International Conference
The Participation Effect

The conference explores how theatre and film are being used as means to create learning, action and transformation communities, drawing on the impact they can have on the educational, social and therapeutic fields. Artistic expression has provided over the years a voice to the unheard, a tool to support the acquisition of skills in various fields of study, an invitation to change patterns of thinking or behavior. The event, now at its eighth edition, aims to bring together students, teachers, researchers and practitioners in the fields of theatre, film and related areas to share their practices, research and projects that highlight the use of artistic expression in relation to educational, community and therapeutic dimensions. In the dissemination process offered by the conference framework, the following directions of approach will be considered: 

Enhancing the teaching-learning-assessment process: theatre and film-based methods engage participants in experiential learning contexts, on the one hand, and favour teachers in achieving visible learning, on the other hand; 

Education through and for culture: active exposure to cultural activities and products supports building future audience and developing specific artistic skills, such as observation, focused attention, imagination, spontaneity that prove to be useful to any kind of future employment as they merge within soft competences; 

Interdisciplinary collaboration in artistic education: promoting the collaboration between professionals in the fields of theatre, film, sociology, psychology, pedagogy and other related areas provide the development of innovative approaches in the growth of human beings and communities;

Advocacy and policy for promoting artistic education: exploring the role of advocacy and policy-making in facilitating access to artistic education at all levels and forms of education.