Charlene Rajendran
Biographic Data
| ID | 6556190 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charlene Rajendran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charlene |
| FAMILY NAME | Rajendran |
| SIGNATURE | RAJENDRAN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0343-5048 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
(Un)learning theatre through stories of growing up
This article considers the value of growing up stories among theatre practitioners in Singapore as a resource for learning theatre in multicultural contexts. It engages with the lived experiences of five Singapore theatre practitioners, Alfian Sa’at, Alvin Tan, Haresh Sharma, Kok Heng Leun and Ong Keng Sen, whose contributions to discourses on multiplicity and performance are significant in the city–state and internationally. Concepts of ‘Open Cu…
Staging stories that build empathy for mental illness in Singapore
This article examines how Off Centre, a play by Haresh Sharma about mental health in Singapore, first devised and produced by The Necessary Stage (TNS) in 1993, provides a valuable opportunity for audiences to encounter characters labeled “mad” or “off centre” (a colloquial term in Singapore for being mentally ill), who are often looked down upon and relegated to being “useless” in the highly efficient and success-driven urban context of Singapor…
Multicultural play as ‘Open Culture’ in ‘safe precincts’
Multicultural societies in the twenty-first century grapple with increasing tensions of difference, amid rapidly changing global conditions that reiterate reductive norms. Young people engaged in developing inclusive alternatives, particularly in the arts, are important players in the process of shifting towards more empowering options that incorporate cultural mix and permeability. Even if these do not become part of a mainstream imagining, they…
The Theatre of Krishen Jit
In a career spanning more than 40 years, playwright and director Krishen Jit, who passed away in April 2005, was the doyen of Malaysian theatre. Jit constantly reinvented himself. His shifting cultural position was part of an ongoing analysis of changing national sociopolitical moods and mores. A public intellectual, Jit was passionately engaged in a critique of cultural difference in relation to the staging of Malaysian identity
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The Theatre of Krishen Jit
In a career spanning more than 40 years, playwright and director Krishen Jit, who passed away in April 2005, was the doyen of Malaysian theatre. Jit constantly reinvented himself. His shifting cultural position was part of an ongoing analysis of changing national sociopolitical moods and mores. A public intellectual, Jit was passionately engaged in a critique of cultural difference in relation to the staging of Malaysian identity
Multicultural play as ‘Open Culture’ in ‘safe precincts’
Multicultural societies in the twenty-first century grapple with increasing tensions of difference, amid rapidly changing global conditions that reiterate reductive norms. Young people engaged in developing inclusive alternatives, particularly in the arts, are important players in the process of shifting towards more empowering options that incorporate cultural mix and permeability. Even if these do not become part of a mainstream imagining, they…
(Un)learning theatre through stories of growing up
This article considers the value of growing up stories among theatre practitioners in Singapore as a resource for learning theatre in multicultural contexts. It engages with the lived experiences of five Singapore theatre practitioners, Alfian Sa’at, Alvin Tan, Haresh Sharma, Kok Heng Leun and Ong Keng Sen, whose contributions to discourses on multiplicity and performance are significant in the city–state and internationally. Concepts of ‘Open Cu…
Staging stories that build empathy for mental illness in Singapore
This article examines how Off Centre, a play by Haresh Sharma about mental health in Singapore, first devised and produced by The Necessary Stage (TNS) in 1993, provides a valuable opportunity for audiences to encounter characters labeled “mad” or “off centre” (a colloquial term in Singapore for being mentally ill), who are often looked down upon and relegated to being “useless” in the highly efficient and success-driven urban context of Singapor…
Art (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Multiculturalism (3 works) · Asian Studies and History (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works)