Chair Power

Subgroup Size

Entire group

Duration

45 minutes

External Cost

No

Source

Hunter, D. (n.d.) Chair power: Three types of power. Training for change. Retrieved from https://www.trainingforchange.org/training_tools/chair-power-three-types-of-power/

 

Chair Exercise originally from Theatre of the Oppressed as used by Babu Ayindo and Daniel Hunter (see “Theatre of the Oppressed” or “The Rainbow of Desire” by August Boal, available in English).

 

Three types of power as used by George Lakey adapted from activist/author/witch Starhawk (see “Dreaming in the Dark: Magic, Sex, and Politics,” by Starhawk).

Tags:

  1. acceptance
  2. kinesthetic
  3. leadership
  4. other awareness
  5. power
  6. self-awareness
  7. spatial
  8. teacher training

As a result of this activity, participants will be able to: 1. Understand and assess three different kinds of power: power-over, power-with-others, and power-from-within.