Applied Theatre techniques for community workers- Towards a performative and anti-oppressive ethical approach

Athena Lathouras; Jo Loth; Dyann Ross

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Applied Theatre techniques for community workers- Towards a performative and anti-oppressive ethical approach

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Applied Theatre techniques for community workers- Towards a performative and anti-oppressive ethical approach

Athena Lathouras, Jo Loth and Dyann Ross

Australasian Drama Studies, Vol.68, pp.118-142

2016

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Performing Arts and Creative Writing

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What can Applied Theatre (AT) techniques in the tradition of Augusto Boal and community development (CD) goals in the liberatory educational tradition of Paolo Freire learn from each other? Specifically, can access to performance skills and processes intended as a 'poetics of the oppressed' enrich participation address discrimination, disadvantage and other forms of oppression? If so, can these 'borrowings' from AT enable empowerment of practitioners in how they think about and undertake their CD work in contemporary social services contexts? What are the possible limitations and challenges of adopting AT in this field of practice? Is it possible that this marrying of AT techniques and CD processes and goals might support Mouffe's call for an agonistic confrontation approach to the status quo? Such efforts may thereby 'contribute to a revitalization and deepending of democracy' where dominant power relations can be challenged through 'counter-hegemonic projects ... through a process of disarticulation of existing practices and creation of new discourses'.

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Title: Applied Theatre techniques for community workers- Towards a performative and anti-oppressive ethical approach
Authors: Athena Lathouras (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Jo Loth (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Dyann Ross (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Publication details: Australasian Drama Studies, Vol.68, pp.118-142
Publisher: La Trobe University
Date published: 2016
ISSN: 0810-4123
Organisation Unit: School of Business and Creative Industries; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451183602621
Output Type: Journal article

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