STORYTELLING
EVENT
The
scenario of bringing generations closer especially the elderly which these days
are facing loneliness, is very current all over the world.They miss a lot of
things, one of them and most important is love & care of their son &
daughters, grandchildren too and of course their mutual communication. Also I
can mention that the younger’s lose a lot from their lack of contact with the
elderly, because their continuous contact with people that have passed the
barriers of their life helps them to mature and be prepared and understand life
better from the lessons that they get from the elderly.
The idea
is to create an event on which would include two or more generations while
promoting their social activity, in this case of a “game” involving the young
people and the elderly in a round table where they can talk and share their
different experiences from their past while telling stories which are recorded
and showing photos which remain as a archive of the organization that organizes
this event and then are used for certain purposes, eg. monographs, photo
albums, exhibitions or any documentary.
My
opinion for the idea is very positive because the storytelling event with
different topics including culture, personal life, technology, love, fashion,
war etc would be a better opportunity that generations come more closer, eg.
The younger’s to learn more for the elderly like how it was before without
internet, telephones, tv etc… where the only form of communication were letters
and the elderly would learn more for the entertainment that the younger’s have,
technology and convenience that it offers that is taking over the world more
and more, for instance internet is one of the most entertaining and popular form of communication
This
“game” would be very attractive and entertaining not only for the players that
will learn new things but also the way that is designed is fun, exploring the
mysteries and beautiful stories of real life in recent decades, with dialogue
and discussions, explained from the elderly and the younger’s in an interactive
way .
This
combination of ideas, or storytelling affects the realitonship of the elderly
and the younger’s very much, makes them learn more for each-other and this
would serve that they understand more the relationship between them and that
they decrease the distance between them along with the elderly loneliness in
particular.The idea could work if at least once “a month” such a event or
activity would be held at different organizations that deals with age concerns,
with different people like everybody to have chance to meet new people from
different generations especially the youngers. Above all in the end we will all
get older and come to the days
where they are found today.
In this
case the elderly wouldn’t be faced
with loneliness and the lack of
socialization and the others would understand them better and would learn a lot
of things that would be helpful and inspiring in their future life and for
example the idea of collecting their stories for a documentary would attract attention.Because at the end It
is good to help and show solidarity with others, if you want that later to be
helped and that someone else take care and show love for you... after all; this
is cycle of life.
WORKING PLAN
