Diversity Diaries: a Theatre Show
Every day, we carry biases and assumptions with us. But how often do we stop to think about those biases? As scientists, and communicators, it is important to be able to reflect on these from time to time. Using theatre, the Diversity Diaries workshop is a powerful experience for audiences allowing us all to recognize biases outside of ourselves, and giving the space for future self-reflection.
Art meets Science
Diversity Diaries blends the power of theatre with the theory of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). It is a unique and interactive experience. Diversity Diaries is a great addition to EDI training for researchers, industry, education, and more!
Audience Reviews
“Seeing the situations played out made understanding much easier.”
“I really liked the idea of each writing their own comments on the biases.[…] It makes sure you pay attention, which is great.”
“It was really good to have practical example showed on live (and not on video for instance, to me it is a Big plus).”
“Thanks for the team! This event deserves to be performed in more places!”
Our Experience Across Europe
Our shows and workshops have been delivered across a wide range of academic, professional, and public settings throughout Europe. We have worked with universities, research institutes, conferences, and science festivals, engaging audiences from high-school students to senior researchers and university leadership.
To name a few, our show was delivered at Aarhus University, Denmark, across multiple faculties, including Biomedicine, Physics, and Natural Sciences, for administrative staff, researchers, and academic teams. In Spain, we have delivered sessions for master’s students at ICFO in Barcelona, including quantum physics students, as well as within the Entrepreneurship and Innovation course for the Quantum Science and Technology master’s programme at StartUB. In Germany, we have been in Hannover and at the Berlin School of Optical Sciences and Quantum Technologies (BOS.QT) retreat in Berlin. We have also run outreach editions for high-school students in Aarhus through the High5Girls programme.
We have also been booked by large-scale events and conferences, including the Trieste Next Science Festival, Italy, for a broad public audience, and multiple European Quantum Technologies Conference (EQTC) editions in Hannover and Lisbon, where we worked with participants from the EU Quantum Flagship and related partnerships. In addition, we delivered both in-person and online sessions for quantum physics researchers across Europe as part of the DigiQ programme.