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In addition to the performance, students will be encouraged to record their work to be disseminated via the social media platform TikTok. This is to further promote the idea of spoken word as current and relevant to this demographic and to increase engagement and reach.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span>The decision to offer a choice of topics is to ensure the process is an authentic and meaningful co-creation between the artist and the students and allow students find their voice and gain more awareness on the topic.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25730,"template":"","class_list":["post-25729","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Spoken Word Project with Stephen James Smith - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Calmast will facilitate a project for young people exploring their relationship with a choice of current topics through the medium of spoken word.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/spoken-word-project-with-stephen-james-smith\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spoken Word Project with Stephen James Smith - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Calmast will facilitate a project for young people exploring their relationship with a choice of current topics through the medium of spoken word. 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