Prototyping Puppets Beyond Borders

June 17th, 2017 | RESEARCH

We report on an ongoing collaboration that uses puppetry as a shared cultural expression in educational workshop that inform intercultural exchange. Collaborators in Atlanta, USA and Medellín, Colombia work in tandem on the design and implementation of puppet-building workshops. These workshops use narrative framing, craft-based prototyping, and performance-based validation to teach students basic prototyping skills. They specifically encourage them to relate to their local culture and to inform an ongoing dialogue between the two cultural spheres.

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Team Members

Isabel Restrepo, Author, Facultad de Artes Universidad de Antioquia
Michael Nitsche, Principal Investigator, Georgia Institute of Technology
Crystal Eng, Author, Georgia Institute of Technology

Citation

Publication: Proceedings of the 23rd International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA 2017) (June 11-18, 2017 Manizales, Colombia) Bogota, ISEA International, 2017
Page(s): 87-94

Funders

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: AISL
Award Number: 1612686

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Audience: Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Art | music | theater | Computing and information science
Resource Type: Conference Proceedings | Reference Materials
Environment Type: Making and Tinkering Programs | Public Programs | Theater Programs