RETENTIVE POWER
Joined workshop by Women For Women Together Against Violence Association (NANE), Roma-Hungarian Association in Szomolya, Sajátszínház, and the Hungarian Psychodrama Association
PRESENTERS: ANDREA CSÖRGŐNÉ POLGÁR – KRISZTA HOFFMANN – IRÉN LÁZÁR
Sociodrama and power
DATE AND TIME: 28th of June, Friday 9:00-12:00
CONFERENCE TOPIC: Local Community Program
TYPE: Workshop
LOCATION: NaNe Office, 1071 Budapest, 30 Str Dembinszky
MAPS: link
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 15
ENTRY REQUIREMENT: Due to the sensitive nature of the topic and in adherence to NANE’s policies, this workshop is exclusively open to female participants.
TAGS: Local Communities, June28 Morning
ABSTRACT:
Our work combines the feminist support approach with the sociodrama method to respond to the structural discrimination faced by Roma women. Roma women in the countryside with poor economic conditions suffer from intensified, intersectional disadvantages. In this system, many fundamental rights are violated. It is precisely those institutions that discriminate and commit violence against vulnerable girls and women that are supposed to help them. The structural dysfunctions primarily affect the most vulnerable groups, placing them in opposition to the system’s workers. The care system workers are overwhelmed, with low material and symbolic recognition, with no professional or psychological support. The fate of many mothers often depends on the humanity of these workers.
The four partners in the consortium, formed to reduce institutional threats, share and harmonize their knowledge, methods, and experiences within a trauma-sensitive and safe space. They support both the extremely vulnerable groups of Roma women and the professionals working in institutions. To achieve this, they develop an effective group method, train professionals in its use, and raise broader public awareness of the issue.
We focus on the causes and resources rather than the symptoms.
We strengthen the community’s cohesive force instead of the individual.
We strive for partnership instead of hierarchy.
We believe in trust and empowerment rather than control.
The project is implemented with the support of the European Union’s “Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values” (CERV).
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Kriszta Hoffmann, social worker and supervisor, associate of the NANE Association. As a case worker, she has worked and continues to work mainly in the social field (homelessness, addiction and psychiatric care, child protection), primarily with victims of domestic violence and childhood sexual abuse, trauma survivors and their families, and professionals wo are working with them. She specialises in trauma counselling and facilitating self-esteem restoration/enhancement processes, in individual and group work formats. Besides she supports as a trainer and supervisor professionals who themselves work with traumatised women and children
Irén Lázár: Social Worker, Family Caregiver
“I primarily work with disadvantaged Roma families. As a member of SZOMARO association, I have gained expertise in social work, pedagogy, and psychology. In my daily work, I engage in activities that involve Roma families, especially Roma women and girls. My responsibilities include promoting equal opportunities and integration for Roma youth, mentoring young people, assisting with their education, maintaining communication with schools, and fostering cooperation with families.”
REAL TEAM, REAL TIME
LEADERSHIP TEAM COACHING – A REAL TEAM COACHING SESSION WITH A SPECIFIC LEADERSHIP GROUP, INVOLVING CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS
Workshop by Watson Coaching
PRESENTER: GABI SZABÓ
LEADERSHIP TEAM COACHING – A REAL TEAM COACHING SESSION WITH A SPECIFIC LEADERSHIP GROUP, INVOLVING CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS
Sociodrama and power
DATE AND TIME: 28th of June, Friday 9:00-12:00
CONFERENCE TOPIC: Local Community Program
TYPE: Workshop
LOCATION: Carion Centre, 1023 Budapest, 25 Road Bécsi
MAPS: link
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 30
TAGS: Local Communities, June28 Morning
ABSTRACT:
The program showcases the team coaching work with an actual organisational leadership group. This work is action-oriented, utilising the methods of psychodrama and sociodrama. Team coaching strengthens collaboration, commitment to one another, and enhances the team’s vitality. Through action, we work on real issues, creating images of situations and desired states, overcoming obstacles, and utilising resources. This program has been repeated at regular intervals for three years. On June 28th, we invite conference participants as guests, accommodating around 30 people. The program consists of three parts. In the first part, we get acquainted and make agreements in a large group. The second part involves two hours of team coaching with the organisational team, with guests seated in an outer circle. In the third part, following the coaching work, there will be questions, feedback, and analysis in a large group, together with the organisational team.
