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Twine 3: We Must Be Killers, Oliver Mckeone
Twine 3: We Must Be Killers, Oliver Mckeone
KUCC -- Kutztown University Composition Conference
I’ve always been a fan of murder mysteries, that much is true, but “We Must Be Killers” is a murder mystery based on “Who Killed Markiplier?”, a video based murder mystery made by YouTuber Mark “Markiplier” Fischbach. After watching Mark make a murder mystery where all his friends played roles as various characters, I figured it’d be fun to make “We Must Be Killers” along a similar vein. Each character is based on one of my friends, with input from them about what they wanted their characters to be like. I’ve had this idea bouncing around in my head for …
How Theatre Produced By Autistic People Dismantles The Medical Model Of Disability, Ira Eidle
How Theatre Produced By Autistic People Dismantles The Medical Model Of Disability, Ira Eidle
Symposium of Student Scholars
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disability that has a long history of being misunderstood. Said misunderstandings have led to falsehoods about autism and autistic people. The stigma surrounding autism encourages non-autistic people to see themselves as the best advocates for autism, leading to non-autistic people speaking over autistic people constantly. This has come to be known as the medical model of disability. Most autistic people do not consider autism to be a mental illness or disorder. (Kupferstein 2019) That is why when autistic people become informed on these aspects and band together, those misunderstandings can be mitigated. One such way is …
An Intergenerational Drama Program Utilizing Community Based Learning, Bennett Harrell
An Intergenerational Drama Program Utilizing Community Based Learning, Bennett Harrell
National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference
Participants in this workshop will engage in ensemble building drama activities. These activities will lead to the creation of multiple pieces of drama. The participants will also develop a list of interview questions they can use if they choose to implement the project at their schools or organizations. Many of the activities are from Augusto Boal’s “Theatre of the Oppressed,” a genre of theatre born out of the necessities of people who experience oppression. It provides them tools to explore the oppression and ways to face it in the real world.
Target audience: Teachers at all levels; Principals and Assistant …