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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Theatre Of The Oppressed"”.
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Race, Gender, and Deliberative Democracy: Overcoming Oppression through the Theatre of the Oppressed
<p>A great deal of recent democratic political theory has revolved around the concept of democratic deliberation. However, this brand of theory has neither fully addressed the need for empathy between social groups in the deliberative process nor sufficiently examined the consequences of its …
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Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed in the Public Speaking and Interpersonal Communication classrooms
… I document and analyze how I applied Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) techniques in introductory Public Speaking and Interpersonal Communication (IPC) courses. In the first chapter, Boal's democratic praxis is discussed in terms of critical performance pedagogy and Brecht's social …
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Rehearsing Reality: An Interactive Docufragmentary Exploration of the Theatre of the Oppressed's Engagement with the Brazilian Landless Movement (MST)
This thesis explores the Theatre of the Oppressed's practices at the point of interaction with peasants of Brazil's Landless Movement. It uses the interactive docufragmentary entitled Rehearsing Reality to explore the social and political role of art, and to ask whether particular applications of …
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Towards a Language Acquisition Pedagogy of Performance
This thesis is a theoretical exploration of integrative drama and performance techniques that address the learning journeys of English language learners in mainstream classroom settings. It also explores the translatability of performance pedagogy for online learning platforms. Premised on …
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Best Practices to Promote Racial Unity in Theatre
<p>In this thesis I will be presenting a variety of practices that I believe will promote racial unity in theatre. I have included lesson plans and games that will help instructors create an open environment for students of all races. I will present research from theatre experts to conclude my best …
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Transformative Arts Practices in the Criminal Justice System. The impact of human rights violations on identity amongst those previously incarcerated
This research discusses the impact that human rights violations have on the identity of parolees and ex-offenders. It makes use of the Applied Theatre form, Theatre of the Oppressed (TO), and its practices of Image Theatre and Newspaper Theatre. These practices draw on lived experiences in the form …
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Velhicidade apresenta: dialogismo e práticas teatrais anti idadistas
… that discriminates based on age and compromises the physical and mental health of older adults. It was inspired by the Ageism Observatory, a study and extension group from UFBA/UFU that explores recurring themes of aging in the pursuit of combating age-related prejudice. The main objective was to …
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The novelty of improvisation: towards a genre of embodied spontaneity
Improvisation has often been viewed and valued in terms of its service and resemblance to scripted traditions of theatre. Such a stance seriously undermines the significance and impact of this global performance modality, and has resulted in improvisatory modes being largely ignored or downplayed …
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I am also here: Invisible Insurrections in temporary autonomous zones – a haunting
The research investigates experiments with the socio-political functions of public art interventions and suggests that these actions are temporary ruptures which create ‘invisible insurrections' in a context of hyper-surveillance. The paper draws from Hakim Bey's poetic anarchy, “Temporary …
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Forum Theatre as Theatre for Development in East Africa
Theatre for development (TfD) includes a variety of performance practices that aim to communicate or foster dialogue in a development context. Forum Theatre, developed by Brazilian Director Augusto Boal as part of his Theatre of the Oppressed movement has become one of the most widely used forms in …
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10:31, MCR: a practice-as-research project that investigates ethical dramaturgical approaches to politically sensitive theatre-making with and for young people.
What are the dramaturgical approaches for a practitioner-researcher making theatre with and for young people, retaining ethical care, when handling politically sensitive topics? Through the study of three practices chosen to advance the research (theatre and education approaches, dramaturgical …
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‘Education will set you free?’ – A creative exploration of the experience of educational exclusion, from the perspective of prisoners and youth
This thesis is a study of educational exclusion, and the complex ways this is connected to social exclusion, based on extensive research with prisoners and youth in Ireland. Drawing on the practices and ideas of adult and community education and taking a critical Freirean (1970) approach it …
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Performing photographs: memory, history, and display
In my study, I place concepts and practices of photography and performance in dialogue to enable our understanding of how photographs perform and how performance contains or can contain elements we attribute to photographs. The connection between photography and performance that most intrigues me …
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Theory meets practice: Intersectional anti-oppression in art and activism
… an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-02-04 without embargo terms
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Perspectives through play : playbuilding as participatory action research in arts-based professional development
This thesis document presents a case study of a professional development playbuilding process at a public elementary school located in Austin, Texas. The study argues that playbuilding is a form of participatory action arts-based research particularly when positioned within the professional …