Debata pro loutky:
ARE YOU QUEER?
The Morning Debate for Puppets, part of the Mezipatra Festival, will explore QUEER issues in both our own and international contexts for a high school audience. This unique discussion features guests who appear anonymously through puppets; their identities will be revealed only at the end of the debate, which provides an open space free of prejudice and typical barriers. The Debates bring current social issues to life; this time, we’ll focus on the LGBTQ+ community, gender, and how these topics are addressed in the school environment.
What kind of support can LGBTQ+ students find at school? What is the role of school psychologists, prevention specialists, and educators? What methodological approaches exist for addressing gender and sexual diversity? And how can schools create a safe environment for young people going through the process of coming out? Topics such as working with the class group, fostering mutual respect, and promoting acceptance of diversity will be explored.
Order Form for Schools: HERE
DEBATA PRO LOUTKY (Debate for Puppets) is a project and now a collective that originated at DAMU and moved in June to a new cultural space dedicated to young adult audiences, ARCHA+. It is a debate project based on the secret identities of individual guests. We are interested in how much a person is influenced in communication by the awareness of who they are talking to. Whether based on what they say, how they behave, or even what they look like. Therefore, neither the audience nor the debate moderator knows the identity of the guests, which opens up space for discussion without prejudice and with greater openness.
Each guest is given an "avatar" or alter ego—a puppet that will perform in their place that evening. The puppet is neutral, has no recognizable character, and thus allows the audience to form an opinion of the debater based solely on their reasoning and attitudes. For this reason, the format is called Debate for Puppets.
180 minutes
Big hall