Day 1

Today we woke up from our cosy beds in time for breakfast at 9am and began our first workshop at 10am. We started the day with some icebreakers to build our trust in eachother.
 Our first activity was to go to the untouched section of the snow and the objective was to be with yourself and create an image to be seen from above. However, when we began, naturally we started to play instead, which resulted in a snow battle. Afterwords we discussed the metaphor that the activity represented, which was really insightful to see the perspective of others. It made it easier to feel more comfortable being yourself because these activities broke the awkward borders of meeting new people. It also made everyone become closer both mentally and physically. We continued the day by starting a discussion about our definitions of gender. We were parted into 4 groups and each group had to write words related to topic words such as "gender" and "masculine". Then we were divided into oppressors and the oppressed (boys and girls) and discussed our experiences with what we associated with this word. Afterwards the two groups joined together to share what we had talked about. The conversation that followed was very intense and emotional. Everyone talked so openly and it was an interesting start to our week. 

 Adapted version of the personal accounts of the participants