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"This paper uses Australian case studies to demonstrate the use of humour in social justice and eco-pax 1 movements. Drawing from the literature and from personal experience in activist street-theatre over more than twenty years, the author discusses the rationale and motivations behind humorous act ... more

Community Performance: An Introduction

London; New York: Routledge (2007), xii, 238 pp.
"Offering a toolkit for students interested in running community arts groups, this book includes: international case studies and first-person stories by practitioners and participants; sample exercises, both practical and reflective; study questions; excerpts of illustrative material from theorists ... more
"This paper provides an ethnograpic analysis of the relationship between theatre groups and donors/theatre groups and audiences that moves away from the national planning / social engineering vs domination/resistance frameworks to highlight what happens at the interface of the development encounter. ... more

Remembering: Oral History Performance

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2006), xii, 205 pp.
"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

"Versprochen ist Versprochen...!" Mit Theater die UN-Milleniumsziele einfordern: Ein Aktionshandbuch

Bonn; Berlin: Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst (DED);United Nations Millenium Campaign;GRIPS Theater (2006), 71 pp.
"[...] 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

Act, Learn and Teach: Theatre, HIV and AIDS Toolkit for Youth in Africa

Paris: UNESCO;Co-ordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) (2006), 67 pp.
"This toolkit and associated material, including the CD-ROM provided, introduce you to Forum Theatre as a tool for HIV and AIDS education. The toolkit has been written with special consideration for youth groups and amateur theatre groups in English-speaking Africa who wish to address HIV- and AIDS- ... more

Media and Glocal Change: Rethinking Communication for Development

Buenos Aires: Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO);Nordicom (2005), 493 pp.

Puppetry and Puppets: An Illustrated World Survey

London: Thames & Hudson (2005), 271 pp.
"Eileen Blumenthal provides a comprehensive overview of the history and technique of puppetry and examines in depth and detail the unique nature and abilities of puppets and the countless roles they have played in human societies across the globe for thousands of years. Blumenthal draws examples fro ... more

Indigenous Communication in Africa: Concept, Application and Prospects

Accra: Ghana Universities Press (2005), xvi, 282 pp.
"This book argues that indigenous modes of communication - for example the oral tradition, drama, indigenous entertainment forms, cultural modes and local language radio - are essential to the societies within which they exist and which create them; and that coupled with newer, or modern forms of co ... more

Using Theatre in Development

Footsteps, issue 58 (2004), 16 pp.
"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

Theatre and Performance in Africa: Intercultural Perspectives

Bayreuth: Breitinger, 2nd revised and enlarged ed. (2003), 224 pp.

Advocacy in Action: A Toolkit to Support NGOs and CBOs Responding to HIV/AIDS

Brighton; Toronto: International HIV/AIDS Alliance;ICASO (2002), 116 pp.
"This toolkit is for people and organisations that support NGOs and CBOs responding to HIV/AIDS in developing countries. These include NGO support programmes, training institutions and individual trainers. The toolkit can also be used by NGOs and CBOs themselves to build skills within their own orga ... more

Puppets with a Purpose: Folk Arts, Cultural Communication, and Development in India

University of Virginia, Department of Anthropology, Thesis (2002), 66 pp.
"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