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"[...] this book provides students with an introduction to the theory and practice of Theatre for Development (TfD). Since the 1970s, TfD has established itself as a process through which communities can address issues within their own self-development through participation in theatre practice. From ... more
"Drawing on the work of scholars and practitioners such as Augusto Boal, Gloria Anzaldua, and Trinh Minh-ha, these essays advocate oral history and oral history-based performance as means to challenge and expand upon traditional ways of transmitting historical knowledge. The contributors' central co ... more

Using Theatre in Development

Footsteps, issue 58 (2004), 16 pp.
"In his successful Creative Storytelling, Jack Zipes showed how storytelling is a rich and powerful tool for self-expression and for building children's imaginations. In Speaking Out, this master storyteller goes further, speaking out against rote learning and testing and for the positive force with ... more
"Le manuel que vous avez entre les mains fournit dans sa première partie des informations générales sur le VIH/SIDA. Il rend compte de l’ampleur de la pandémie du VIH/SIDA dans le monde et en Afrique subsaharienne, établit ses causes, inventorie les facteurs favorisant la transmission du VIH ... more
"The use of folk arts in rural development clearly has limitations as to the role that it can play in changing people’s behavior, but it is an effective tool for communication in most cases. The greatest strength of this type of informal education lies in its ability to capture the audience’s at ... more
"This is a book about an inter-continental community theatre project. It is an attempt to gain a better understanding of this increasingly popular cultural practice that operates on the cutting edge between performing arts and sociocultural intervention. The main emphasis in this book, and in the ac ... more
"John Devaraj, indischer Künstler mit besonderem sozialpolitischen Engagement, gründete ein Straßentheater, in dem inzwischen über 50 heimatlose Kinder seines Landes agieren. Sie haben hier ein Zuhause und eine Zukunft gefunden. Die Kinder spielen die Reise ins Gondwanaland - die Vision von eine ... more