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Effective circus- ESF project 2011- 2014

Effective circus- ESF project 2011- 2014. What is ”social circus” for us?. ”Social circus is circusteaching that aims to improve the wellbeing of the participants.” Social Circus- project (2009-2011)

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Effective circus- ESF project 2011- 2014

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  1. Effective circus- ESF project2011- 2014

  2. What is ”social circus” for us? • ”Social circus is circusteaching that aims to improve the wellbeing of the participants.” Social Circus- project (2009-2011) • ”Social circus is an innovative tool for the education and social inclusion of children, young people and adults with fewer opportunities.” – Caravan sirkusverkosto, Leonardo-projekti • The roots of Finnish social circus: strong youth circus background and European tradition of social circus

  3. Social Circus –ESF project 2009-2011 • 7 pilotcircuses / 25 circusteachers • 6 towns/cities • 2 years • 60 groups of participants • 1300 participants • over 700 lessons/workshops

  4. Aims of the Social Circus –project: To help circus organisations produce quality social circus To help circuses to make wellbeingproducts of social circus To stabilize social circus as a permanent part of Finnish circus scene and a product of communal wellbeing services

  5. In other words • To create more job opportunities for circusteachers and a way for circus organisations to find (extra) funding for new target groups

  6. Social circus – a guide to good practises For whom? • To those who are planning to start social circus activities • To them who are looking ways to develope or get new ideas for their social circus work

  7. What is the basis of the guidebook? • Raports from the circusteachers (per lesson and per month) • Raports from the projectmanagers from the circuses (per month and per year) • Discussiondays with the circuses (2 / circus) • Social circus seminars

  8. Content of the handbook • Good practises for • How to start sc activities • Working with different targetgroups • Workshops • The work of cirusteachers • Co-operation with different partners • Information about who is doing sc work in Finland and in Europe • Circus toolkit

  9. Effective circus –ESF project1.11.2011- 28.2.2014 • Continues the work of Social Circus –project • Administred by Centre for Practise as Research in Theatre, University of Tampere • Funded by European Social Fund, cities and circuses • What’s new? • Circus for wellbeing in workplaces • More attention to the co-operation with the cities • Study of the wellbeing effects of circus

  10. The Centre for Practise as Research in Theatre • The Centre for Practise as Research in Theatre (T7) is a centre of expertise and research at the school of Communication, Media and Theatre of the University of Tampere and also involves the theatre and drama research and actors training at the University of Tampere and the Tampere University of Applied Sciences. • Cooperation projects are widely carried out together with theatre education and research as well as professional theatres. Cooperation is regional, national and international. • Projects carried out within the Centre for Practise as Research in Theatre have a direct connection to working life. Project teams involve individual artistic and connecting technical and productive research components. Results and practical innovations produce benefits to theatre professionals, producers and audiences.

  11. Partners of Effective circus - project • Sorin Sirkus + Tampere city • SirkusUnioni + Turku city • Monitaideyhdistys Piste ry (+ Rovaniemi city / Lapland) • Sirkus Magenta + Vantaa city • Cultural centre for children and young Pii Poo + Lempäälä town • Oulun Tähtisirkus + Oulu city

  12. Targetgroups • Families with special needs children • Kids in suburbs • Visually impared children • Families with babies • Clients of family support centres • Elderly • Childrenhomes • Day-care groups • Elderly who live in nursinghomes • Young people with mental disorders • Special classes in schools • Immigrants • refugees • School classes falling within flexible education arrangements • Children and young with Asperger’s syndrome • Promoting wellbeing in workplaces throug circus

  13. Aims • To promote the dialoguebetween the cities and the circuses • To (further) developcircus as a wellbeingproduct • To develop a method to prove the wellbeingeffects of circus

  14. ”Aims behind the aims” • To strenghtencircusorganisations as the employers of the circusprofessionals • To improve the employment in the field of social and adaptivecircus • To improve the wellbeing of the citizens

  15. The study of the wellbeing effects WHY? • To prove that circus has effects to the target public • Finding proof helps circuses to sell wellbeing products and to find funding

  16. Method to study wellbeing effects? HOW? • Developing and testing the methods to prove the effects of circus on three levels: 1) surveystudies 2) interviews 3) case-studies • National and international co-operation

  17. Who develops the methods / is researching? • Sosiaalikehitys ”Social development” – firm that is specialized in evaluation studies in the field of the third sector • Students: Universities (sociology, childstudies, medical, culture, study of youth…) Universities of Applied Sciences (theatre, circus…) • Project’s Researcher group helps and evaluates the work of the firm and the students • Academic professionals from different Universities and subjects (study of youth, sosiology, study of health – National Institute for health and welfare)

  18. How to find the methods? • Surveystudies – to all targetgroups • Sosiaalikehitys- firm develops in dialogue with circuses different ways to build a questionaire to the targetgroups or to the people working with targetgroups • Different questionaires to different targetgroups • Measuring qualitative and quantative sides • Before and after the teaching period • Firm gathers the data, analyses it and gives: • 1) results of the survey • 2) method to circuses of how to gather the information in the future

  19. How to find the methods? • 2) Interview studies – to 4 targetgroups • Sosiaalikehitys –firm • Different questions to different targetgroups • Group interviews and personal interviews to: • Circus teachers • Targetgroups • Guardians/ caretakers/ teachers/ nurses Firm analyses the data and gives: • More deep information about the effects • How to build a simple interview study- package for circuses

  20. Case-studies • Sosiaalikehitys- firm (1-2) and students of different academic fields • Interview studies can be used as a base • Case-studies go deep in to one group who is participating in circusteaching • Includes specialist interviews and special litterature • Brings more perspective and brings observations to a wider research context • Case-study by the firm is ready in 2013, studentworks may take longer (after the project)

  21. International co-operation? • To find out what evaluating tools circuses use in other countries • What research is done, by whom • Are some circus organisations interested in trying out our methods during the Effective circus- project?

  22. End result? • Methods for the circuses to evaluate their work and it’s effectiveness • Some studyresults of how circus effects the targetpublic • Effective circus will publish a booklet of the study methods and it will be free to download from our website: www.vaikuttavasirkus.fi

  23. More information Sofia-Charlotta Kakko Piia Karkkola Projectmanager Project assistant sofia.kakko@uta.fi piia.karkkola@uta.fi 050 420 1533 040 190 4147

  24. The Centre for Practise as Research in Theatre • The Centre for Practise as Research in Theatre (T7) is a centre of expertise and research at the school of Communication, Media and Theatre of the University of Tampere and also involves the theatre and drama research and actors training at the University of Tampere and the Tampere University of Applied Sciences. The centre, launched in autumn 2007, is aimed at developing practices related to the artistic, productive and technical operating cultures within theatres. At the same time, university-level research and publications are produced as part of the basic and post-graduate degrees. Cooperation projects are widely carried out together with theatre education and research as well as professional theatres. Cooperation is regional, national and international. Projects carried out within the Centre for Practise as Research in Theatre have a direct connection to working life. Project teams involve individual artistic and connecting technical and productive research components. Results and practical innovations produce benefits to theatre professionals, producers and audiences. The Ministry of Education has granted the University of Tampere with project funding for structural development in 2007-2009. The City of Tampere also finances the operations of the Centre for Practise as Research in Theatre.

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