The program is both unique and collective. It is team coaching for a specific team, yet the themes are universal to any community. Relationships, trust, group norms and their operation, the quality of collaboration, individual and group responsibility—these are important contemporary topics. Working sociodramatically with an organisational group that doesn’t use this methodology daily is a real challenge. This team consists of open, responsible leaders who value their own learning and are willing to share this with others, making it a collective learning experience.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Gabi Szabó
Master Certified Coach accredited by the International Coach Federation, group and team coach, coach trainer.
Certified psychodrama leader and supervisor.
Founder of the Watson Coach School and Coaching.
Creator of the action-oriented coaching approach, dedicated advocate for using psychodrama in organisational development and coaching.
Guest lecturer on coaching topics at three universities.
SOCIODRAMA AS A PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH TOOL IN SELF-ORGANIZING COMMUNITIES
Workshop by the School of Public Life Foundation
PRESENTERS: ORSOLYA FÓTI – ESZTER PADOS – FLÓRA BAUER – ZÓRA MOLNÁR
Sociodrama and power
DATE AND TIME: 28th of June, Friday 9:00-12:00
CONFERENCE TOPIC: Local Community Program
TYPE: Workshop
LOCATION: Aurora Community Centre, 1084 Budapest, 11 Str Aurora
MAPS: link
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 10
TAGS: Local Communities, June28 Morning
ABSTRACT:
The School of Public Life (KIA) is a community education and knowledge center, as well as a movement support institution, whose goal is to make the knowledge and skills necessary for self-organization accessible to everyone. KIA supports movement and civil organizations in operating more effectively through training and knowledge transfer. The organization’s core values are diversity, social justice, critical thinking, democratic participation, and solidarity.
The School of Public Life regularly conducts participatory action research programs and training sessions. Participatory Action Research (PAR) is a special approach whereby people involved in a topic investigate the reality around them in order to understand and then change it. The School of Public Life Foundation has been working with participatory action research since 2015, including conducting its own research projects and organizing regular training and workshops on the topic.
We aim to involve a total of 20 participants (10 from Roma organisations associated with the School of Public Life and 10 from the conference participants).
We consider the sociodrama method to be an ideal tool to reflect with the group members on the current public issues that are especially relevant to the Roma community. These topics can then serve as a starting point for participatory action research.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Orsolya Fóti has been working in various participatory settings for a number of years, involving communities and service users in activities that drive social and organisational change. She previously worked with the Participatory Action Research Forum (PARFORUM) in Hungary, participating in art-based participatory action research projects. Additionally, she was a member of the coordinating team for the PERFORMERS International Sociodrama Project. Currently, she works at a local authority in the UK, developing and managing participatory projects to ensure that the voices of those with lived experience are heard, acted upon, and embedded in all decision-making processes.
Eszter Pados is a psychopedagogist, criminologist psychodrama leader, sociodrama leader, and trainer. She has worked for over a decade with children and young people affected by trauma, delinquency and substance abuse.
She is a member of the LOC of the 8th International Sociodrama Conference.
Eszter is member of several professional teams working with sociodrama. She is a co-founder of the Scope Working Group within the Hungarian Psychodrama Association, which uses the sociodrama method in educational and social institutions working with children and profesionals.
She is a member of the HeartSounds Community Theatre Company, which aims to raise awareness of the oppression, discrimination and institutional violence that particularly affects women in the care system.
From 2017 to 2022, Eszter was the coordinator of the PERFORMERS international sociodrama project at a youth detention center. Her editorial contributions include co-editing the books “Playing for the Future: Sociodrama in Juvenile Detention Centers” and “Expanding Reality: The Method of Sociodrama.”
She is working on participatory action research and qualitative psychology during her doctoral studies at Eotvos Loránd University.
Flóra Bauer
I’ve been working with groups for 15 years, starting with small children in summer camps, then the young adult volunteers, sometimes teachers, etc. Now, working at the School of Public Life, an activist school in Hungary, I am involved in the development of our training repertoire, I design new courses and run some of them, keep in touch with our trainers’ community and coordinate methodological developments.
