{"id":478,"date":"2007-09-19T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-19T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/?p=478"},"modified":"2007-09-19T09:02:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-19T15:02:00","slug":"maritzburg-varsity-18-09-2007-how-do-we-stop-hivaids-in-a-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/maritzburg-varsity-18-09-2007-how-do-we-stop-hivaids-in-a-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"Maritzburg Varsity 18-09-2007: How Do We Stop HIV\/AIDS in a Mine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\">\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/royblumenthal\/1403503367\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1124\/1403503367_ecc8f075ff.jpg?w=605\" class=\"flickr-photo\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\t<span class=\"flickr-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/royblumenthal\/1403503367\/\">Maritzburg Varsity 18-09-2007: How Do We Stop HIV\/AIDS in a Mine?<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/royblumenthal\/\">royblumenthal<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">\tOnce the groups had grappled with the problem of what exactly makes something &#8216;industrial theatre&#8217;, I set up another topic.<\/p>\n<p>I asked the groups to shuffle, and chat about this question: &#8216;How do we stop HIV\/AIDS in a mine?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>I asked the group to imagine they were a writer in a meeting with a producer. The producer told them that the job they had to come up with a solution for was this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>A particular mine is losing 30 employees per month to AIDS deaths. This is specifically linked to the presence of a compound of prostitutes on the perimeter of the mine. These prostitutes offer their services without condoms.<\/p>\n<p>The brief is a real-world example of a brief I&#8217;ve been faced with.<\/p>\n<p>The World Cafe discussions were really energizing for the groups. They were grappling with something that writers in my position have to solve in a day or so. And they were pretty deft in their thinking.<\/p>\n<p>I also had a bag of goodies that my buddy Graham at Blue Moon provided for me. But the highlight of the day came when one of the students asked, &#8216;If I were interested in DOING industrial theatre, in BECOMING a practitioner, what would I DO? How would I GO ABOUT IT???&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>I had mentioned before that companies like Blue Moon are NOT industrial theatre companies anymore. Sure, they DO industrial theatre, but only as part of a MUCH bigger plan. The buzzword phrase is &#8216;integrated communication&#8217;. But I&#8217;m doing a lot of intensive work with Blue Moon, and to them, it&#8217;s not a buzzword. It&#8217;s real.<\/p>\n<p>So the highlight came when I pulled out a string of &#8216;tickets&#8217; to stardom in the world of integrated communications&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The tickets were actually Graham&#8217;s business cards. They&#8217;re printed in the form of actual tickets. And they come in a perforated tear-off strip. <\/p>\n<p>It was a feeding frenzy. I did mention that Graham MIGHT consider one or two of them for future internships. And I certainly did mention that Graham didn&#8217;t want to get flooded with calls. Even so, the response was amazing.<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230; uh&#8230; sorry, Graham&#8230; you&#8217;re gonna get a bunch of calls, I think. Hehehehehehehehe. <\/p>\n<p><i>As usual, I made this painting using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ambientdesign.com\/artrage.html\">ArtRage 2.5<\/a> on my Toshiba Tecra M4. Thanks to Veronica and Janet for arranging my flight, my accommodation, and my stipend. Huge appreciation! Thanks guys. And thanks to Graham at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluemoon.co.za\/\">Blue Moon<\/a> for his graft in getting a bag of goodies together for me.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">Roy Blumenthal is a writer, director, artist, and <a href=\"http:\/\/snipurl.com\/visualfacilitator\">visual facilitator<\/a>. Hire him to make pictures of your meetings or workshops.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maritzburg Varsity 18-09-2007: How Do We Stop HIV\/AIDS in a Mine?, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. Once the groups had grappled with the problem of what exactly makes something &#8216;industrial theatre&#8217;, I set up another topic. 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