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Staging Social Justice Collaborating to Create Activist Theatre

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ISBN-10: 0809332388

ISBN-13: 9780809332380

Edition: 2013

Authors: Norma Bowles, Daniel-Raymond Nadon, Flint, Carly Halse, Megan Hanley

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 Promoting social justice through theatreFringe Benefits, an award-winning theatre company, collaborates with schools and communities to create plays that promote constructive dialogue about diversity and discrimination issues. Staging Social Justiceis a groundbreaking collection of essays about Fringe Benefits’ script-devising methodology and their collaborations in the United States, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. The anthology also vividly describes the transformative impact of these creative initiatives on participants and audiences.  By reflecting on their experiences working on these projects, the contributing writers—artists, activists and scholars—provide the readerwith…    
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Book details

List price: $39.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Publication date: 6/3/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Devising Text: Collaborative Decision Making
Teaching without Lecturing: A Lesson in (Re)Writing History
Brief Encounters between Disciplines and Cultures: An Analysis of the Dramaturgical Quilting Bee
Are You an Inmate? Collective Decision Making in the Development of If Yes, Please Explain
Writing Conflict Out of Schools
Marketing the Revolution: Aesthetics and Impact of Activist Theatre
Moving beyond the Comfort Zone: The Quest for Theatre for Social Justice Impact
Inspiring Change and Action: Measuring the Impact of Theatre for Social Justice
Sympathy vs. Stigma: Writing the "Victim"
Do Not Try This at Home!
A Few More Thoughts about Aesthetics
Community and Coalition Building: Reaching beyond the Choir
Creating Space for Intergenerational LGBT Community and Movement Building
What Comes Next? A Guide to Organizing, Activating, and Rallying the College Campus
Rehearsing for Dialogue: Facilitation Training and Miami University's A More Perfect Union
Pushing without Shoving: Ethics of and Emphasis on Target Participation in TSJ Institutes
We Are Who We Are: Theatre to Confront Homophobia and Transform Education into Social Praxis
Creating a Safe Space and a Great Show
It's Safe to Say
Pronouns, Play Building, and the Principal: Negotiating Multiple Sites of Activism in a Youth-Focused Theatre for Social Justice Project
Creativity or Carnage: An International Theatre for Social Justice Project
Adapt the Space! Working with People of Diverse Abilities
The Many Players: Perspectives on Diverse Project Roles and Responsibilities
Ripples over the Great Barrier
Voicing Your Gender, Gendering Your Voice
Psychological Reflections on an LGBTQI Theatre for Social Justice Project
Forum Theatre and the Power of "Yes, and …"
By Hook or by Crook! Luring the Oppressor into the Lair
A Transformative? and Empowering? Experience
The Wizdom of Us: Reconsidering Identities and Affinities through Theatre for Social Justice
Wade in the Water
True to the Course: The Learning Curve of a New Teaching Artist
Bricks and Stones: Bashing Back with a Fistful of Words
A Few More Thoughts about Transformation
Appendixes
Theatre for Social Justice Institute Overview
Measurable Outcomes Worksheet
Some Suggested Guidelines for Project Facilitators
Legal Considerations Overview
Pyramid of Hate
Contributors
Index