Final TPM in Málaga, Spain
Our final Transnational Project Meeting (TPM) was held in Malaga, Spain from 24-26 January, 2024. Our project finished with a superb showcase of sensory skills in all forms, from visualisation to acting to food to singing, dancing, and movement.
All 7 partners came together at Spanish partner EARTES’s premises to present the project’s results – how to integrate the sensory skills into curricula.
On the first day, the project leaders, SOTS from Stavanger, Norway, demonstrated some methods on stimulating reading sensorially. Sounds and words and actions combined to create emotive understanding and interpretation of the books.
This was followed by WC Ireland’s presentation with a more broad-based approach to applying the sensory skills into curricula. Some specially-designed games allowed participants to see the sensorial skills in action.
That afternoon, participants were taken on a wonderful walking tour of the Alcazaba fortress and the Roman Theatre.
On day 2, Italian partner, MeNO, threw everyone into an adrenaline-session with movement, dance and singing. A particular emotional and poignant moment came with the ‘blank doll’ exercise enacted wonderfully by Chiara and Giovanni, with an accompanying soundtrack by Marco.
This was followed by the Turkish partners, Cankaya Education Directorate and Cagdas Drama Academy who started with a visualisation and interpretation exercise using painted cards, before encouraging everyone to make their own Turkish-style fluid art.
Our Spanish host, EARTES, demonstrated how music can manipulate emotions through rhythm, dissonance and harmony.
Finally, Portuguese partner, Esprominho, led willing volunteers blindly on a sight-deprived journey in order to heighten other senses.
Málaga was a wonderful opportunity to meet partners again and to strengthen the bonds of friendship, but it was also bittersweet since it would be the final time partners would meet in person for the project.
