Topic 2 Role play
This activity:
- Will require group work among the participants
- Will permit the participants use their imagination
- Will bring the participants to a victim’s predicament
The participants are divided in pairs. There are 3 different conditions (each pair select whichever they prefer):
Condition 1
Imagine that you are living in a highly religious country where the dominant religion is Christianity.
- The one participant is a Christian supporter of a far-right party
- The second participant is a refugee part of the Muslim minority
How would these people interact with each other? Interpret it through role play.
Condition 2
Imagine that you are living in a highly religious country where the dominant religion is Islam.
- Both of you represent two different religious minorities in this country (eg. the one can be Christian, the other Jew)
Share your experiences with each other on how the Muslim majority members treat you or/and whether you have been victims of any form of religion-based verbal or physical abuse
Condition 3
Imagine that you are living in a highly religious country where the dominant religion is Judaism.
- The one participant is part of the religious minority of Islam that works in a supermarket
- The other participant is their conservative Jew colleague
There are money missing from the cashier and the Jew suspects the Muslim and asks some question. Interpret this interaction.
After all the participants go through the role-play, they are asked to answer the 3 following questions
1.How would you describe the personality you interpreted?
2.Why did you decide to interpret your interaction the way you did?
3.Do you think the way you interpreted the interaction represents your society? Have you ever witnessed or been victim of such behaviours?
After answering the questions, the participants will be asked to recreate their role plays by improving their characters and making them as they should be: respectful, tolerant, polite and non-discriminative.
In this part, the participants are asked to share their emotions and thoughts after the whole procedure
The participants are highly encouraged to share their feedback for other role plays they witnessed during the activity and discuss together.
The discussion will be monitored, and everyone will take the opportunity to speak.
