What does it mean to be the ‘other’ or to mark someone as such? How do we all create the ‘other’ in our everyday choices and what power lies in recognizing our own ‘other-ness’?
This next workshop in the community/campus Inclusiveness and Equity Professional Development Series explores these questions in relation to privilege, while asking participants to consider re-scripting their commitment to present cultural narratives about identity.
Who: Open to the public
What: Inclusiveness and Equity Professional Development Series: Identity Theatrics
When: Thursday, March 22, 5:30–7 p.m.
Where: The Collective Community Arts Center, Lafayette
Registration takes place 5–5:30 p.m. A $5 donation is suggested.
Utilizing a vast array of theater techniques, Vanessa Roberts invites participants to play with these concepts in order to gain a larger vision of the significance of the “us vs. them” dynamic in the work of identity construction. This workshop guides participants into a deeper understanding of the personal investment required for truly transformational change when working toward social justice and provides an introduction to key vocabulary and themes.
Join Thursday, March 22, at The Collective Community Arts Center in Lafayette. After the workshop, continue the conversation at William Oliver's Publick House, next door to The Collective.
Roberts is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at CU Boulder and a Community-Based Research fellow with CU Engage. She refers to herself as an “artivist” who works at the intersection of the arts, activism and academic practice.
This workshop is sponsored by the CU Boulder Office for Outreach and Engagement, the Boulder County Arts Alliance and the city of Lafayette Arts and Cultural Resources Department.
