Theatre for development: a dynamic tool for change

A group of actors stands in a frozen image of a community whose members do not communicate. A man comes from the audience and moves the actors around to create an image of everyone standing in reconciliation. Then a man and a woman create an image of 'transition’, where the actors show a willin...

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Main Author:	Helen Scott-Danter
Format:	Article
Language:	Arabic
Published:	University of Oxford 1999-12-01
Series:	Forced Migration Review
Subjects:	refugees displacement theatre development psychosocial welfare conflict
Online Access:	http://www.fmreview.org/en/FMRpdfs/FMR06/fmr607.pdf

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spelling	doaj-a4817026d11240d2bc8ddf60967688cc2020-11-24T23:24:39ZaraUniversity of OxfordForced Migration Review1460-98191999-12-0162224Theatre for development: a dynamic tool for changeHelen Scott-DanterA group of actors stands in a frozen image of a community whose members do not communicate. A man comes from the audience and moves the actors around to create an image of everyone standing in reconciliation. Then a man and a woman create an image of 'transition’, where the actors show a willingness to communicate by sitting in a circle drinking the local brew. The actors then show the three images in succession and theaudience applauds.http://www.fmreview.org/en/FMRpdfs/FMR06/fmr607.pdfrefugeesdisplacementtheatredevelopmentpsychosocial welfareconflict
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title	Theatre for development: a dynamic tool for change
title_short	Theatre for development: a dynamic tool for change
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publisher	University of Oxford
series	Forced Migration Review
issn	1460-9819
publishDate	1999-12-01
description	A group of actors stands in a frozen image of a community whose members do not communicate. A man comes from the audience and moves the actors around to create an image of everyone standing in reconciliation. Then a man and a woman create an image of 'transition’, where the actors show a willingness to communicate by sitting in a circle drinking the local brew. The actors then show the three images in succession and theaudience applauds.
topic	refugees displacement theatre development psychosocial welfare conflict
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Theatre for development: a dynamic tool for change

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