation centers.