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BODY – European in-service training for professionals

body1 Culture, body, health, gender, sexuality and disability in adult trainings
Palermo (Italy), 22-26 September 2014

Thanks for all the participants and trainers for the successful training we made in Palermo (Sicily) in September 2014. We had participants from all over France, The Netherlands, Italy, Luxemburg, Denmark and Hungary. Few feedbacks from participants:

BODY training was more than a training to me : not only useful but inspiring and empowering. I particularly appreciated the coherence between form and contents, and the roundtrips between experience, introspection and group reflection on possible practical applications, who can help as well as for individual support as for organization of group actions.

Lucile Vagner, Psychologist, Prevention Educator on a large campus in Paris

The body training in Palazzo Adriano was an amazing experience.
To see how I could use it in classes i would have to differ in primary schools, secondary schools and teacher training schools.
for me:
1: the pictures. in all kind of groups you can do this. let persons look at all the pics and choose the one that impresses you most. Than ask who wants to explain why. Without pressing one to say something. The pictures can be chosen for any theme. But also defer in extremes.
2: the agree, disagree and anything in between. After every proposition an explanation by someone. again without pressure.
3: coming out game. a good moment for an introduction in any group. you can choose any proposition. the one to make the person feel enough comfortable and some to bring them out of their comport zone. In all groups it was done with pleasure and as open as possible. Some, like students from teacher training schools, wanted more confrontation. Sometimes I say. when I see the group the first time I decide to take some propositions out. Just to discuss how teachers sometimes make a decision what kind of proposition is acceptable for a group or not. You can discuss afterwards if that is a good thing or not.
4: the gender, cultural and religious Identity. On paper you get an Identity and you have to identify yourself with that person. You do a step forward or backward if some proposition relates to you or not. Great to see how we almost agree to the positive position of women,men, white, black, third world person, religious person and more if you stand in front or at the back. At the back is the worst position. You can do this with kids and adults.
5: walking around, stop, make contact with the person next to you and decide if you want to do what the teacher/ workshop holder is asking of you. not touching but moving your hands around a person, sniffing and more. you decide if you agree. Learn to show or tell your boundaries. This game I liked a lot because I could almost feel or see the boundaries without speak

This week told me that the way the workshops were given made a safe environment. Made the persons more open. and because of that difficult to say goodbye. All of them will stay in my heart. Next time I would like to do the narrative training.

Peter van Maaren, COC, The Netherlands

The training was based on a two-year Grundtvig project (www.bodyproject.eu) funded by the European Commission under the Lifelong Learning Programme. The BODY project had the overall aim to explore how our perception of the body and body-related themes such as health, disease, gender, age, sexuality and disability is influenced by cultural differences and on the same affects our intercultural communication.

Partner organizations in this project have been involved in research and training activities in the intersection of cultural diversity and body (Elan Interculturel) gender (MHTConsult, CESIE, Elan Interculturel, Ars Erotica Foundation), disability (KVG), and sexuality (Ars Erotica Foundation, CESIE, KVG.). It is our common observation both in research and training that factors related to the body and gender become ‘sensitive zones’ in cultural contact zones. Yet the resources available – both theoretical and practical – are rather scarce. Engagement in an applied research on cultural differences in gender, body and sexuality and the translation of the results into applicable training materials and trainings is in line with our strategic objectives.

In-service training for teachers

father Upcoming training: Pécs, Hungary, 20-22 February 2015

Last trainings: Agárd, Hungary, 27-29 August 2014; Székesfehérvár, Hungary, 28-30 March 2014

30 hour-long training for teachers (grade 5-12), school psychologists, youth helpers, kinder garden teachers, nurses, parents . The main goal of the training is to provide a basic introductory methodology and a set of self-reflection skills for teachers who might deal with sensitive, sex-related topics in schools and similar institutional environments.Our goal is to help participants to find ways to integrate these methods and exercises into their daily work in schools.

Expected outcomes
This training unit provides a basic introductory methodology and a set of self-reflection skills for teachers who deal with sensitive, sex-related topics in schools and similar institutional environments. Although participants will also deepen their understanding of the concept(s) of sexuality, this unit focuses on improving teachers’ psychological skills that help them to define their own boundaries and make them personally capable to handle intimate issues.

Get a Room! A’dam – Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby

getaroom Get a Room! A’dam – Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby
with Marije Janssen

Thank you to Get a room for hosting the “Let’s talk about sex” screening and discussion. And thank you to the great audience for your questions and opinions. It was very inspiring! — with Marije Janssen, Jonah Lamers, Leah Katarzyna Zejdler Buragiewicz and Mester Dóra Djamila.

Let’s talk about sex, baby! Sexual education is always a topic that gets the emotions heated. What’s the best way to teach kids about sex? Opinions vary widely, from abstinence only regulations in the US to the open views on sexuality in the Netherlands. Are we really so open minded in teaching our kids about sex?

Motherhood and sexuality – Workshop series in Amsterdam

vetsi_cseptejjel We invite mothers (and fathers) to participate, everyone who is interested in parenting and sexuality. We invite people who feel like getting connected with themselves and with others in an embodied way. We invite people who agree with us that the internet is a great place to look for many things but misses the most important: the personal, the face-to-face human interaction. We invite you if you would like to share experience, information, give or receive positive energy. We also invite you if you’re not sure what questions you need to ask, or if you need support or advice specific to your situation.

you can apply at doradjamila(at)gmail(dot)com

Since motherhood and sexuality are indeed so complex and delicate overlapping universes raising many individual questions and dilemmas, we are going to devote a whole series of workshops to cover its various subtopics:

The first workshop:

Woman, Lover, Mother: Motherhood and sexuality in the intersection of the body, the psyche, the social, the cultural and the self. What is sex and what is motherhood for me? – Intro session for everyone who is interested in any of the topics, questions described below. In this first workshop we will play with the topic as a whole, with all questions raised. The rest of the workshops we will explore the specific subtopics in depth

for details continue…

“In between your legs” at Queeristan Festival

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workshop…for all queer folks and anyone who is interested.

Saturday, 29 May 2014; 12.00-14.00

at Queeristan Festival, Amsterdam

What does queer, trans, bi-, hetero, asexual mean when it comes to the body? How does it feel to live with a queer, trans or any other sexual/gender identity? Where to locate body awareness on our sexual identity map and how does it look like? What is in between our legs? How is it connected with our other body parts, such as our brain? Let’s play and make it visible!

I invite to participate anyone who likes to play, is open to experiment and feels like getting connected with her-or himself and with others in a creative way. We will (re)make our own pussies, cocks and anything we have in a playful way.

About the workshop

The ideal number of participants is 10-15. We will work in a comfortable, cozy space; in an atmosphere which fosters creativity. We will use materials such as fabrics, clay, papers, etc. The language of the workshop will be English.

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