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Yili Fan, a distinguished theatre educator and filmmaker, presents a compelling plea for a transformative approach to education in the contemporary era. Under the banner of "Fill the Space," Fan's theatrical training method emerges as a potent tool for addressing the myriad challenges faced by students in the wake of the pandemic.
Before GUTENBERG, books were meant to seen and not read. They were to be marvelled at as repositories of knowledge and the work of a group of copiers, calligraphers and painters. Story-telling as a result was an ORAL exercise where the story—mostly scriptural or courtly—was either told from memory or read out from hand-written books or even leaves, scrolls and stone.