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Our 10 Songs

Think of the 10 songs that define what it means to be young in your community/country.
What do these songs tell us about self-identity and culture?

April 26, 2017 Leave a commentCommunity Building, Data CollectionBy RecrearInternational

Balloon Mirroring

Dance with a balloon and discover what it really means to get in sync with someone.

March 23, 2017 Leave a commentCommunity BuildingBy RecrearInternational

The personal map of my neighbourhood

This exercise helps people reflect on their connection to space in the community. Participants are invited to draw the map of their neighbourhood based on their personal history. This mapping technique helps researchers, as well as participants, to understand how the physical space of a community intertwines with people’s lived experiences.

February 27, 2017 Leave a commentCommunity Building, Data CollectionBy RecrearInternational

Listen and Paint – Paint and Listen

Experiment with colors and brushes to help groups reconstruct their individual and collective learning!
During this exercise we listen to each other to interpret and paint our experiences.
Sit back-to-back with another person, and share your experience. Your partner will paint what they hear. Switch roles and you will continue painting on the same piece

January 29, 2017 Leave a commentCommunity Building, Data Analysis, Problem identificationBy RecrearInternational

Visualizing Success and Failure

What does it mean to fail? What does it mean to be successful? Use psychodrama to unpack these ideas and become aware of the beliefs young people hold about themselves. The exercise was developed in a psychodrama program in Venezuela to explore how a group of young students perceived themselves.

December 26, 2016 Leave a commentAction!, Community Building, Data Collection, Problem identificationBy RecrearInternational

Why we are taking a Magnify sabbatical

It’s our 7th year, and we are taking a Magnify sabbatical For six years in a row, we’ve had the great honor of holding space for social innovators from all over the world during our two-week annual conference. 2017 will be a sabbatical year for RecrearMagnify. We will be taking a year off to regenerate and…

December 13, 2016 Leave a commentRecrearMagnifyBy RecrearInternational

Writing Marathon

Writing helps us to go deep inside, to re-discover ourselves, and to process our experience. Sometimes writing is so intimidating though. So here we go: a marathon to push ourselves to just write… don’t think about it, just observe what comes out of it!

November 30, 2016 2 CommentsCommunity Building, Data Analysis, Data Collection, evaluation, Research CommunicationBy RecrearInternational

Actionbound app for research

Do you like treasure hunts?

Actionbound is a mobile application that combines the adventure of a treasure hunt with technology. This technique explains how to use Actionbound as a research tool to make research activities and learning experiences super fun. The bonus feature is that during the treasure hunt you can easily collect and systematize data.

October 19, 2016 Leave a commentAction!, Capacity building, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Research CommunicationBy RecrearInternational

Blind Artist

Try to paint an image you can’t see! Can we understand others without ‘seeing’ their experience? This is an experiential learning exercise that helps participants become aware of our biased and limited awareness as researchers.

October 19, 2016 Leave a commentCapacity building, Community BuildingBy RecrearInternational

Data doodles

Doodles are simple drawings that represent our inner worlds. They express our daydreams, our ideas and all the random thoughts that cross our minds. Have you ever thought of doodling your data? This is a simple technique to help us reflect about and document our experiences in the field in a unique way.

July 4, 2016 Leave a commentAction!, Data Analysis, Research TechniquesBy RecrearInternational

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