Hanne Westgård, Jan Nåls, Kjersti Norrman and Steven Meyers
Compassion Revolution
Workshop
Compassion Revolution is a Nordic project that develops new pedagogy. The project delves into how compassion can be woven into filmmaking and education. In Mexico, Compassion Revolution will give an in-person workshop. Through practical exercises and activities, we place compassion at the core.
In the workshop we will introduce methods such as testimonials, compassion-based- interventions and simulations. The vision in Guadalajara is to create a space where we can learn compassion from and with each other, and to share our compassionate methods and exercises with colleagues from across the world.
Through our project we hope to make our schools more compassionate, and less divisive and tribal. Compassion is central in understanding organizations and leadership. Our students will spend approximately 100 000 hours of their lives at work - it is vital that their future work environments are compassionate. Compassion and empathy are also central in understanding our medium, the relationship with audiences and the impact of stories and film.
The partners of the Compassion Revolution include The National Film School of Denmark, Uniarts, Arcada, LHI, Westerdals and The Norwegian Film School.
Jan Nåls (Arcada), Hanne Westgård (Kristiania), Steven Meyers (LHI) and Kjersti Norrman (DNF) will be hosting the workshop.
Hanne Westgård is an associate professor at Westerdal's Institute of Film and Media, at Kristiania University College in Oslo, Norway. Westgård has previously worked as a photographer, editor and image producer for television. Since 1998, Westgard has been teaching in the audiovisual field. Her main area of expertise is in documentary. Films she has supervised have reached the top in international competitions such as the Student BAFTA Award and the Student Academy Awards. Through her artistic research work, Hanne Westgard, is now working on how we as teachers can create a safe and brave place in the classroom to facilitate a good learning environment, personal growth for our students and confident storytellers that tell the stories our societies need to be told.