"Analyzes the impact of the telenovela "Rainha da Sucata" in the daily life of families living in the periphery of different Brazilian towns." (Publisher description)
"This work is an attempt to use theatre in a political context to create a truer form of democracy - a method to engage the populace. At the heart of Boal's method of Forum Theatre - which is already used in diverse contexts - is the dual meaning of the verb "to act": to perform and take action. In
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'Legislative Theatre' he takes one stage further his concept of the "spect-actor" - the spectator who intervenes in an unresolved scenario on stage and attempts to break a depicted cycle of oppression. As a politician in his native Rio de Janeiro, Boal demonstrated that his ideas of mixing theatre and politics could generate needed legislation and social change. This amazing work includes full explanation of the development and principles of legislative theatre and a description of the process in operation in Rio. Also included are essays, speeches, and lectures on Popular Theatre, Paulo Freire, cultural activism, and the point of playwriting that Boal has written since his involvement with Brazilian Parliament." (Intermediate Technology Bookshop 2000 catalogue)
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Includes articles on: tracking change together; monitoring and evaluating in the Nepal-UK Community Forest Project; participatory self-evaluation on World Neighbours, Burkina Faso; institutional issues for monitoring local development in Ecuador; growing from the grassroots: building participatory p
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lanning, monitoring and evaluation methods in PARC; ELF - three year evaluation; Participatory monitoring and evaluation in flood proofing pilot project.
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"Este artículo trata sobre el uso político de los medios de comunicación (radio, televisión e Internet) por parte de los pueblos indígenas de la Amazonia Peruana. En particular, analiza la utilización que el pueblo Shipibo ha hecho de la radio en el proceso de construcción de su identidad ét
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nica y en la creación de sus organizaciones políticas representativas; el tipo de vinculación de los pueblos Ashaninka y Aguaruna, el estado y la televisión sobre todo en la redefinición del concepto de identidad nacional en el contexto de diferentes conflictos armados, y finalmente, se presenta el uso de Internet por el pueblo Ashaninka. El objetivo principal del articulo es mostrar como el empleo de los medios de comunicación permite a las comunidades indígenas hacerse más visibles y actuar políticamente en distintos espacios públicos." (Resumen)
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