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CHAPTER FIVE: DATA ANALYSIS Out of Space In this second series I explored building the three lessons on a contemporary issue, in this case the refugee crisis. I wanted to learn more about how ownership of this problem can be created in the story. I also explored using iconic representations of objects and what are the differences in the Cathexis of these and physical objects. The basic story line was the following: Out of Space was set in the year 2316 when the resources on the Earth are running out, and society is massively divided based on wealth. Most of the rich have moved to planet B17 but poor people cannot get permits for this travel. The participants built roles for themselves and played people who have been able to collect enough money to try getting smuggled to B17. The drama sessions started with the group creating a still image of a group of people escaping from Earth in a spacecraft in the moment of its lift-off. Most of the lesson looked at what happened to Earth and at what the reasons are for undertaking this dangerous and illegal journey for these people. A whole group improvisation of the group’s first meeting with the smuggler was also part of the lesson. The second lesson focussed on participants building individual roles, partly based on the ID numbers they got at their birth, determining what school they can go to and what work they will have. Participants worked on how they and their families got the money together for the journey and what their aspirations were for the future. Improvisations during the series were based on getting through obstacles on the way to the secret take off and then situations during the journey. The group got a chance to take back all the money the smuggler (teacher in role) extorted out of them and they defeated him, and blackmailed the smuggler to fly them to the planet. The third lesson finished with the group landing on planet B17 and getting caught by security forces who tell them that they will be deported to a work camp. Finally, they got an offer that if they report on those on Earth who helped them escape they might get concessions. The story was suspended at this point and continued in different directions individually. Drawing from the project diary a participant. +172 +
