Equal Opportunity

Vacation project: Radio play “Aschenpeter” sets an example against gender stereotypes

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Tuesday 24 September 2024

Summer vacation project promotes equality and challenges traditional role models through a modern radio play

During the summer vacations, eight girls aged between 13 and 16 had the opportunity to express themselves creatively as part of the “GET together” vacation course at our university. The result of their intensive work is the radio play “Cinderpeter”, a modern interpretation of the well-known fairy tale “Cinderella”, in which the classic gender roles have been reversed. With this change of perspective, the participants want to draw attention to the stereotypes that flow into our society through fairy tales and are reinforced there.
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Under the guidance of Katrin Berchner, podcast expert at the university, the girls gained insights into various aspects of radio play production. They dealt with acting, audio technology, sound design, background music and audio editing and acquired comprehensive knowledge and practical skills. The project was supported by the Department of Engineering and Communication, which not only provided the audio studio, but also ensured the technical implementation with the expertise of Marco Neumann.

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The vacation course is a project of the university's Equal Opportunities Office, which aims to inspire girls for STEM professions and technical fields. The work on the radio play “Aschenpeter” shows impressively how young women can deal with social issues and at the same time acquire valuable technical and creative skills.

The finished radio play will soon be available to listen to on the university's website.

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Gesche Neusel

Equality office, promotion of girls in computer science and technology, vacation projects for girls, projects with schools

Location

Sankt Augustin

Room

C005.2

Address

Grantham-Allee 20

53757 Sankt Augustin

Telephone

+49 2241 865 795