My interest in dramatic tools emerged a couple of years ago, and since then I finished a course on drama pedagogy, attended several thematic workshops and had the opportunity to learn about sociodrama. I’m also part of an improv group, preparing for our first performance.
Zóra Molnár coordinates participatory action research projects and related training and workshops at the School of Public Life. This approach is important to her because it not only enables knowledge production, but also helps people to learn to stand up for themselves even if they previously thought they could not.
FROM BURNOUT TO HOPE? –
HOPEFULNESS AND MENTAL WELL-BEING IN ORGANISATIONS WORKING ON THE
SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL POLYCRISIS
Workshop by the Environmental Social Science Research Group (ESSRG)
PRESENTERS: MANUELA MACIEL – BARBARA MIHÓK – KATA HORVÁTH
HOPEFULNESS AND MENTAL WELL-BEING IN ORGANISATIONS WORKING ON THE
SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL POLYCRISIS
Sociodrama and power
DATE AND TIME: 28th of June, Friday 9:00-12:00
CONFERENCE TOPIC: Local Community Program
TYPE: Workshop
LOCATION: Central European University (CEU), 1051 Budapest, 15 Str Nádor
MAPS: link
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 8
ENTRY REQUIREMENT: The workshop is open to professionals working on the field of ecology
TAGS: Local Communities, June28 Morning
ABSTRACT:
In our team, the Environmental Social Science Research Group, we have recently started an internal reflection on hope. As professionals working in the field of environmental sustainability research, ESSRG researchers are increasingly exposed to high levels of mental stress caused by the environmental crisis. In this workshop, we would like to take the next step of this reflective work with the aim to sociodramatically process the themes of environmental anxiety, resilience, burnout, etc., and reflect on how we can preserve our mental well-being in the close study of polycrisis.
In addition to the ESSRG team members (6-8 people), we would also invite external professionals working in a similar field (about 5 people), and we would welcome about 5-8 people from the international scene to the conference.
Duration: 3 hours, followed by a wrap-up discussion.
The workshop is supported by the TRIGGER project (GA 101057739).
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Manuela Maciel (Portugal) is a Clinical and Social Psychologist, Psychodramatist, EMDR Practitioner and Founder of the International Sociodrama Conference (2007).
She is an experienced individual, group and educational therapist. She was the Chairperson of the Psychodrama Section of the IAGP – International Association of Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes (2003-2009). Member of the board, supervisor and teacher in the Portuguese Psychodrama Society (SPP). Manuela was trained in Psychogenealogy and co-founded Anne Ancelin Schützenberger International School of Transgenerational Therapy, together with Yaacoov Naor and Leandra Perrotta.
She was the Founder and President of EMDR Portugal and Founder and Founder of the International Sociodrama Conference(2007-2023).
She wrote several articles and chapters in Psychodrama, Sociodrama and Transgenerational Therapy.
Barbara Mihók, PhD, Ecologist, mental health counsellor, ESSRG, University of Szeged,Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Institute of Ecological Economics
Barbara Mihók, PhD is a senior research fellow. She is an ecologist and a mental health professional by training. She deeply believes that meaningful (re-)connection to our human and other-than-human fellows is the key to well-being, empowerment and development.
After the completion of her PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, she worked in inter- and transdisciplinary conservation and sustainability research at the Ecological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Faculty of Economics Research Centre of the University of Szeged and various research CSOs.
Over time her interest turned towards nature and human mental well-being and became inspired by participatory and action research and inclusive science. In ESSRG she is involved in research on nature-health connection and in participatory citizen science projects with vulnerable groups. In addition to research she is a practicing mental health counsellor providing service for individuals and groups often following an eco-therapeutic approach.
Kata Horváth is a cultural anthropologist, psychodrama leader, sociodrama leader, and trainer. From 2017 to 2022, she served as the international coordinator of the PERFORMERS sociodrama project. She is a co-founder of the Szívhangok (HeartSounds) Community Theater Company, which seeks to highlight the discrimination and institutional violence faced by Roma women in the care system. Additionally, she co-founded the “Hatókör” – Scope Working Group within the Hungarian Psychodrama Association, which uses the sociodrama method in educational and social institutions working with children. She also serves as lecturer at the Freeszfe Community Theater Training, is a directory board member of the Hungarian Psychodrama Association, and has authored numerous books and studies. She is a co-editor of the books “Playing for the Future: Sociodrama in Juvenile Detention Centers” and “Expanding Reality: The Method of Sociodrama.”
