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Creative Struggles: Analysing the Potential and Problematics of Re-Radicalised Participatory Development Through Theatre for Development

Bobby Smith

University of Leeds, MA Theatre and Global Development (2012), 60 pp.

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Using Participatory Theatre in International Community Development

Annie Sloman

Community Development Journal, volume 47, issue 1 (2012), pp. 42-57

"International community development is increasingly using theatre as a tool. This article analyses this use, arguing that for theatre to be successful to support social change and development, participatory practice must be at its core. In exploring this, it looks at what affects theatre’s succes ... more

The Role of Participation in Community Theatre for Development Interventions: A Case Study of the Wadzanayi Farm Project in Lalapanzi, Zimbabwe

Julia Yule

University of Witwatersrand (2012), vii, 79 pp.

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Theatre for Change: Education, Social Action and Therapy

Robert Landy, David T. Montgomery

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xxviii, 309 pp.

"Providing an international overview of the latest work and thinking in Drama and Education, and featuring interviews with a worldwide variety of leading practitioners and theorists, this book explores how Educational Theatre, Applied Theatre and Drama Therapy facilitate change within schools, commu ... more

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Mobilizing the Hordes: Radio Drama as Development Theatre in Sub-Saharan Africa

Victor N. Gomia

Bamenda (CM): Langaa (2012), xvi, 277 pp.

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Theater probieren - Politik entdecken

Melanie Hinz, Ole Hruschka, Annemarie Matzke et al.

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2011), 262 pp.

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Acting on HIV: Using Drama to Create Possibilities for Change

Dennis A. Francis (ed.)

Rotterdam; Boston; Taipei: Sense Publishers (2011), xii, 153 pp.

"Acting on HIV offers a sustained and relatively systematic inquiry into drama as an approach to discussion of HIV/AIDS and related attitudes and behaviors. A distinctive feature of the research that is presented in Acting on HIV is the emphasis on the potential for and value of using drama to promo ... more

Teatro para la transformacion social: Herramientas pedagógicas. Tomo 3

Medellín: Corporación Jurídica Libertad (CJL);Asociación de Cooperación para el Desarrollo (AGEH) (2011), 93 pp.

"Desde hace más de seis años la Corporación Jurídica Libertad incorporó a su quehacer la atención de víctimas de crímenes de Estado como uno de sus propósitos estratégicos a ser desarrollado en el mediano y largo plazo. Reconocemos que el trabajo de representación de víctimas, y sobre to ... do el de motivación para la articulación a procesos organizativos sociales y populares, no ha sido fácil, en tanto los derechos a la verdad, la justicia y la reparación en una sociedad como la nuestra se encuentran lejos de ser garantizados desde una dimensión integral [...] Para el mantenimiento y fortalecimiento de esta apuesta, con copartes alemanas del Servicio Civil para la Paz y AGEH, hace ya casi tres años, bajo la tutela y responsabilidad de la directora y profesora de teatro Inge Kleutgens adelantamos una propuesta en teatro-pedagogía con el propósito de fincar un apoyo sicopedagógico a las víctimas y motivar su inclusión y la motivación propia y directa de sus derechos por medio de la expresión artística, posibilitada por la actuación a través del teatro. Durante este tiempo se han puesto en escena siete obras de teatro: “Bingo me gané”, “Ausente”, “La Madre”, “Pueblo del Barro”, “Sí o no”, “Más que conciencia” y “Cinco minutos” como uno de los productos paridos por el diplomado “Teatro-pedagogía para la paz y la transformación social”. Todas estas obras han contado con la participación de actores y actrices no profesionales, provenientes de las organizaciones sociales, populares y de víctimas presentes en la ciudad de Medellín y de algunas subregiones del departamento de Antioquia. Ahora nos corresponde presentar el producto de un proceso iniciado apenas seis meses atrás con el diplomado “Teatro-pedagogía para la paz y la transformación social”, contenido en el libro “Teatro para la transformación social”, en el cual se explica la importancia del teatro en la construcción de resistencia a la opresión teniendo como hilo conductor a la teatro-pedagogía. El teatro, en palabras de Inge constituye una expresión artística puesta al servicio de los demás y por sobre todo de los procesos de resistencia y de trasformación de las relaciones sociales imperantes." (Presentación) more

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Community Theatre and AIDS

Ola Johansson

Basingstoke et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), xii, 179 pp.

"Applying research into assessments of community theatre, epidemiology, and young people's shared and private stories using a wide range of methodologies, this book explores the potential efficacy of community theatre to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania with reference to several other comp ... more

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Theatre In/for Development in Tanzania: A Neoliberal Nightmare

Vicensia Shule

In: Trends in Twenty-First-Century African Theatre and Performance

Kene Igweonu (ed.)

Amsterdam; New York: Rodopi (2010), pp. 191-215

"This chapter explores the relationship between theatre and neoliberal policies in Tanzania. It analyses the consequences of neoliberalism for the Tanzanian theatre and exposes the challenges it faces as a simulacrum of people’s culture. I also present evidence on why it is important, when analyzi ... more

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The Applied Theatre Reader

Tim Prentki, Sheila Preston (eds.)

New York: Routledge (2009), xvi, 380 pp.

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Theatre for Transformation and Empowerment: A Case Study of Jana Sanskriti Theatre of the Oppressed

Sandra Mills

Development in Practice, volume 19, issue 4-5 (2009), pp. 550-559

"This article analyses the importance of participation in development discourse and examines the effectiveness of theatre as a participatory technique and communication channel. It considers how theatre forms and aesthetics have potential power to produce individual and collective knowledge and alte ... more

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Sexual-Health Communication Across and Within Cultures: The Clown Project, Guatemala

Anthony Savdié, Andrew Chetley

Development in Practice, volume 19, issue 4-5 (2009), pp. 560-572

"The synergies created through the careful application of both organic and symbolic communication demonstrably reach those most vulnerable to the spread and impact of HIV and AIDS. The Clown Project uses labour-intensive face-to-face street theatre and dialogue, participatory workshops, and symbolic ... more

Theatre for Development: Experiences from an International Theatre Project in Asia “Children’s Voice”

Christina Nygren (ed.)

Sida (2009), 186 pp.

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Giving Voice: Instigating Debate on Issues of Citizenship, Participation, and Accountability

Samuel Ayedime Kafewo

Development in Practice, volume 19, issue 4-5 (2009), pp. 678-687

"While there is a near unanimity on the need for participation, there is as yet no such agreement on the type and degree of participation to be adopted in projects. One thing that has never been doubted is the fact that local people have not been accorded their rightful recognition and respect by mo ... more

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Applied Theatre: International Case Studies and Challenges for Practice

Monica Prendergast, Juliana Saxton (eds.)

Bristol: intellect (2009), vii, 224 pp.

"Applied Theatre is the first collection to assist practitioners and students in developing critical frameworks for their own community-based theatrical projects. The editors draw on thirty case studies in applied theatre from fifteen countries—covering a wide range of applications from theatre, e ... more

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Participatory Theatre for Conflict Transformation: Training Manual
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Lena Slachmuijlder, Don Tshibanda

Washington, DC; Bukavu: Search for Common Ground (2009), 52 pp.

"Participatory theatre is an approach in which the actors interact with the public. Throughout the event, the public participates to adapt, change or correct a situation, an attitude or a behaviour that is developed during the show. The NGO “Search for Common Ground” combined forum theatre techn ... more

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