Enter the 2nd Drama, Mental Health and Human Rights Competition

UNAM Cultural Dissemination Coordinationthrough Nelson Mandela Chair for Human Rights in the Arts And Theater director UNAMlaunches its 2nd Theatrical Composition Competition offer your community the opportunity to change the narrative and make an impact on society by addressing mental health and human rights issues in art, science and philosophy.

under International University Theater Festivala call will be available to people who are currently enrolled in the University Theater Center (CUT) or any study program in the Department of Philosophy and Literature and the Department of Psychology, as well as recent graduates. from 14 to 30 August 2023

Drama, Mental Health and Human Rights invites young people to critically, creatively and purposefully explore topics such as existential pain, nostalgia, insanity, dementia, memory, forgetfulness, suicide, depression, loneliness. , fear and sadness that terribly affects millions of people.

These phenomena arising from mental health situations, both at the subjective-individual level, as well as at the community and global level, stem from social, cultural, political, economic and moral issues, therefore the vocation is aimed at involving three main functions. UNAM: teaching, research and dissemination.

The qualifying round of entries will be held from 31 August to 10 September by a jury of professionals with recognized authority in the performing arts and human rights, who will select the winning entry to be awarded during the Grand Final. from 30 FITU, September 10, 2023, creditor of the economic prize of 25 thousand pesos and its publication in the digital edition.

The work may be an individual or collective work and must have a first treatment of an unpublished work for street formats or alternative spaces; In addition, they will have to address a mental health topic, phenomenon, issue or situation and have an understanding of human rights, gender, a culture of peace and respect for diversity.

The basics of the call for the poetic construction of a world free of violence can be found at www.teatrounam.com.mx, and for any additional information, those interested can write to e-mail dramaturgia.dh@gmail.com

According to the UNAM Coordinating Council for Cultural Propagation. Photo: Official poster

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