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House with two hands
Introduce the topic of co-construction through drawing
Pratique
The house with two hands method is often used in intercultural relationships because it allows us to realise that we don’t all have the same representations of a concept or an idea. It invites us to physically feel the adjustments and the way in which we take on board each other’s suggestions to co-create a common design.
Time needed: 15 minutes
Materials:
As a facilitator, you ask the group to form pairs.
Equipped with a sheet of paper and a pencil, each pair has two minutes to draw a house by holding the pencil together.
At the end of the exercise, it is fun and interesting to meet as a group to compare the drawings and discuss what happened in the two minutes for each pair: Did they observe cooperation? Or competition? Has a leader emerged? Who picked up the pen first? What were their feelings? Etc.