CONTENTS Contents Steering Committee 2 Welcome 3 General Information 4 Information on EE Site Tours 5 Information on EE Social Tours 6 Program and Abstracts 7 Speaker Biographies 52 1 STEERING COMMITEE WELCOME Steering Committee South Africa Warren Parker (CADRE) Lynn Dalrymple (DramAidE) We are pleased to welcome you to the 4th International EE Conference in Shereen Usdin (Soul City) Somerset West, South Africa. The Conference brings together practitioners, researchers and theorists in Entertainment-Education from around the world International and provides an opportunity to review developments in the EE field. Jane Bertrand (Johns Hopkins University) Martine Bouman (Netherlands Entertainment Education Foundation) The conference theme, ‘Entertainment-Education: Community and Context’, Vibert Cambridge (Ohio University) epitomizes our inter-relationships as members of the global community where all sectors work together for social development. The people we serve are at Organising Team the centre of our work: regardless of whether we aim to provide health Phillipa Tucker (CADRE) education, or promote other educational values through various Mkhonzeni Gumede (DramAidE) communication genres. Our programs must be responsive to their needs and Rose Mlungwana (DramAidE) in ways that respect the diversities of our social, economic and cultural Maddy Semaar (Soul City) backgrounds. We acknowledge the need to network with our stakeholders Katia Da Silva (Soul City) and our communities to bring forward education and development for social change. These values are embodied in the EE Declaration 2000 and will be Anne Palmer (Johns Hopkins University, USA) further explored in 2004 as we bring our work to the table, share new Pinky Makhaye (Johns Hopkins University, SA) experiences and discuss the various issues related to EE practice. The EE conference also provides an opportunity to visit sites of interest in the Conference Managers: Cape Town area. We have included educational tours and visits to tourist spots in the Wednesday programme. Keith Burton and Paul de Waal Fastfunction We hope that these undertakings help move us forward in our field of practice Funding and support while we spend time to appreciate and enjoy the beauty of South Africa and CADRE, CHANGE, DramAidE, the warm hospitality of its people. Johns Hopkins University Center for Communications Programs, Soul City, USAID The Steering Committee 2 3 GENERAL INFORMATION EE SITE TOURS General Information EE Site Tours Wednesday, 29 September Airport Transfers Internet facilities A selection of morning site visits - see program - have been arranged to local Entertainment Education Projects. Site Tours Delegates flying in / out of Cape A business centre with internet These are included in the registration fee on a first-come, first-served basis. Town International Airport must connectivity is available at the hotel. Wednesday, 29 September, is set For further information on afternoon tours please see the social tours section. ensure that the conference Please enquire at reception. aside for field visits as well as visits Please note that those delegates wishing to go Whale watching will not be able to attend the EE tours because of organisers have received accurate to sites of interest in Cape Town. A time constraints. Please see the Social Tours section for further information. flight details (Airline, flight number, Meals packed lunch will be provided, but dinner is for your own account. point of origin, date of Breakfast is included in the Buses will depart from the Lord Charles hotel at 08h30 and take delegates to one of the following: Busses will depart back to the Lord arrival/departure, time of accommodation packages. Each day Charles and B&Bs from a designated arrival/departure). starts with a plenary session at 9h00 point at the V&A Waterfront hourly and runs through to evening from 17h00 to 22h00 (see overleaf 1. No Monkey Business: 3. Takalani Sesame Meet & Badges entertainment which ends at 22h00. Greet for additional detail). Inside Out; About Us: Lunch, Tea & Coffee breaks and Each attendee of the conference will Playing for Keeps Observation of a visit to learners dinner are provided at the venue as be issued a name badge at The first performance is a puppet aged 3-9 meeting Kami and Zuzu part of your conference fees. A Staff registration. The badge is an official show that deals with issues of from Takalani Sesame up close and packed lunch is provided on If you have any questions the pass and should be worn at all times HIV/AIDS and basic hygiene. This personal. The characters do not Wednesday, but dinner is for your members of the Conference to allow entry into the Conference. show is targeted for the grades 1-4 speak - the handler will interface own account. Organising Team, recognized by their or 6-10 year old learners. The with the children on behalf of the Arrangements have been made to cater distinctive name tags, will be able to Banking Service second performance is 30 minutes characters. for