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Pop-up Psychogeography Journey Journal
Sarah-Jane Crowson
To invite students to use their bodies to represent, collaboratively, an image of something that is worth discussing.
Share:
ACTIVITY PURPOSE
To inspire creative thinking and act as an ice-breaker.
USEFUL FOR
Encouraging divergent thinking and building the ability to storytell.
PREPARATION
Not essential, but it would be desirable for participants to watch the video and carry out a short preparatory activity ahead of time.
INSTRUCTIONS
- Watch the video
- Spend 10-20 minutes exploring a place you know well (your room, or a classroom or digital space or your journey to work or school) and thinking of it as a space of wonder, a space of possibility
- Jot down your ideas about this space (this could be a photograph or a sketch or a map or video or words)
- Get together live in a group to share and discuss your space and how you’ve depicted it
DURATION
Around 30 minutes for a small group or breakout room (5 or so participants) with extra time for the preparatory activity.
ADAPTATIONS AND EXAMPLES
- If people haven’t prepared they can share something on spec – whatever they can see in their known space – but they still need to describe it as a space of wonder.
- For a large group you might consider using a padlet board or similar and ask people to post their responses to the brief – and comment on each others’ posts.
- If people join later you might have an object prepared that you ask them to describe as a thing of wonder.
- For a sense of belonging across space, maybe arrange a time to carry out your individual journeys synchronously if you can.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
For a larger group, breakout rooms would be desirable so that participants have time to share and discuss their response to the brief.
USEFUL RESOURCES
Do you have any suggestions? Please share them in the comments below.
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