Personal development, Reflection, Teambuilding
45 min.
Large group, Small group
No preparation
Materials needed
Speaking, Writing, Listening
Visual literacy, Separating main points and side points
Empathy, Communication
Decisiveness
Objectives
Getting to know eachother through dialogue, inguiry and active listening.
Material
Paper and pens/pencils
Instructions
The participants engage in dialogue and inquiry to learn more about others. They are active listeners and are able to distinguish what is important and how visuals convey a (cultural) message/story.
Participants work in pairs. They interview each other and come up with a creative way to capture their life-story in a tattoo.
Some guiding questions:
- Get to know more about your partner: who is he/she, what’s important in their life, what are they fascinated about, …
- What is unique or striking about your partner? How would you capture this in a tattoo? What images/symbols would you use?
- Try to make a sketch of the tattoo or a moodboard/collage.
- Show the tattoo to your partner and explain why you drew/made this.
- Does the perception in the tattoo correspond with the self-perception?
Share the tattoos and life-stories in the class by exchanging the stories with eachother.
Variant
Instead of life-stories, the activity can also be about values and future dreams, hopes and objectives.