nayasha kirsten, Author at bones rising

Using Applied Theatre Techniques for Knowledge Production

Credits: Child and elderly audience participating in co narrative occupation and interacting per formatively in the public intervention, photo by Neige Ice cream

Workshop Facilitated by Veronique B. Mensah at the National Theatre Namibia

In this third and last research and preparation workshop Veronique only made use of 2 Techniques because of the time given.

“We are here to engage kinesthetic responses, There is no right nor wrong, there is only Limited Time” – Veronique B Mensah

The work shop started with a slideshow is playing with images while participants are welcomed into the venue. This was. Followed by a Warm- Up session where Veronique introduces games she devised with Born a Star Academy, After playing this games every participant introduces themselves with a super hero name. Participants get a Brief Introduction and background on Veronique Mensah and an overview of how she uses Applied Theatre Techniques in her work. Pictures and Videos will be shared with Participants along side a question and answer segment.

Occupying De-colonial Co-narratives by Veronique B Mensah

'My Body-space as an Archive'; Daughter of Molly — Credits: Veronique Occupying the Co-narrative at a Nama Herero Genocide Protest in Swakop Namibia, Photo by James Jamu VM Born Stars Productions

As a child growing up in Mariental, we did not have recreational centres where young minds could meet and engage in cultural activities outside the school premises. The only source of entertainment that was available was the television and my grandmother and great-grandmother’s stories about Growing up in then German- South West Africa, The Arrival of Different Catholic Missionaries and the impact it had on life as they knew it along with Folktales and different life lessons always transferred to me through stories (etc).

The Folk Tale Of Human Bones

Our Bones Par Our Land — Credits: Our bones par our land, Decolonial storytelling for children as a public intervention by Veronique B Mensah during the second Namibian Land Conference, – photo by Neige Ice cream

Human Bones

Human bones is a Nama Folktale that takes place in the village of Okombahe where a young mother Lena, lives with her children. Lena was a sheep herder and a domestic worker.