Kata is member of the LOC at the 8th International Sociodrama Conference
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WITH SOCIODRAMA IN A HOUSING ESTATE IN BUDAPEST
Workshop by the Sárrét Community Place
PRESENTERS: EDIT BALLA – JUDITH TESZÁRY
Sociodrama and power
DATE AND TIME: 28th of June, Friday 9:00-12:00
CONFERENCE TOPIC: Local Community Program
TYPE: Workshop
LOCATION: 1142 Budapest, Sárrét park 2.
MAPS: link
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 13
TAGS: Local Communities, June28 Morning
ABSTRACT:
In one of the housing estates in the suburbs of Budapest, a serious community conflict arose due to the cohabitation of people from diverse social classes and socio-cultural backgrounds, residing in various types of housing arrangements, alongside both Roma and non-Roma individuals, within a small, confined area.
We started to address the community conflict a year ago with community development based on the method of sociodrama, by working with a representative group of residents to discover their common values and shared resources.
At the beginning of the group process, two sociodrama assistants in training (Edit Balla and Beáta Bartos) led the sessions together with a sociodrama facilitator (Eszter Pados). By the second half of the year they become qualified sociodrama assistants.
During the work, the group expressed a desire for a place where they could be together and do things collectively. A large event was organised for the broader community to design this community space collectively. In February this year, with funding from a grant, we managed to renovate and open a settlement-type community space, and since then, we have been working on involving the broader community in a similarly representative manner. The residents also designed the layout of the space and assembled the furniture themselves.
True participation serves as the basis of everything we do. Alongside representatives of local organizations, the residents not only compiled the program offerings, community services, clubs, children’s and adult groups, and individual counseling sessions, but also created the principles of operation for the community space. We consider it important for residents not only to express their opinions when asked, but also to take part in the decision-making mechanisms that affect the operation of the community space. To this end, regular monthly meetings are held.
At this workshop, we invite you to work together with local residents in this community space to determine what could be their next joint cause to inspire the local community and build a social base. Is it institutionalization? Becoming a formal organization? Clarification of civil control and relationship with local authorities? The question of ownership of the space? Volunteerism? Or is it still about public littering, norm-breaking behavior, and low subjective sense of security?
All this is important because we believe that this type of democratic operation, exercising model behavior, can be exemplary for communities and local organizations that also think locally, who believe that increasing local active, participatory involvement can lead to a well-functioning society.
Ideally, the program is able to accomodate 10, a maximum of 13 conference participants, with the participation of 5-6 local group members.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Edit Balla: Community developer and social worker, as well as sociodrama and psychodrama assistant.
She earned her degrees in Sociology and Ethnography from the University of Pécs. During her many years of work in homeless services and transitional housing for families, she placed particular emphasis on developing services that promote the social inclusion of those living on the fringes of society. Her area of interest is supporting the coexistence and self-organization of social groups with different sociocultural backgrounds. In 2023, she graduated from the Master’s program in Community and Civil Studies at ELTE TÁTK and discovered the method of sociodrama within the framework of the Hungarian Psychodrama Association, which she applies in her community development work. In 2023, she was awarded the ‘For Zugló Commemorative Medal’ for her community development and social work.
Judith Teszáry MPE, FEPTO Judith Teszáry is a psychologist, psychodrama and sociodrama trainer supervisor, and international lecturer. She has been trained by Zerka Moreno at the Moreno Institute, Beacon, New York. She is a founding member of FEPTO (Federation of European Psychodrama Training Organisations) and was president for six years (2002-2008). She received a life achievement award. She is a member of the Task Force for Peace and Conflict Transformation group using the method of Sociodrama in conflict areas, helping the helpers to elaborate traumatic experiences, for example, after the Maidan revolution in Kyiv. Running two Ukrainian support/therapy groups. She has worked with psychosomatic patients, using psychosociodrama in a research and treatment project at the Karolinska Institute, Stress Research Department in Stockholm. She worked as a psychologist in foster care at Stockholm City Social Department. She trained social workers using sociodramatic methods. She is the chair of the Swedish Association of Psychodramatists. She is involved in a project as a socio-psychodrama director concerning Romani women’s experiences in Hungarian health care. She has used sociodrama to train Union leaders in the Swedish Industry Union and healthcare personnel in conflict management courses for ten years. She has been the professional supervisor and international coordinator of P.E.R.F.O.R.M.E.R.S, an Erasmus + project in Sociodrama. She had been a trainer and supervisor in the first sociodrama pilot training in Hungary within the Hungarian Psychodrama Association (MPE) She led the first sociodrama pilot training in Kairo, Egypt. She started a complete training program in Sociodrama in September 2023 at the Rakhawy Institute for Training and Research in Kairo.
