Into abolitionist theatre : a guidebook for liberatory theatre-making / edited by Rivka Eckert.
"Seeking to transform community-based theatre-making, this book explores the transformative potential of abolitionist theatre, as theatre artists and teachers collaborate with marginalized communities to challenge systems of oppression and inspire profound societal change. Focusing on the idea...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2024.
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| Summary: | "Seeking to transform community-based theatre-making, this book explores the transformative potential of abolitionist theatre, as theatre artists and teachers collaborate with marginalized communities to challenge systems of oppression and inspire profound societal change. Focusing on the idea of bringing people together to demand collective care and community-led practice, this collection of essays works to define theatre's role in the goals of abolition. Abolitionist theatre-making is a theatre that is connected to ideas of decolonisation, intersectional feminism, climate justice, social justice and liberation struggles. Exploring these ideas and offering a direct exploration of the questions that theatre artists and teachers should ask themselves when evaluating the abolitionist impact of their work, the volume provides accessible and practical tools for theatre-makers with perspectives from working practitioners throughout. Through real-life stories and experiences shared by these theatre practitioners, the book provides a rich and diverse tapestry of examples that highlight the ways in which community-based theatre can contribute to transformational change. Readers will benefit from practical frameworks, thought-provoking perspectives, and thoughtfully crafted insights that inspire them to reimagine their own theatre practices and empower them to create theatre that challenges and dismantles oppressive systems while uplifting marginalized voices. Ideal for undergraduate and graduate students with an interest utilising theatre-making for social change, this book offers new and practical insights into how the path to abolition might be laid and theatre's key role in it. This book will also be of great interest to theatre artists and activist practitioners who are involved in community-based theatre projects with marginalized populations"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 336 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781003851110 1003851118 9781003851080 1003851088 9781003385165 1003385168 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 02, 2024). |
| Biographical or Historical Data: | Rivka Eckert is an Assistant Professor in the Theatre and Dance Department at SUNY Potsdam, USA. Eckert is a community cultural development theatre-maker using performing arts as a means of cross-cultural communication. She has taught Theatre and English in prisons, high schools, and middle schools and worked with the Peace Corps in Samoa and Liberia. |