CiNii Books - Applied theatre : development

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- Prentki, Tim

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Applied theatre : development

Tim Prentki

（Applied theatre / series editors Michael Balfour, Sheila Preston）

Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2015

: pbk.

Other Title: Development

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Summary: "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

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-286) and index

Contents of Works

Chapter one: history and origins of theatre for development
Chapter two: fool's play or juggling with neoliberalism
Chapter three: capacity building theatre (and Vice Versa) / John O'Toole ... [et al.]
Chapter four: isolation in community theatre / Marcia Pompeo with Dimitri Camorlinga
Chapter five: the game of identities: intercultural theatre in the peruvian Amazon / Rodrigo Benza
Chapter six: Imizamo Yethu - 'our efforts' to engage through theatre / Veronica Baxter
Chapter seven: theatre in crisis: moments of beauty in applied theatre / Peter O'Connor
Chapter eight: exploring theatre as pedagogy for 'Developing Citizens' in an english primary school / Alison Lloyd Williams
Chapter nine: the ludic box: playful alternatives from guatemala for the world / Doryan Bedoya and Eugene van Erven
Afterword: what next for theatre for development?

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Applied Theatre: Research is the first book to consolidate thinking about applied theatre as research through a thorough investigation of ATAR as a research methodology. It will be an indispensable resource for teachers and researchers in the area. The first section of the book details the history of the relationship between applied theatre and research, especially in the area of evaluation and impact assessment, and offering an examination of the literature surrounding applied theatre and research. The book then explores how applied theatre as research (ATAR) works as a democratic and pro-social adjunct to community based research and explains its complex relationship to arts informed inquiry, Indigenous research methods and other research epistemologies. The book provides a rationale for this approach focusing on its capacity for reciprocity within communities. The second part of the book provides a series of international case studies of effective practice which detail some of the key approaches in the method and based on work conducted in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and the South Pacific. The case studies provide a range of cultural contexts for the playing out of various forms of ATAR, and a concluding chapter considers the tensions and the possibilities inherent in ATAR. This is a groundbreaking book for all researchers who are working with communities who require a method that moves beyond current research practice.

Table of Contents

List of Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Part One 1. Critical Departures: research in a postnormal world - Peter O'Connor and Michael Anderson Part Two 2. Applied Theatre as Research Working with Looked After Children - Claire McNeil 3. Finding Maximus in fragments of playful intensity - Adrian Schoone 4. Pretending to research: young people at the centre of discovery - Jane Luton 5. Working Together: Collaborative journeys in cross-cultural research and performance - Linden Wilkinson 6. It's a tricky business: performing poetry with the Ghost - Esther Fitzpatrick 7. Life Drama Applied Theatre in Papua New Guinea: "It may be performative, but is it performative research?" - Brad Haseman 8. Afterword - Peter O'Connor and Michael Anderson Endnotes Index

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