special meal requirements. assist. Foreign currency and travellers long, followed by a 30 minute Takalani Sesame with Children from facilitated discussion with the the Chris Nissen Informal cheques can be exchanged at the Presenters Preview Room airport, the hotel or at banks in learners. It deals with issues of Settlement (Holiday Community Somerset West or Cape Town. Don’t Presenters will have access to two HIV/AIDS and issues around self- Program). Pinksterpark Hall attempt to change money in places computers in a separate presenters awareness, esteem and image and other than these. room to make minor adjustments to sexuality awareness. This show is presentations if necessary. targeted for the grade 5-7 or 11-14 4. JAPAN Powerpoint presentations should be year old learners. Contacts A half an hour forum theatre piece ready by 5.00pm the day before your arepp: Theatre for Life with Child Contact cellular telephone numbers followed by discussion with the presentation. These can be handed Welfare at Athlone Community Hall during the conference are: Warren in at the EE4 conference office on audience. The play asks questions Parker (083) 378-4083; Phillipa disk, CD or USB flash. about issues of gender, culture and Tucker (083) 641-9837, Keith Burton women's rights. 2. AIDS ACT (083 ) 415-4111 or Lynn Dalrymple DramAidE with High School Children (083) 653-2053. The number for the Registration A half an hour interactive from the Garden Village and Lord Charles is +27-(0)21 855 1040. performance followed by discussion surrounding Community. Registration starts at 12h00 on with university students around Credit Cards Sunday, 26 September at the Lord issues of HIV/AIDS. Charles Hotel. Day delegates can University of the Western Cape (on Mastercard, Visa, Diners Card and register on the morning of each day. 5. Discussion forum American Express will be accepted campus) Delegates will receive a conference Producing Edusoaps as part of at the registration desk for bag, programme and additional teaching media at the University of payments. information upon registration. Cape Town. Display Tables University of Cape Town. Tables are available to display Scholarship/bursary materials related to your work. If you recipients After the morning EE tours all wish to display materials please advise delegates will be transported to the at registration. Scholarship/bursary recipients are V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. This being supported for travel and/or will be the meeting point for the conference registration and day. All of the social tours will accommodation. No per diems are depart from the V&A and return to provided to scholarship/bursary the V&A. Delegates will be given a recipients, and please note that packed lunch to be enjoyed at dinner on Wednesday night is for leisure. your own account. 4 5 EE SOCIAL TOURS PROGRAM SUNDAY EE Social Tours Sunday 26 September: Registration and Welcome A selection of afternoon tours have been arranged in order to provide delegates with the opportunity of enjoying some of what Cape Town has to offer. These are included in the registration 13h00-18h00 Arrival and registration fee and have been booked on pre-registration. 18h00-21h00 Welcome Function and Finger Supper Venue: Courtyard / Ballroom ROBBEN ISLAND – WORLD Dutch architecture. Wine farms HERITAGE SIGHT include Spier and Boschendal. This Welcome A visit to Robben Island, where tour departs from the V&A waterfront former President, Nelson Mandela, at 13h00 and returns in the late Warren Parker, on behalf of the Steering Committee was imprisoned for many years. The afternoon. tour takes a ferry to Robben Island and includes a visit to the prison. CAPE POINT AND There is also a guided tour of the PENINSULA ‘Southern facility to include the lime quarries Spectacular’ and other points of interest. The tour A tour of breathtaking beauty, departs from the V&A waterfront at majestic scenery and spectacular Entertainment 14h00 and returns at 17h30. views! This is the most popular tour in Cape Town. Highlights: Sea Point, Drumming ‘FREE AT LAST, FREE AT Clifton beach, Camps Bay, Hout Bay LAST’ TOWNSHIP TOUR harbour, boat trip to seal island Glynn Berridge, Mass Appeal Productions A cross cultural, interactive, face-to- (optional extra- for own account), face township experience. Highlights Constantia Valley, Big Five Curio include: The Bo-Kaap Cape Malay Market, Cape of Good Hope Nature Quarters, District Six Museum, The Reserve, Cape Point (where the two Chris Hani Literacy School, oceans meet), and Simons Town Traditional African Doctor, Philani (Jackass Penguins). This tour Weaving Project, Shebeens, and departs from the V&A waterfront at Craft Markets. The tour departs from 13h00 and returns in the late the V&A waterfront at 13h00 and afternoon. returns in the late afternoon. CAPE SOUTH COAST ‘The frolicking Whales’ MEET THE MOTHER CITY ‘Orientation Tour’ Experience the breathtaking beauty Orientation tour of the city of Cape of the coastal route via Gordon’s Town.