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Prehearsal Methods
a collection of ideas, methods, examples and leads to create better prehearsals
Role playing is a form of group judgment. It puts a group of people into a future situation and asks them to act the same as those in that situation would. The original role-playing scenarios were the war games conducted by the USA and (probably) the Soviet militaries in the 1950s, simulating the tensions and negotiations leading to a nuclear attack. Today role playing is common in emergency preparedness and for those preparing for dangerous technical missions, such as pilots, astronauts or nuclear operators (see Jarva, 2000) -Peter Bishop, Andy Hines and Terry Collins
previous FoAM work
current work
from conversation with sarah neville:
- think about language (make a specific vocabulary)
- have short iterative prehearsal-reflection cycles (prehearse several scenarios 1 hour each for example)
- don't reveal the whole process from the beginning
- set clear boundaries and tasks
- limit options
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