COMMUNITY SPACE OR PREVENTION CENTER?
– ETHICAL DILEMMAS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT
Workshop by the Belvárosi Community Center
PRESENTERS: CSILLA KUBOVICS-JUHÁSZ – IRINA STEFANESCU
– ETHICAL DILEMMAS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT
Sociodrama and power
DATE AND TIME: 28th of June, Friday 9:00-12:00
CONFERENCE TOPIC: Local Community Program
TYPE: Workshop
LOCATION: Downtown Community Center, 1051, 9 Str Mérleg
MAPS: link
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 15
TAGS: Local Communities, June28 Morning
ABSTRACT:
The Belvárosi Közösségi Tér in Budapest V District Municipality promotes a preventative approach. We offer a complex, interconnected, and free service package to families living in the district, from the beginning of pregnancy until the end of adolescence. The backbone and methodological foundation of our professional program are based on Metamorphoses Therapy and Hanna Kende’s child psychodrama methodology, complemented by music therapy, movement and dance therapy, and dynamic sensory-motor development. Our specialists generally have experience in multiple areas, with additional qualifications and method-specific certifications (e.g., fairy tale therapy, child psychodrama, family therapy, sensory integration therapy) beyond their basic education (e.g., psychology, special education). This enables a professional teamwork approach with members of the district’s child social care and child protection system, ensuring a holistic perspective and professionalism.
Main professional activities:
- Open and closed groups for parents and children
- Systematic, family-focused support and assistance
- Movement development and movement therapy services
- Postpartum assistance, breastfeeding advice, baby sling advice
- Intergenerational programs supporting families
- Elderly programs
- Free day camps
- Temporary child supervision
- Family-friendly specialty café
The program aims to demonstrate how such a centre can be established, what professional questions and challenges arise, and how such an initiative can develop. Following the presentation of the centre, we will use the method of sociodrama to explore how to maintain boundaries and professionalism in such such a service while motivating attendees to work more on themselves, their children, and their families. This perspective will also be expanded to include connections with other institutions we cooperate with.
Anyone interested can participate in the program, with a maximum of 15-20 participants. The program will be held once and will last 2-2.5 hours.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Csilla Kubovics-Juhász is a psychologist and children psychodrama leader. She is a member of the Hungarian Family and Couple Therapy Association and Kende Hanna Child Psychodrama Association. Csilla started working at Bátor Tábor from 2017 (Serious Fun Children’s Network) where they work with children living with chronic diseases. Although from 2022 she is the professional manager of prevention at Downtown Community Centre, she is still connected to Bátor Tábor as a grief counsellor with families who lost their child, and also works with children psychodrama groups.
Irina Stefanescu: As a practitioner of psychodrama since 2009 (ARPsiC) and sociodrama (BPA) since 2012, Irina integrated the use of these action methods in her professional practice of coaching and organisational development consultant, being a creative learning partner for people and their organisations. She introduces sociodrama to psychodrama schools from various European countries. Together with a beautiful team – Norbert Apter, Valerie Monti Holland, Eveline Jost and Peter Schoenhagen, they have developed and run a certificate training in sociodrama and action methods for trainers, coaches, managers and social workers in Genève, Switzerland.
