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Story Exchange Of and Around Sexual Assault: Building Connection to Educate, Heal, and Protect Community, 2021

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Identifier: te_2021spring_schwall_erin.pdf

Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.

The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and changed to digital submissions in 2020. There are also a handful of audiocassette tapes and one USB. The media components are stored onsite at the Archives.

Dates

  • 2021

Creator

Conditions Governing Use

The thesis is restricted due to FERPA, permission from the author is required before you can view the thesis.

Extent

94 pages (94 pages)

Language of Materials

From the record group: English

From the record group: Chinese

From the record group: Spanish; Castilian

Overview

"Incidents of sexual assault continue to occur at an alarming rate on college and university campuses across the country. While bystander intervention training is educating students to help prevent this crime from occurring, stories of survivors are still silenced in our classrooms, perpetuating the idea that they are alone in their trauma and need to handle it on their own. Using a theatre storytelling exercise, I developed a workshop to share personal stories of surviving sexual assault and allyship that explored how listening, visualization, and "playing the other" impacts both the individual and the community. Through studying the responses of participants, this paper seeks to show how sharing these stories empowers the individual and builds connections between participants. Participants gain a sense of responsibility to each other and the community, which is an important step in reducing occurrences of interpersonal violence." -- Abstract

Physical Location

RG 010.01D Performing Arts

Physical Description

94 pages

Repository Details

Part of the Emerson College Archives and Special Collections Repository

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