Applied Theatre as a strategy for intervention with disadvantaged groups: a qualitative synthesis

Guijarro, Belén Massó; Pérez-García, Purificación; González, Cristina Cruz

doi:10.1080/00131881.2021.1945476

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“…Much of this writing advocates for the use of participatory theatre as a tool for combating inequality and celebrates theatre's capacity to improve the lives of its participants. In this essay I draw on results from two research studies focused on coding or synthesising scholarly texts in the fields of drama and applied theatre: Previous research undertaken by myself and colleagues that engaged in thematic coding of 139 documents related to applied theatre (removed for review, 2018) and more a recent qualitative synthesis of 21 research articles in participatory theatre (Massó-Guijarro et al, 2021). I use this research to consider repeated themes that orient to how participatory theatre leads to outcomes that could be broadly considered as reducing inequality, and from these themes, make analytical proposals regarding how scholars in the field of participatory theatre represent 'inequality' as policy or socio-political 'problem' that can be addressed through their work.…”

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What is the problem of inequality, and can we solve it?

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2023

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The purpose of this essay is to consider how, if at all, participatory theatre serves the Sustainable Development Goal number 10: Reducing Inequality (SDG10). The paper draws on policy analysis methodology What’s the Problem Represented to be? (Bacchi 2009) to critically consider how inequity as a solvable social and/or economic problem is represented by SDG10. I then draw on two previous research projects, one conducted by myself and colleagues (2018) and one conducted by Masso-Guijarro and colleagues (2021) that explicitly explore how scholarship in participatory theatre orient to social change agenda to understand how participatory theatre represents the problem of inequality and how, if at all, this relates to SDG10. Finally, I recruit key participatory theatre projects from Denmark, Canada, Chile and New Zealand to consider practical ways of understanding how participatory theatre may contribute to combating inequality through its attention to the lived experiences of inequality, the potential for making changes to individual lives, and its orientation to hope. In doing this, I hope to contribute new perspectives on drama and equity that present a nuanced and critical consideration the relationship between public discourses, policy and practice.

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“…"el teatro es el arte político por excelencia, sólo en él se traspone en arte la esfera política de la vida humana. Por el mismo motivo, es el único arte cuyo solo tema es el hombre en su relación con los demás" (Arendt, 2005, p.216) La praxis teatral es hoy considerada por numerosos estudios como una experiencia excepcional para fomentar la emancipación y el empoderamiento de personas en situación de vulneración de derechos, así como para reposicionar social y epistémicamente el relato de aquellas categorizadas como ignorantes, retrasadas, inferiores, improductivas (Del Campo-Tejedor et al, 2019;Massó-Guijarro, Pérez-García & Cruz-González 2021). Asimismo, destaca el reconocimiento que supone de la narrativa de quienes, por diversos motivos, escapan a la categoría de "normalidad", esa ficción creada por una sociedad que teme lo diferente y, por tanto, lo discrimina y expulsa (Bauman, 2006;Han, 2017).…”

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Caminos de reconocimiento y emancipación en una experiencia teatral con personas sin hogar

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2022

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Partiendo de un espectáculo teatral protagonizado por un grupo de personas en situación de vulnerabilidad social, este artículo discute críticamente tanto el proceso de creación colectiva de la obra como las reacciones que suscitó en el público, con el objetivo de debatir el potencial transformador de este tipo de experiencias en cuanto a la subjetividad ética y de deconstrucción de prejuicios sobre los colectivos que las protagonizan. El marco reflexivo lo constituye la noción de reconocimiento en la ética de Emmanuel Lévinas (1999), argumentándose que es precisamente la interacción (en este caso, entre público y elenco) la que vehicula la transformación ética de subjetividades y percepciones dialógicas. Asimismo, y dado que la experiencia estudiada es de naturaleza artística y educativa, se nutrirá el bagaje conceptual con autores como Brecht, Rancière o Adorno, que han contribuido notablemente al pensamiento sobre la función social del arte, interrogante fundamental en este estudio.

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“…We have a wide scientific literature demonstrating the immense possibilities of performing arts applied to education and social intervention in a broad sense (Massó-Guijarro et al, 2021). As studies show, performing art encourages social cohesion and empowerment strategies, promotes collective and individual development (Allan, 2014), and the learning of new codes of expression and dialogue (Cordero Ramos & Muñoz Bellerin, 2017), and prepares people to face conflict situations peacefully and creatively (Fernández-López, 2015).…”

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Theatre as a Social and Educational Experience: A Case Study With Homeless People in Spain

Guijarro

Morales-Ocaña

Montes-Rodríguez

2022

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This paper focuses on the exploration of the possibilities of theatre with a group of homeless people. Using qualitative research procedures, the experience is described through the narratives of its participants, in order to explore the educational impact of the proposal. The results tell us about its strengths to deconstruct harmful stereotypes, to understand the complexity of vulnerability and to deepen into the value of theatre as a socio-educational tool.

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Applied Theatre as a strategy for intervention with disadvantaged groups: a qualitative synthesis

Cited by 10 publications

References 63 publications

What is the problem of inequality, and can we solve it?

What is the problem of inequality, and can we solve it?

Caminos de reconocimiento y emancipación en una experiencia teatral con personas sin hogar

Theatre as a Social and Educational Experience: A Case Study With Homeless People in Spain

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