Save the Children?--Change the World
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15081307 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tim Prentki (0000-0002-5973-9139, University of Winchester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-53 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Research in Drama Education The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-9783 • E-ISSN: 1470-112X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13569780308319 |
| OpenAlex | W1977313431 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 3 |
This article uses two examples of fieldwork on the Indian sub-continent on which to base a model for a participatory practice in Theatre for Development. After offering a brief contextualisation of TFD within the development discourses of modernisation and participation, the author proceeds to outline four key elements for this type of participation: passion, story, contradiction and transformation. These concepts are themselves related to the evolving practices of Brecht and Boal in order to explore the connections between the theories and practices which have influenced the direction of TFD and have accounted, partially, for the ways in which the two fieldwork case studies were conducted. These studies raise other questions, notably about the functions of indigenous knowledge and strategies for its preservation in the face of the assault of the globalised monoculture. This contradiction, like the others at the heart of the process, can only be used transformatively if it is built into the devising process in ways which enable communities to confront rather than evade it. The argument running through the article takes TFD from its limited role as a tool in the NGO worker's kit-bag in the service of the dominant discourse of development practice to a process of practical analysis and critique in the service of those who seek, on whatever scale, to change the world
Aesthetics · Business · Citizen journalism · Contradiction · Epistemology · Indigenous · Modernization theory · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Adult and Continuing Education Topics · Computer Science · Law · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Philosophy · Theatre and Performance Studies
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| Citations per year | 0.24 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2025 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |