Applied Drama: the Gift of Theatre

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
General Editors' Preface......Page 9
Radical Directions......Page 10
What is Applied Drama/Theatre?......Page 11
Pure and Applied Drama......Page 14
Where Did Applied Drama/Theatre Come From?......Page 17
Contexts and Audiences......Page 19
Making a Difference......Page 22
PART I PARTICIPATION AND PRAXIS......Page 26
Drama as Citizenship......Page 28
Citizenship as Participation......Page 30
Political Citizenship and Popular Theatres......Page 33
Good Intentions, Altruistic Motives......Page 36
Ecological Citizenship......Page 42
Mapping Pedagogies......Page 47
Crossing Borders: Pedagogies of Location......Page 49
Performative Pedagogies: Efficacy or Efficiency?......Page 55
Dramatic Literacies and Differentiated Knowledge......Page 60
Embodied Pedagogies......Page 65
PART II NARRATIVES AND NARRATIVITY......Page 70
Changing the Story......Page 72
Fiction as Reality......Page 75
Identity and Identification......Page 79
Empathy and the Social Imagination: Plays and Players......Page 83
Embodied Narratives......Page 89
Questions of Community......Page 92
Communities and Location......Page 95
Communities of Identity......Page 102
A Phenomenology of Community......Page 107
PART III CREATIVITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE......Page 116
Cultures of Creativity......Page 118
Creative Individuals......Page 120
Creative Dialogues......Page 124
Creativity in Context......Page 129
Creative Spaces......Page 134
Agendas and Advocacy......Page 139
Human Rights and Globalisation......Page 141
Representing Human Rights......Page 145
Community Networks and Cultural Expressions......Page 148
Performing Rights......Page 158
PART IV EPILOGUE......Page 162
Becoming Ethical......Page 164
Re-visiting the Scene......Page 167
The Metaphor of the Gift......Page 169
Acts of Giving......Page 172
The Art of Giving......Page 175
Notes......Page 177
Bibliography......Page 191
C......Page 201
G......Page 202
M......Page 203
S......Page 204
Z......Page 205