Community Project
The general objective of the project was to generate an interactive publication that combines exercises that activate critical thinking, develop respect, and are framed in the theory of gender in infants. The final product of the workshop sessions is a booklet with a description of the activities carried out and others, which promotes the creativity, critical thinking, and fairness of the workshop workers, this, so that it can be replicated in other communities. The project was fully developed in the facilities of Casa Wabi with children from Filomeno Mata Elementary School in Manialtepec.
During the first session, a warm-up and stretching exercise were done to relax the children. Then, they
were taken to the multipurpose room to develop an activity called “Creating Avatars.” The
children helped each other draw the silhouette of their classmates’ bodies to create their avatar. The purpose of this activity was to develop respect for the body of the other and the identification of different corporalities. At the end of this activity, a guided meditation session was held.
In the second session, warm-up exercises were carried out in the observatory of the house,
the silhouettes of the avatars were cut and exposed in the main palapa. Each child was given a
“superpower” and a “value” with which they gave attributes to their avatar, concepts such as equity, sorority, union, respect, equality, tolerance, among others, were handled. Each child explained his avatar’s powers or abilities based on the concepts discussed, thus turning civic principles into a”superpower.”
In the third session after the warm-up, the children’s eyes were sold, and they were made to taste different sweets, bittersweet, chocolates, bitter and spicy. The idea was that in the end, each child would
blindly draw the “flavor” that each food he had ingested and also represent him with a movement of the body. Subsequently, the participants measured different parts of their body to understand the different corporalities they have. With these measures, they cut them into colored ribbons, constellations, and different figures were formed to create collective pieces that reflect the union of all the participants.
In the last session, each participant was asked to bring their favorite garment and explain why that
garment is unique; many stories emerged that reflected their way of life and family composition.
Octavio Avendaño was used as a model to wear these garments and emphasize that clothing is for
everyone and does not have a specific gender. In the end, they were shown the movie “Chihiro’s
Journey” by Hayao Miyazaki.
During the first session, a warm-up and stretching exercise were done to relax the children. Then, they
were taken to the multipurpose room to develop an activity called “Creating Avatars.” The
children helped each other draw the silhouette of their classmates’ bodies to create their avatar. The purpose of this activity was to develop respect for the body of the other and the identification of different corporalities. At the end of this activity, a guided meditation session was held.
In the second session, warm-up exercises were carried out in the observatory of the house,
the silhouettes of the avatars were cut and exposed in the main palapa. Each child was given a
“superpower” and a “value” with which they gave attributes to their avatar, concepts such as equity, sorority, union, respect, equality, tolerance, among others, were handled. Each child explained his avatar’s powers or abilities based on the concepts discussed, thus turning civic principles into a”superpower.”
In the third session after the warm-up, the children’s eyes were sold, and they were made to taste different sweets, bittersweet, chocolates, bitter and spicy. The idea was that in the end, each child would
blindly draw the “flavor” that each food he had ingested and also represent him with a movement of the body. Subsequently, the participants measured different parts of their body to understand the different corporalities they have. With these measures, they cut them into colored ribbons, constellations, and different figures were formed to create collective pieces that reflect the union of all the participants.
In the last session, each participant was asked to bring their favorite garment and explain why that
garment is unique; many stories emerged that reflected their way of life and family composition.
Octavio Avendaño was used as a model to wear these garments and emphasize that clothing is for
everyone and does not have a specific gender. In the end, they were shown the movie “Chihiro’s
Journey” by Hayao Miyazaki.