PARTICIPATORY WALKS – NEW PERSPECTIVES ON URBAN SPACES
Program by the Ecopsychology Institute
PRESENTERS: ANNA BABATI – ÁGNES BUJDOS – KRISZTINA CSÜLLÖG – ANNA FARÁDY-COLE – RÉKA KOVÁCS – ANETT WIERZICZKY
Sociodrama and power
DATE AND TIME: 28th of June, Friday 10:00-11:30
CONFERENCE TOPIC: Local Community Program
TYPE: Participatory Walks
LOCATION: The walks start from various locations (see details below)
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 36 in six different groups
TAGS: Local Communities, June28 Morning
GUIDE: Anna Babati
STARTING POINT: European Youth Centre Budapest, Zivatar Street 1-3
MAPS: https://goo.gl/maps/DQk4NXe46PYcNHDe7
Exploring Heights and Depths in the Urban Environment
As a nature connection facilitator, my mission is to help people form deeper connections with nature and each other. By walking in nature and sharing experiences, I assist individuals in discovering new perspectives and recognizing the networks that link us with one another and the natural world around us. I believe that nature is not just a place we visit, but a vital system we participate in, where we can build genuine relationships. I aim to show that nature is not merely a backdrop in our daily lives, but an active partner that helps us live more fully and harmoniously, connecting with each other.
In this nature connection program, I will uniquely demonstrate in an urban setting how heights and depths can help us shift from our usual perspectives (both metaphorically and literally ☺) even within the city. I will show how, in the bustling city, nature can be found in the most unexpected places. By the end of the walk, I hope you will be able to see the built environment around us through a different lens.
GUIDE: Ágnes Bujdos
STARTING POINT: Lövőház Street, Statue of 1956 Memorial
MAPS: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tto4aAtUamhijpbz6
Hello! My name is Ágnes Bujdos. I am a landscape architect. During my everyday life, I work on designing the green spaces of Budapest and their decorative appearance. But to me, nowadays it’s worthless as long as green spaces are just decoration for people. I would like us to look deeper with the help of plants. Join me before the conference with a short walk connecting with the urban nature, through the exciting streets of the area. We will watch with a slightly different eye.
Let’s meet at the corner of Széllkapu park – in front of Széna square. You will find a statue of 1956 memorial.
GUIDE: Krisztina Csüllög
STARTING POINT: Margit bridge in Buda, Elvis Presley park, equestrian statue
MAPS: https://maps.app.goo.gl/5BDLY1eeyfBuZ3j16
Krisztina Csüllög, PhD sociologist, biologist in the ecological sector, participatory walk facilitator
As a biologist, I studied insects, as a sociologist I studied human networks, and the use and impact of info-communication technologies on social relations. Being in the field of market research, I mainly dealt with technological topics. I returned to nature in recent years: I moved from the capital to Pilis, where I spend a lot of time gardening and hiking. In 2023, I graduated from the Ecopsychological Institute’s participatory walk facilitator training. I mostly take my walks in Pilis, in a forest environment, often with yoga and tai chi exercises, but I have also gained experience in urban environments. During my current participation walk, we will visit a special Turkish flower garden, where we focus our attention mostly on the connections between different creatures (plant-insect-human).
GUIDE: Anna Farády-Cole
STARTING POINT: On the corner of Margit and Mecset Streets, 47.5145971, 19.0350000
MAPS: https://maps.app.goo.gl/5BDLY1eeyfBuZ3j16
Some of my fondest childhood memories are wandering freely in the tidal forest or on the lowlands, near my hometown. These childhood experiences served a strong foundation of nature connection. Thanks to the ever growing climate anxiety I felt, I encountered the field of ecopsychology. As a nature connection facilitator I feel I found a way to contribute to a more harmonious future.
During the participative walk we will connect to the scents and the city of Budapest, while getting to know the perspective of the more than human world.
GUIDE: Réka Kovács
STARTING POINT: at the fountain in the Margit street park, 47°30’52.8″N 19°02’00.2″E
MAPS: https://maps.app.goo.gl/duukShHApLzyiDrZ8
I’m Réka Kovács, a nature connection facilitator. After graduating from the Veterinary University of Košice with a degree in Human-Animal Relationship and its use in Equine and Canine Therapy, I realized that although we had studied about humans and animals, we had missed the relationship itself. Then I found the Ecopsychology Institute’s Nature Connection Facilitator training, which showed me how to help others connect with nature. My programs include practical knowledge as well as communication with animals and playfulness. My participatory walk includes trying out how it is to “feel like a dog” and diving into the flow of information.
