Community Project
Cancha Solar – Alumnos de telesecundaria, San José Manialtepec
“The workshop had the clear mission of putting students behind the wheel of writing and offering them a window to imagine, speculate and think from other languages, signs, signs, forms and messages that would allow their personalities to become their voice and at the same time , your writings, a tool to process your ideas, emotions and concerns. ”
The workshop designed for third-year students of the San José Manialtepec Telesecundaria used dynamic, poetic and playful strategies that allowed students to think about the uses, limits and possibilities of writing. Throughout four sessions an encrypted language was created where students used a language that only they could use and understand; they selected words that accompany them, build and define them and later built them with their bodies; the “Bestiary in Chatino” was read to reflect on the appreciation of local languages. In the third session, the students visited Casa Wabi and reflected on the importance of writing through a letter to their fears and sorrows, and then on the sand they wrote their dreams and ideas of the future. Finally a solar soccer pig was built using tarpaulins, threads and simple materials on the main street of Manialtepec as a pretext of social cohesion. The intention was to use a recognizable sign (football) for students to speculate on what other formats and writing strategies can offer us.
“The workshop had the clear mission of putting students behind the wheel of writing and offering them a window to imagine, speculate and think from other languages, signs, signs, forms and messages that would allow their personalities to become their voice and at the same time , your writings, a tool to process your ideas, emotions and concerns. ”
The workshop designed for third-year students of the San José Manialtepec Telesecundaria used dynamic, poetic and playful strategies that allowed students to think about the uses, limits and possibilities of writing. Throughout four sessions an encrypted language was created where students used a language that only they could use and understand; they selected words that accompany them, build and define them and later built them with their bodies; the “Bestiary in Chatino” was read to reflect on the appreciation of local languages. In the third session, the students visited Casa Wabi and reflected on the importance of writing through a letter to their fears and sorrows, and then on the sand they wrote their dreams and ideas of the future. Finally a solar soccer pig was built using tarpaulins, threads and simple materials on the main street of Manialtepec as a pretext of social cohesion. The intention was to use a recognizable sign (football) for students to speculate on what other formats and writing strategies can offer us.
