Applied Theatre: Development

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At once both guide book and provocation, this is an indispensable companion for students and practitioners of applied theatre. It addresses all key aspects: principles, origins, politics and aesthetics in a concise and accessible style designed to appeal both to those who have recently discovered this sub-discipline and to experienced practitioners and academics. Part 1 is divided into two chapters. The first introduces the sub-discipline of Theatre for Development, covering its origins, principles and history, and providing an overview of theatre for development in Western contexts as well as in Africa, Asia, the Indian Subcontinent and Latin America. The second focuses upon theoretical and philosophical issues confronting the discipline and its relationship to contemporary politics, as well as considering its future role. Part 2 consists of seven chapters contributed by leading figures and current practitioners from around the world and covering a diverse range of themes, methodologies and aesthetic approaches. One chapter offers a series of case studies concerned with sexual health education and HIV prevention, drawn from practitioners working in Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Southern Africa, and China. Other chapters include studies of intercultural theatre in the Peruvian Amazon; a programme of applied theatre conducted in schools in Canterbury, New Zealand, following the 2010 earthquake; an attempt to reinvigorate a community theatre group in South Brazil; and an exchange between a Guatemalan arts collective and a Dutch youth theatre company, besides others. Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction Part 1 A Conceptual Framework for Theatre for Development Chapter 1 History and Origins of Theatre for Development Applying theatre The rise of development Education through theatre Philosophical underpinnings of TfD African theatre for development Asian theatre for development The Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) TfD on the Indian subcontinent Jana Sanskriti Natya Chetana Michael Etherton’s child-rights TfD Latin American theatre for development Chapter 2 Fool’s Play or Juggling with Neoliberalism Culture Familiar dangers Fooling as facilitation Facilitation as fooling Only connect Hitting the target The joke of contradiction Part 2 Case Studies Chapter 3 Capacity Building Theatre (and Vice Versa) Background Capacity building Axis 1: Levels of capacity Axis 2: Kinds of knowledge Case study 1: Butterfly effects, by Helen Cahill Overview of the project Data story 1: Consultation workshop Programme development and 5-day training Data Story 2: Observation of women’s club in Ha Nam province at programme 6-month mid-point Outcomes Conclusion Case study 2: Life Drama, by Andrea Baldwin Introduction Community educators Teacher educators Co-trainers Knowledge and understanding What helped learners move Barriers Conclusion Acknowledgements Case study 3: Drama for Life, by Kennedy Chinyowa The context Approach to pedagogy, training and capacity building 3. Challenges faced by the DFL programme Case study 4: Capacity building in and through applied theatre, by Au Yi-Man Background Applied theatre learning Other learnings Moving from one level to another Section 3: Travelling in the landscape Chapter 4 Isolation in Community Theatre Introduction Theatre’s ties with the community Reflecting on the problems Articulating memory and rediscovering the community Final thoughts Chapter 5 The Game of Identities: Intercultural Theatre in the Peruvian Amazon1 Masks Transformation into animal or plant Turn into sound Chapter 6 Imizamo Yethu – ‘our efforts’ to Engage Through Theatre Chapter 7 Theatre in Crisis: Moments of Beauty in Applied Theatre Initial efforts Pulling it together quickly The development of a hero narrative Who has the right to help? The outsider Chapter 8 Exploring Theatre as a Pedagogy for ‘Developing Citizens’ in an English Primary School Theorizing childhood and citizenship development The project: TfD as a pedagogy for developing citizens Chapter 9 The Ludic Box: Playful Alternatives from Guatemala for the World Intervening in public space The work of Caja Lúdica in Guatemala The exchange: A Dutch perspective The economics of North-South exchange Hidden War: The performance Afterword: What Next for Theatre for Development? Notes Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Afterword Select Bibliography Index