In the name of the father: Otino Onywalo Ilum - docu-dance theatre and children born of war

《以父之名》发展并扩展了AHRC网络“战争中诞生的孩子——过去、现在和未来”（2011-14）的艺术、文化、社会和福祉影响活动。该网络汇集了研究人员和实践者，探索战争中出生的儿童的生命历程，特别强调第二次世界大战期间和之后的儿童以及1980年代中期以来乌干达北部上帝抵抗军战争期间的儿童。本研究旨在回应非政府组织、政策制定者和社区社区自身经常表达的一种需求，即加强对社区社区挑战的理解；我们采用了一种包容性的参与式方法，包括研究人群和一系列合作伙伴，包括非政府组织、慈善机构和政策制定者。关键的见解，包括对不同背景下CBOW面临的挑战的加深理解，以及对改善他们的福祉和生活质量的最佳方法的相关见解，激发了创新的，意想不到的影响活动。这些都是基于额外的研究成果，即由包容性跨部门研究和影响设计驱动的赋权和能力建设是优化个人和社会成果的关键。因此，一些最初的网络成员通过与CBOW的持续合作，以及与编舞家达雷尔·土伦（Darrel Toulon）及其制作公司阿尔法集团（alpha group）的密切学术艺术合作，正在为CBOW制定一个以政策为导向的、以表演为导向的赋权项目方案。该项目与挪威、波斯尼亚和乌干达的三个具体小组合作，旨在通过以下方式进行能力建设和赋权：-跨代和国际对话-探索提高认识的创造性替代途径-通过建立与媒体、决策者、服务提供者和政治家——通过对CBOW经验的历史和政治背景的认识来建立力量——通过建立网络机会和通过与利益相关者的支持而独立的接触来建立CBOW的能力，以确定进一步参与的方向。这种影响将通过发展一个多章节的文献舞蹈剧院来实现：在父亲的名字,一个academic-artistic奋进号由伯明翰大学和阿尔法集团(https://www.the-alpha-group.org/)连接CBOW从第二次世界大战和波斯尼亚冲突相关的强奸受孕儿童在前南斯拉夫和孩子们的绑架和强迫奴役女性在乌干达北部,通过创建舞蹈表演的乌干达章基于证词收集在一个四周车间Aboke CBOW, Lango,乌干达。该项目分为三个相互关联的部分：1)艺术创意- CBOW的历史和文化背景叙事构成戏剧舞蹈作品的基础，由专业演员支持，由CBOW自己表演。2)跨国-跨代-通过skype促进的讲习班会议，三次战争（前南斯拉夫，第二次世界大战和乌干达）的CBOW将在艺术创作活动中共同努力，并在阿乔利和兰戈开展宣传活动。3)社会包容-受到生活故事叙事方法的启发，这种叙事方法不仅构成了文献舞蹈剧院的基础，通过包容文化和信仰领袖，目的是吸引当地社区；学校和公共文化及信仰团体的演出主题：全面包容冲突后的和解与重建。联合国安理会第2467（2019）号决议最近强调，有必要在全球范围内支持儿童儿童的社会、经济和情感健康，因此，该项目的启动非常及时。

In the Name of the Father develops and extends the artistic, cultural, societal and wellbeing impact activities of the AHRC network "Children Born of War - Past, Present and Future" (2011-14). This network brought together researchers and practitioners exploring the life courses of children born of war (CBOW) with particular emphasis on children fathered during and after World War II and children fathered during the LRA War in Northern Uganda since the mid 1980s. This research was designed to respond to a need, frequently-expressed by NGOs, policy-makers and CBOWs themselves, for an enhanced understanding of the challenges of CBOW; we followed an inclusive participatory approach that involved the study population alongside a range of partners, including NGOs, charities and policy-makers.The key insights, including the enhanced understanding of the challenges faced by CBOW in different contexts, and the related insights into best approaches to improving their wellbeing and quality of life have inspired innovative, unexpected impact activities. These are based on the additional research outcome, namely that empowerment and capacity-building driven by an inclusive cross-sectoral research and impact design are key to optimising individual and societal outcomes. As a result, some of the initial network members, through sustained engagement with CBOW and an intensive academic-artistic partnership with a choreographer, Darrel Toulon, and his production company, the alpha group, are developing a programme of policy-relevant performance-oriented projects of empowerment for and with the CBOW.Engaging with three specific groups of CBOW in Norway, Bosnia and Uganda, the project aims at capacity-building and empowerment through:- transgenerational and international dialogue- exploring creative alternative avenues of awareness raising- amplifying the effectiveness of advocacy of CBOW through confidence building for engagement with media, policy-makers, service providers and politicians- building strength through awareness of historical and political contextualisation of the CBOW experiences- building capacity for CBOW to determine the direction of further engagement through networking opportunities and through supported, yet independent engagement with stakeholders.This impact will be achieved through the development of a multi-chapter docu-dance theatre: In the Name of the Father, an academic-artistic endeavour led by the University of Birmingham and the alpha group (https://www.the-alpha-group.org/) linking CBOW from World War II and Bosnian children conceived of conflict-related rape in former Yugoslavia with children of abducted and forcibly enslaved women in Northern Uganda, through the creation of the Ugandan chapter of a dance performance based on testimony collected in a four-week workshop with CBOW in Aboke, Lango, Uganda.The project is divided into three interlinked strands:1) artistic-creative - historically and culturally contextualised narratives of CBOW form the basis of a theatre-dance production that, supported by professional actors, will be performed by the CBOW themselves.2) transnational-transgenerational - through Skype-facilitated workshop sessions, CBOW of the three wars (former Yugoslavia, World War II and Uganda will work together in the artistic-creative activities and in developing advocacy activities in Acholi and Lango.3) social-inclusion - inspired by the life-story narrative approach that forms the basis not only for the docu-dance theatre, through inclusion of cultural and faith leaders, the aim is to engage local communities, schools and cultural and faith groups public with the subject of the performance: fully inclusive post-conflict reconciliation and reconstruction.The launch of the project is extremely timely as UN Security Council Resolution 2467 (2019) has recently highlighted the need to support social, economic and emotional wellbeing of CBOW globally.