"We Cry On the Inside": Image Theatre and Rwanda's Culture of Silence

Blair, Brent; Fletcher, Angus

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“…See also Inyang and Ebewo (2014). 34 See Breed (2008), Blair and Fletcher (2010) and Connelly (2010). 35 See Gutiérrez Varea (2011).…”

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“…It 'provides a means for personal, nonverbal expression to develop into a communal discussion' and has been used in Rwanda to address a 'culture of silence'. To do so, image theatre was used to represent and express personal experiences of the 1994 genocide as a starting point for dialogue after all other forms of 'verbal' theatre had failed (Blair & Fletcher, 2010). 43 Premaratna (2018: 77) summarises this as follows: 'With its space for non-verbal expression, theatre has the potential to express what might be difficult to put into words.…”

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The Transformative Capacity of Communication: Integrative Communicative Acts Across the Communicative Spectrum of Civil Society

Pukallus

2021

Communication in Peacebuilding

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The Transformative Capacity of CommunicationThe communicative spectrum of civil society spans a variety of different forms of communication-both mediated and non-mediated. The latter includes for example negotiations and discussion groups, speeches, debate, deliberation and dialogue whereas the former subsumes the factual and fictional mass media as much as the arts which are conceived of here in all of their diversity and spanning the different categories of the visual, literary, performing and design. Often, the communicative spectrum of civil society is dominated by multiple mass media channels simply because advances in communication technology have taken content and reconfigured and commodified it to fit myriad forms of digital distribution. At the same time, digital technology has broadened the platforms from which it can operate. But it is important to remember that the arts fulfil an equally important role. With this in mind, the communicative spectrum of civil society can be defined to include non-mediated communication in all its forms, news journalism, citizen journalism, participatory media, social media, (community) radio, literature, biography, poetry as well as audio-visual media such as cinema, documentary,

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“…See also Inyang and Ebewo (2014). 34 See Breed (2008), Blair and Fletcher (2010) and Connelly (2010). 35 See Gutiérrez Varea (2011).…”

Section: Theatrementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Theatrementioning

confidence: 99%

The Transformative Capacity of Communication: Integrative Communicative Acts Across the Communicative Spectrum of Civil Society

Pukallus

2021

Communication in Peacebuilding

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Laughter Diplomacy: Transcultural Understanding at Play in Rwanda

McFarren¹

2011

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Girls’ Development in Tanzania: Empowering Girls Through Creative Exploration

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Parker²

2014

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In 2009, we went to a remote Tanzanian island to lead a program for adolescent girls. The purpose of the program was to educate girls on their rights and provide them with support in overcoming many of the disparities they face. Theatre of the Oppressed (Boal, 1979), one tool used, was adapted to fit the girls’ needs. It proved to be useful across cultural and language barriers. Programs such as this that empower girls to value themselves and discover solutions to challenges is one way to begin bringing gender equality to the community level. Herein, we discuss the program and lessons learned as graduate students from the West working in a developing country.

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"We Cry On the Inside": Image Theatre and Rwanda's Culture of Silence

Cited by 3 publications

References 20 publications

The Transformative Capacity of Communication: Integrative Communicative Acts Across the Communicative Spectrum of Civil Society

The Transformative Capacity of Communication: Integrative Communicative Acts Across the Communicative Spectrum of Civil Society

Laughter Diplomacy: Transcultural Understanding at Play in Rwanda

Girls’ Development in Tanzania: Empowering Girls Through Creative Exploration

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