{"id":8266,"date":"2024-12-26T09:40:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T09:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/?p=8266"},"modified":"2025-12-18T11:23:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T11:23:44","slug":"focus-group-meeting-on-the-journey-of-kurdish-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/de\/focus-group-meeting-on-the-journey-of-kurdish-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus group meeting on \u201cThe Journey of Kurdish Women to Berlin\u201d and the Theater Workshop \u201cHayattan Kurmacaya\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On 2 October, 2024, as part of our collaboration with three organizations from Diyarbak\u0131r; Mesopotamia Foundation<\/em><\/strong>, the Middle East Cinema Academy Association<\/em><\/strong>, and Amed City Theatre<\/em><\/strong>, we held a deeply moving focus group meeting with Kurdish refugee women in Germany. Our researcher Fatma \u00c7elik<\/em>, who conducted in-depth interviews with the women, transcribed the recordings and produced a draft based on their personal stories. Before the focus group, the women had a chance to read the text and came together for the first time to discuss it. The meeting was filled with meaningful connections, as women \u2013 some still in camps, others balancing childcare and household responsibilities \u2013 spent two hours sharing their stories and connecting in ways that transcended their everyday challenges. By the end, the foundation of a support network began to emerge.\u00a0While many recognized their own stories in the draft, many were\u00a0surprised at how the text felt like it belonged to a single woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The text will be available on our PubPub<\/a><\/strong> platform.\u00a0 Moving forward, the insights from this focus group will contribute to developing a theater play that incorporates and explores these shared experiences in depth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the focus group, the project hosted a two-day theater workshop, Hayattan Kurmacaya<\/strong> (From Life to Fiction), which attracted considerable interest from the theater community, with a total of 30 participants from both Diyarbak\u0131r and Germany. Held online, the workshop featured two accomplished theater directors: S\u00fcreyya Karacabey<\/em> (30 October) and Anina Jendreyko<\/em> (31 October). The sessions delved into the theoretical and ethical considerations of adapting personal narratives into performance, providing a collaborative space for participants to reflect on the storytelling process and how such sensitive histories might be effectively, respectfully, and artistically transformed for the stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This collaboration was developed and realized as part of the VAHA programme. While we continue to work on the publication, our partners in Diyarbak\u0131r\u00a0are actively seeking funding to develop the theater play and produce a documentary based on the project. This initiative not only demonstrated the potential of artistic research to bring communities together but also reinforced our commitment to elevating\u00a0 marginalized voices through creative, ethical, and collaborative methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VAHA is an initiative of Anadolu K\u00fclt\u00fcr <\/a><\/strong>and zusa<\/strong><\/a>, funded by <\/em>Stiftung Mercator<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and the <\/em>European Cultural Foundation<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. We thank Chrest Foundation<\/strong><\/a> for its support.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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