Staging social justice : collaborating to create activist theatre /
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| Imprint: | Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2013] |
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| Description: | xxiv, 299 pages : illustration ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Theater in the Americas Theater in the Americas. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9277048 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. 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
- 2. 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
- 3. 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
- 4. 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
- 5. 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
- 6. 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
- A. Theatre for Social Justice Institute Overview
- B. Measurable Outcomes Worksheet
- C. Some Suggested Guidelines for Project Facilitators
- D. Legal Considerations Overview
- E. Pyramid of Hate
- Contributors
- Index
