Pachaysana Study Abroad Info Session
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2015
Time: 12:45 PM – 2:00 PM (Lunch provided!)
Location: Kuhn Honors and Scholars House
Description:
Daniel Bryan, Director of the Pachaysana Institute in Ecuador, will be coming for an information session on the Pachaysana Institute Study Abroad Program in Amazonian Ecuador. The Pachaysana Institute’s “Rehearsing Change” is a semester-long, community-based study abroad program in Ecuador (fall semesters in Quito, spring semesters in the Amazon). It offers Fair Trade Study Abroad and the simultaneous, equitable education of local counterparts, meaning students work and study on a daily basis with community members. Facilitated by leading scholars and teaching artists, the program combines challenging academics, Arts for Conflict Transformation methodology, participatory action research and engaged learning/scholarship. Visit pachaysana.org for more information, and RSVP for the information session to Brian Orefice at orefice.1@osu.edu.
Rehearsing Social Change Theater Workshop
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2015
Time: 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: Pomerene Hall, Room 205
Description:
“Make a Difference.” “Change the World.” “Save the Planet.” More than ever before, college students are participating in service learning, community engagement and study abroad. We look for ways to affect global change, but in such a complex world, what does “making a difference” actually mean?
This interactive theater workshop asks participants to consider the importance of “rehearsing change” before we try to enact change, delving into issues of diversity, identity, and intercultural communication. Setting the stage in the Ecuadorian Amazon, we explore the conflict between local and global interests. Then, using Participatory Theatre exercises, we will engage a creative dialogue, exploring Development as story.
An educator, activist and artist, Daniel Bryan specializes in the use of participatory theatre as a means of education, empowerment and development. Originally from the United States, he has lived for the last 15 years in Ecuador, where he serves as Executive Director of the Pachaysana Institute, working with indigenous and marginalized communities in the Amazon Rainforest. He is also Instructor of Theatre at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito and coordinates the community-based study abroad program, Rehearsing Change: Empowering Locally, Educating Globally.
Global Engagement
Date: Every Tuesday this semester
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Location: Oxley Hall, Room 122
Description:
Hosted by the Office of International Affairs, Global Engagement provides opportunities for international and domestic students to experience the diverse culture at Ohio State. Global Engagement has implemented a variety of programs and activities to better promote cross-cultural relationships on campus. Each weekly Global Engagement Night invites international and domestic students to interact and have cross-cultural discussions about different regions of the world and general topics affecting all college students. Click here for more information.
Hydropolitics: Water Scarcity & Security Seminar
Date: Monday, September 21, 2015
Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM (Lunch conversation from 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM)
Location: Mershon Center, Room 120
Description:
The Mershon Center for International Security Studies has invited Ingrid Hehmeyer to speak on “Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management Under Harsh Conditions: Ancient and Modern Lessons from Yemen.” Hehmeyer is an agricultural engineer, pharmacist, and archaeologist specializing in human-environmental relationships in the arid regions of ancient and medieval Arabia. Click here for more information, or RSVP here.