GUIDE: Anett Wierziczky
STARTING POINT: GPS: 47.51167611209436, 19.039474385977552
MAPS: https://maps.app.goo.gl/WJ3ePeDADSgwFWZo7
In my urban life, everyday activities and work, I primarily deal with people and the built environment defined as home, but everyday experiences and concepts have been placed in a broader context thanks to the methodology of ecopsychology. As a Nature Connection facilitator, I may support you in looking at your environment and yourself in it differently.
During my program, we will connect to ourselves, our communities, and our broader environment at various levels. We observe how our communities and our broader or narrower environments shape each other based on our habit of using spaces – and how this correlates with (ecological) awareness.
My program starts here (GPS: 47.51167611209436, 19.039474385977552) at 10 AM. We will conclude our nature connection walk together at the European Youth Centre.
We start exactly on time, so please plan to arrive a few minutes before.
THE VOICE OF THE OPPRESSED IN THE CARE SYSTEM
Workshop by the Heart Sounds Community
PRESENTERS: ANDREA CSÖRGŐ – ZSANETT HORVÁTH
Sociodrama and power
DATE AND TIME: 28th of June, Friday 14:00-16:30
CONFERENCE TOPIC: Local Community Program
TYPE: Workshop
LOCATION: Conference Venue, ROOM
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 15
ENTRY REQUIREMENT: Attendance at the filmscreening on June 27th.
TAGS: Local Communities, June28 Morning
ABSTRACT:
The Heart Sounds Community consists of Roma women and men, healthcare workers, women’s rights and birth rights activists, and other professionals working with vulnerable groups.
Since 2017, they have been actively addressing social divisions and institutional violence by conducting workshops and theater performances aimed at transforming societal structures.
The group pays special attention to how oppression and violence specifically affecting Roma women is present in the health and social care system, and how this affects the fate of mothers and their children.
How do employees and users of the care system become enemies of each other?
How can we establish associations and environments that truly protect and support children?
At the workshop, the participants explore these questions with the tools of sociodrama, highlighting their importance and relevance for both the group and the wider community.
The workshop will be preceded by a filmscreening on June 27 at 9 p.m. Registration for the workshop is subject to registration for the film screening, as the two programs are interconnected.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Andrea Csörgő
Zsanett Horváth
BRIDGING THE GENERATION GAP
Workshop by Radnóti Miklós Theatre
PRESENTERS: MÓNI DURST – DOMA HLINYÁNSZKY – GITTA SZENDREY
Sociodrama and power
DATE AND TIME: 28th of June, 14:30-16:30
CONFERENCE TOPIC: Local Community Program
TYPE: Workshop
LOCATION: 1065, 31 Andrássy Avenue, Keres Emil Room, Radnóti Miklós Theatre
MAPS: link
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 30
TAGS: Local Communities, June28 Afternoon
ABSTRACT:
Radnóti Miklós Színház is one of the most prestigious theatres in Hungary. Its repertoire https://radnotiszinhaz.hu/bemutatok/ and its theatre education activities through its sociodramatic approach reflect a sensitivity to social issues in Hungary. The 2022-24 campaign drew attention on fourteen important issues on the national level https://radnotiszinhaz.hu/14-ugy/
Since 2020 Radnóti Színház also offers participatory theatre https://radnotiszinhaz.hu/rim/radnoti-youth-workshop/
These performances are not created by professional actors but by everyday, civilian people, and as a result of an eagerness to play and create, a commitment to social issues and a desire to belong to a community. The previous shows elaborated on the following themes: How can we handle the burden of social expectations? How can we use theatre as a collective social memory in public spaces? How can we, disabled and non disabled adults promote the vision of future integration?
The participatory theatre programmes of the 2023/24 season focus on the theme of generation gaps. High school students engage with adults aged over 60 in the creative process. The two generations set off separately by getting to know each other and later merge as an inter-generational group. The project is based on the novel ‘Momo’, chosen by the highschoolers: the primary focuses are the relationship with time and manipulability.
The workshop will also serve as the public presentation of the season’s work. In this event we invite participants to step into the story and reflect on the given themes together with us.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Móni Durst: psychodrama leader, sociodrama trainer, theater education specialist at Radnóti Miklós Theater
Doma Hlinyánszky: Drama instructor, theater education specialist at Radnoti Miklos Theatre
Gitta Szendrey: Drama instructor, art therapist, theater education specialist at Radnóti Miklós Theater
