Clown group - engineers without borders (knowledge connections): building a humanistic training in engineering courses
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2018-12
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Getúlio Antero de Deus Júnior
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The Clown Group Engineers without Borders (Knowledge Connections) is a group of clowns
formed by Engineers and Engineering students. The theoretical basis of the Clown Group goes
back to the origins of Jerzy Grotowski's poor theater (1933 1999). Concerning the use of music,
theater and dance to present and promote the pleasure of art, the Group values the interaction
with the public and does not worry about the structural elements commonly characterized by the
theater as stage and lighting. In this way, the Clown Group promotes a Humanistic Formation
of its members by providing a development in the capacity of communication, contact with the
external community and also the satisfaction, by allowing the art to be spread in a simple and
e ective way. The objective of this work is to analyze the importance of Humanistic Training in the
professional and personal development of Engineers and Engineering students, treating as a special
case the Humanistic Training linked to the actions of the Clown Group Engineers without Bor-
ders (Knowledge Connections). As a hypothesis, it is expected that the experience of members and
ex members of the Clown Group can be proven through their training and presentations over the
years. In order to evaluate the personal and professional development of members and ex members
of the Clown Group during the training process, a qualitative research was carried out, via an
applied questionnaire, in addition to a documentary research by observation, in which data were
collected through analysis and observation of photos and documents of the Clown Group. In ad-
dition, Arti cial Neural Networks were used to correlate the members and ex members based on
the two applied researches. The members and ex members of the Clown Group have experienced
a major break in introspection, signi cantly improving their way of communicating with society.
The members and ex members presented an improvement in the way they relate to each other in a
team, a fundamental aspect of an Engineer's professional life. The Clown Group presents itself as
a very important action for Humanistic Training and the professional and personal development of
Engineers and Engineering students. The di usion of art in the academic and external community
promoted by the Clown Group also allows the deconstruction of the stereotype that the areas of
Engineering and the Arts cannot coexist.
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Art, Communication, Humanistic training, Clown, Tutorial education program
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ALVES, Ricardo Henrique Fonseca; DEUS JÚNIOR, Getúlio Antero de; KUNZLER, Jonas Augusto; SILVA FILHO, Antônio Marcelino da. Clown group - engineers without borders (knowledge connections): building a humanistic training in engineering courses. International Journal on Alive Engineering Education, Goiânia, v. 5, n. 2, p. 61-80, july./dec. 2018. Disponível em: <https://www.revistas.ufg.br/ijaeedu/article/view/54678>.