Special Interest Groups
SIGS – Special Interest Groups
SIGs have been a part of each IDEA world congress to date, offering participants the chance to meet four times during the Congress program to focus on a specific area of interest and to come into contact with others who share this interest. The SIG spaces are also a way to structure the Congress Academic and Pedagogical Program and to guarantee the continuity of IDEA’s research and project development between world congresses. In addition, SIGs are a space within the Congress to promote dialogue and research about methods and approaches in the area of drama/theatre and education.
After a period of international consultation which started in the second semester of 2008, the Congress Organizing Committee structured the Academic Program in fourteen SIGs. This represents an increase in the number of SIGs from 2007, a move designed to permit the introduction of issues related to the 2010 theme – Embracing the Arts of Transformation: Live, the Living Diversity! – as well as the current world situation.
Each SIG consists of a team of coordinators and a group of international researchers who prepare material for the Congress, and the activities for each group will include participation from internationally renowned guests who will take part in the Live Circles. These guests are those that were recommended during a process of international consultation with IDEA members and directors from previous Congresses. The Congress Organizing Committee also considered geography, gender, working areas in education, art education and contemporary research as criteria for selection.
This Congress will offer an opportunity for researchers and educators working in universities, schools, communities, NGOs and social movements in Brazil and elsewhere to exchange information and experience, and to develop new collaborative projects.