Dance with a balloon and discover what it really means to get in sync with someone.
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.
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
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.
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…
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!
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.
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.
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.
By simulating a notebook production company, this team-building game helps groups of co-researchers become aware of their team’s dynamics. This is a great exercise to reflect on the challenges of working together under time pressure.
