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| The facilitators will of course support them in this process, but in the end, the participants will be **responsible for their group dynamic**. Day after day, they will have to **imagine creative and non-formal ways to interact** with each other, thus improving their **emotional intelligences** and their skills in **group facilitation**, **mediation** or **communication**. | The facilitators will of course support them in this process, but in the end, the participants will be **responsible for their group dynamic**. Day after day, they will have to **imagine creative and non-formal ways to interact** with each other, thus improving their **emotional intelligences** and their skills in **group facilitation**, **mediation** or **communication**. | ||
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| Thanks to **listening to each other**, any participant will be able to **push themselves beyond their limits and fears** for the Other and the Unknown. For the sake of gaining the courage and reaching the joy of **discovering "difference"** and opening up to new horizons. | Thanks to **listening to each other**, any participant will be able to **push themselves beyond their limits and fears** for the Other and the Unknown. For the sake of gaining the courage and reaching the joy of **discovering "difference"** and opening up to new horizons. | ||
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| In this sense, the Heterotopia Tour offers **a chance to re-learn how to listen, respect and support** not only the Other person, but also yourself. It will give people the possibility to **conquer, build and refine their own identity**. | In this sense, the Heterotopia Tour offers **a chance to re-learn how to listen, respect and support** not only the Other person, but also yourself. It will give people the possibility to **conquer, build and refine their own identity**. | ||
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| To achieve this goal, the group has to create opportunities for its members to **express themselves honestly**, through **freedom of speech**, **smooth and open communication** between members. All the participants should be able to listen and respect each person's opinion, lifestyle and limits, (while not necessarily agreeing with them), in order to enable each person to **trust the others** and to **feel safe** and be in a **comfortable emotional zone** despite the unusual context that differs from their daily life. | To achieve this goal, the group has to create opportunities for its members to **express themselves honestly**, through **freedom of speech**, **smooth and open communication** between members. All the participants should be able to listen and respect each person's opinion, lifestyle and limits, (while not necessarily agreeing with them), in order to enable each person to **trust the others** and to **feel safe** and be in a **comfortable emotional zone** despite the unusual context that differs from their daily life. | ||
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| Through the daily tasks, the participants will directly experience that **"doing their part" is essential for the general well-being of the whole community**. They will sometimes do something that they won't enjoy and be tempted to escape; your work as facilitators will then be to (re)motivate them, bringing to light why those tasks are important for the community. | Through the daily tasks, the participants will directly experience that **"doing their part" is essential for the general well-being of the whole community**. They will sometimes do something that they won't enjoy and be tempted to escape; your work as facilitators will then be to (re)motivate them, bringing to light why those tasks are important for the community. | ||
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| Depending on the venue and existing facilities, the chores will vary a bit, but they will most likely include: | Depending on the venue and existing facilities, the chores will vary a bit, but they will most likely include: | ||
| * cleaning and maintaining toilets and showers | * cleaning and maintaining toilets and showers | ||
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| * time-keeping | * time-keeping | ||
| * and some extras like collecting firewood for the cooking. | * and some extras like collecting firewood for the cooking. | ||
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| We recommend that you organize one session dedicated to **propose, discuss and agree on what all the daily community tasks are** in the two first day of the Tour. That way the participants will know about it but also engage actively within it as you will ask them to take responsibility for them since the very beginning. | We recommend that you organize one session dedicated to **propose, discuss and agree on what all the daily community tasks are** in the two first day of the Tour. That way the participants will know about it but also engage actively within it as you will ask them to take responsibility for them since the very beginning. | ||
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| **Offering free-time implies that the time schedule is respected**. If you get out of the schedule, for any reason, it will for sure impact the time the participants will have for themselves after the activity, whatever they want to do with it. | **Offering free-time implies that the time schedule is respected**. If you get out of the schedule, for any reason, it will for sure impact the time the participants will have for themselves after the activity, whatever they want to do with it. | ||
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| Keeping up with the time-frame and the schedule requires you as a facilitator to: | Keeping up with the time-frame and the schedule requires you as a facilitator to: | ||
| * to **anticipate** (when designing the Tour) **the duration of each activity**; | * to **anticipate** (when designing the Tour) **the duration of each activity**; | ||
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| Each Base group will meet towards the end of each day (except the days of evaluation and when a public event is offered), usually before diner. Using **various guidelines and methods**, the participants will share their feelings and thoughts regarding the day: How they experienced it, what they enjoyed or disliked, what they didn't understand, what they missed, what they have learned, what they believe could be done in a different way in the following days in order to improve the experience, etc. | Each Base group will meet towards the end of each day (except the days of evaluation and when a public event is offered), usually before diner. Using **various guidelines and methods**, the participants will share their feelings and thoughts regarding the day: How they experienced it, what they enjoyed or disliked, what they didn't understand, what they missed, what they have learned, what they believe could be done in a different way in the following days in order to improve the experience, etc. | ||
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| Remind the participants that the Base group relies on **active listening**, **empathy** and welcoming the point of view of others; everyone should pay attention to what the other says, and benefit from being carefully listened to as well. Encourage them to **be specific** on what passed through their minds during the day, which expectations were fulfilled but mostly, which dismay they faced. Take a close look at the moments of discomfort and focus on new ideas to solve a problem or to get in touch with a sensible issue. Make it clear that **it is not a specific person who is targeted but the problem**. Remove the responsibility for a problem from a specific person's shoulder and make it the **group's task to solve it** together. | Remind the participants that the Base group relies on **active listening**, **empathy** and welcoming the point of view of others; everyone should pay attention to what the other says, and benefit from being carefully listened to as well. Encourage them to **be specific** on what passed through their minds during the day, which expectations were fulfilled but mostly, which dismay they faced. Take a close look at the moments of discomfort and focus on new ideas to solve a problem or to get in touch with a sensible issue. Make it clear that **it is not a specific person who is targeted but the problem**. Remove the responsibility for a problem from a specific person's shoulder and make it the **group's task to solve it** together. | ||
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| * There are no comments allowed | * There are no comments allowed | ||
| * If someone is not ready for sharing, he/she can pass, and express him/herself in a second round | * If someone is not ready for sharing, he/she can pass, and express him/herself in a second round | ||
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| Keep in mind **a Sharing Circle takes time** (Number of participants x Time of expression of each person + time for explaining the guidelines + closing the activity), so make sure you won’t do it in a rush. | Keep in mind **a Sharing Circle takes time** (Number of participants x Time of expression of each person + time for explaining the guidelines + closing the activity), so make sure you won’t do it in a rush. | ||
| Closing the activity might also need some time, because **sharing circles can be very emotional** and the participants will need time to process. For this reason, we believe it is better to implement it as the last activity of the day. | Closing the activity might also need some time, because **sharing circles can be very emotional** and the participants will need time to process. For this reason, we believe it is better to implement it as the last activity of the day. | ||
| Last but not least: Remember that the successful implementation of a sharing circle requires an already existing, at least basic trust-level between participants, otherwise they won’t feel safe to express themselves in front of each other. Consequently, do **not to use this tool in the very beginning** of the Tour: it will most likely not yield results. | Last but not least: Remember that the successful implementation of a sharing circle requires an already existing, at least basic trust-level between participants, otherwise they won’t feel safe to express themselves in front of each other. Consequently, do **not to use this tool in the very beginning** of the Tour: it will most likely not yield results. | ||
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