At the end of June, the volunteers of the Turkish Federation Berlin-Brandenburg (TBB) once again came to the wannseeFORUM Foundation for an intensive week-long seminar, this time focusing on the theme of "Identities." Three of the four groups from this year's volunteer cohort came together for this seminar, resulting in a total of seven workshops with diverse artistic approaches.
The rap group Engage with the topic through self-written texts. In the Comic group Participants were able to develop fictional identities through drawing and bring them to life through personal experiences and ideas. A similar process took place in the stop-motion workshop, where a story was told using clay figures. In the theater and Film group The participants then engaged in acting and processed their ideas in short film or theatre scenes. Radio group They opted for a report in which they interviewed passersby on Berlin's fan mile shortly before Germany's third group stage match. The action group also explored the theme of identity in football, processing it in the form of an artistic blacklight performance.
Thanks to the diverse range of workshops and the extremely heterogeneous group composition, the seminar was a highly inspiring collaboration of a wide variety of ideas and perspectives, which culminated in an impressive presentation on the final day. For most of the participants, this was their last seminar during their volunteer year, giving many the opportunity to share their experiences and strengthen their connections with one another.
Fortunately, some of the participants will remain with us for the next seminar in September of this year, which the guest lecturers and the team of the wannseeFORUM Foundation are already very much looking forward to.