In this week’s
reflection, John Saunders, the education manager of the Sydney Theatre Company
took us on a workshop through the eyes of the stolen generation. The workshop
name was ‘Stolen’ regarding the Indigenous Australians that were lost in
generation. There were many activities that were involved throughout the
workshop and consisted of us taking on the persona of either a stolen child, or
the child who has been reunited with their parents. The main theme was ‘family’
and how important it was for the Indigenous Australians to have until the
stolen generation. A particularly important part in the workshop was the performance
of the processes the Indigenous families experienced, through the eyes of the
children who were lost and the parents who lost their child/ren. This
particular strategy is called being in role. Taking on a different persona and empathetically
feeling what others have or could have felt (Ewing & Simons, 2004, p. 5). This
workshop would be more effective for stage 3 students as they can have a deeper
understanding of loss and grief, the fear that something has been stole. However
in saying this; it can also be introduced to stage 2 students because some may
have already felt the uneasiness of something being stolen or the emotions that
are experienced through loss/grief.
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| Representing the stolen generation |
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| Fighting to stay with the faimly |
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| Parents who have lost their child/ren |
Reference:
Ewing,
R. & Simons, J. (2004). Beyond the Script: Drama in the Classroom Take Two.
Sydney: e:lit.
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