Listen "Storytelling and Creativity in Transforming Conflict"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode, we talk with Beyond the Page (BtP), a Middlebury program of professional teaching artists who use theater techniques in college classrooms to foster creativity and storytelling. Conflict Transformation Collaborative and BtP have been exploring ways to shift conflict dynamics through community building, playful exploration, and seeing our relationships and structures in new ways. CT Director Sarah Stroup speaks with Craig Maravich, BtP program director and visiting assistant professor at Middlebury; Jude Sandy, BtP lead teaching artist; and Madison Middleton, BtP teaching artist. Learn more about the Beyond the Page program, visit their website: http://beyondthepage.middcreate.net/ Beyond the Page emerged from the Bread Loaf School of English, where conflict transformation programs focus on the role of storytelling in understanding and approaching conflict. To learn more about CT at Bread Loaf, visit: https://www.middlebury.edu/conflict-transformation/reaching-students-high-school-through-graduate-school/high-school-students
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