Originally from the Bolivian highlands, Judith is wearing the traditional Chiquitano dress, symbolising the character she played on stage. She migrated to Nuevo Renacer, not far from San José de Chiquitos. On stage, Judith plays a Chiquitano woman engaged in a conflict with a neighbouring migrant community. In the creation process, we invited Judith and the other actors and actresses to exchange their roles – to not play their own story – to reduce the chance of reactivating trauma. We believed embodying the experiences of others might also help participants to understand the perspectives of their colleagues more fully. This exchange opened unexpected spaces for dialogue between project participants, themselves from communities often in conflict on issues relating to wildfires.
