Changing Top-Down Neo-colonial Agitprop Approaches in Theatre for Development
A Photo-Text Essay from our Transforming Gender Injustices Project in Western Uganda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21788490 |
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| Authors | Keneth Bamuturaki (Kyambogo University), Grace Mary Mbabazi (Mountains of the Moon University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 45-62 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-30 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African performance review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-4848 • E-ISSN: 1753-5964 |
| Publisher | African Performance Review APR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.30817/0151.apr0207 |
| OpenAlex | W4406986595 |
| Language | EN |
This Photo-text article draws from Hussein Maddan and Bobby Smith’s photo essay published in Research in Drama Education (see Maddan & Smith, 2021) which innovatively explored how Theatre for Development (TfD) has been used to empower communities in post conflict Northern Uganda to handle deep rooted challenges of water hygiene and sanitation. Following the example of Maddan & Smith’s photo essay approach, our photo-text article showcases our rural development work in the Rwenzori region of Western Uganda with an aim of visually discussing how we have deployed our TfD practice to transform top-down agitprop practices. We graphically demonstrate that using TfD as a process of engagement leads to deepened community empowerment and collective action
Archaeology · Colonialism · Geography · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · History · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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