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Aluna Theatre in partnership with Latin American Researchers of Ontario (LARO) is pleased to invite the public to the book launch of Como Integrar Artes Escénicas y Ciencias Sociales en el Aula / How to Integrate Scenic Arts and Social Sciences in the Classroom: A Pedagogic Experience Based on Historic Memory, written by Jorge Arcila.
The event will also feature a reading and bilingual (English/Spanish) performance of "Real Mother" a scene from the play Harriet's House/La Casa de Harriet, by Tara Goldstein. Harriet's House is a play about love, loss, and adoption in a Canadian lesbian family. Adoptive mother Harriet reluctantly gives 17-year old Luísa permission to return to the Catholic orphanage in Bogotá, Colombia, where she spent three years of her childhood. The play has been translated into Spanish by Jorge Arcila and will be performed as staged reading in Bogota in August 2013.
Friday July 12 at Aluna Theatre studio (1 Wiltshire Ave. Unit 123, Toronto, ON) from 7:00-9:00pm
"How to Integrate Scenic Arts and Social Sciences in the Classroom" analyzes the research journey of a group of 16 teenagers who collectively explored historical memory through practices of process drama. Participant-researchers worked out the story of the Afro-descendant Manuel Saturio Valencia which still struggles to overcome a legacy of oblivion and historical erasure. Thus at stake in this project was the recovery of forgotten stories, the construction of a more inclusive public memory, and the formation of a critical historical consciousness.
Jorge Arcila holds a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Toronto and a Masters in Political Studies from La Pontifica Universidad Javeriana, Colombia
Tara Goldstein is a professor at the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, University of Toronto.
This event is dedicated to the memory of OISE/UT Professor Roger Simon and Arlan Londono, Colombian artist, curator and scholar who recently passed away.
The event will also feature a reading and bilingual (English/Spanish) performance of "Real Mother" a scene from the play Harriet's House/La Casa de Harriet, by Tara Goldstein. Harriet's House is a play about love, loss, and adoption in a Canadian lesbian family. Adoptive mother Harriet reluctantly gives 17-year old Luísa permission to return to the Catholic orphanage in Bogotá, Colombia, where she spent three years of her childhood. The play has been translated into Spanish by Jorge Arcila and will be performed as staged reading in Bogota in August 2013.
Friday July 12 at Aluna Theatre studio (1 Wiltshire Ave. Unit 123, Toronto, ON) from 7:00-9:00pm
"How to Integrate Scenic Arts and Social Sciences in the Classroom" analyzes the research journey of a group of 16 teenagers who collectively explored historical memory through practices of process drama. Participant-researchers worked out the story of the Afro-descendant Manuel Saturio Valencia which still struggles to overcome a legacy of oblivion and historical erasure. Thus at stake in this project was the recovery of forgotten stories, the construction of a more inclusive public memory, and the formation of a critical historical consciousness.
Jorge Arcila holds a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Toronto and a Masters in Political Studies from La Pontifica Universidad Javeriana, Colombia
Tara Goldstein is a professor at the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, University of Toronto.
This event is dedicated to the memory of OISE/UT Professor Roger Simon and Arlan Londono, Colombian artist, curator and scholar who recently passed away.