Collective Encounters

Author : Alan Filewod
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Canadian drama
ISBN : UCAL:B4393297

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Collective Encounters by Alan Filewod Pdf

Alternative theatre has been one of Canada's strongest cultural institutions over the past twenty years. Coinciding with a major revival of nationalism in Canadian culture during the late 1960s, this strength was in evidence throughout the country, and provided fertile ground for the growth of an important dramatic genre: the collectively created documentary play. Typically inspired by a distinctive community or a political issue, these plays are created through a process that begins with a group of actors researching a specific issue or distinctive community, and ends with a performance aimed at a specific audience. Some of the works thus created represent the most popular plays ever staged in Canada. In this study of the genre as it has developed nationally, Alan Filewod examines six landmark examples in terms of their impact on their respective theatres and their role in Canada's cultural development generally. The plays include Theatre Passe Muraille's The Farm Show, Toronto Workshop Production's Ten Lost Years, Globe Theatre's No. 1 Hard, Twenty-fifth Street Theatre's Paper Wheat, The Mummers Troupe's Buchans: A Mining Town, and Catalyst Theatre's It's About Time. Each of these six plays represents an aspect of the documentary genre. Together they evoke a period of unprecedented activity in Canadian theatre and the wide range of social, political, and cultural issues that have driven it.

Author : Tim Prentki,Sheila Preston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781134109791

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The Applied Theatre Reader by Tim Prentki,Sheila Preston Pdf

The Applied Theatre Reader is the first book to bring together new case studies of practice by leading practitioners and academics in the field and beyond, with classic source texts from writers such as Noam Chomsky, bell hooks, Mikhail Bakhtin, Augusto Boal, and Chantal Mouffe. This book divides the field into key themes, inviting critical interrogation of issues in applied theatre whilst also acknowledging the multi-disciplinary nature of its subject. It crosses fields such as: theatre in educational settings prison theatre community performance theatre in conflict resolution and reconciliation interventionist theatre theatre for development. This collection of critical thought and practice is essential to those studying or participating in the performing arts as a means for positive change.

Author : Dan McKanan
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780807013175

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Prophetic Encounters by Dan McKanan Pdf

A broad, definitive history of the profound relationship between religion and movements for social change in America The United States has always had an active, vibrant, and influential religious Left. In every period of our history, people of faith have envisioned a society of peace and justice, and their tireless efforts have powered the social movements that have defined America’s progress: the abolition of slavery, feminism, the New Deal, civil rights, and others. In this groundbreaking, definitive work, McKanan treats the histories of religion and of the Left as a single history, showing that American radicalism is a continuous tradition rather than a collection of disparate movements. Emphasizing the power of encounter—between whites and former slaves, between the middle classes and the immigrant masses, and among activists themselves—McKanan shows that the coming together of people of different perspectives and beliefs has been transformative for centuries, uniting those whose faith is a source of activist commitment with those whose activism is a source of faith. Offering a history of the diverse religious dimensions of radical movements from the American Revolution to the present day, Prophetic Encounters invites contemporary activists to stand proudly in a tradition of prophetic power.

Author : Sarojini Nadar,Tinyiko Maluleke,Dietrich Werner,Vicentia Kgabe,Rudolf Hinz
Publisher : African Sun Media
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781990995064

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Ecumenical Encounters with Desmond Mpilo Tutu by Sarojini Nadar,Tinyiko Maluleke,Dietrich Werner,Vicentia Kgabe,Rudolf Hinz Pdf

This inspiring collection of 72 critical and creative contributions honouring the life and work of Desmond Mpilo Tutu comprises a rich and diverse array of reflections on the ecumenical global struggle against Apartheid, and Archbishop Tutu’s role therein, as a political priest, prophet and intellectual. The encounters with ‘the Arch’ and his work has shaped ongoing faith-based, activist and academic pursuits for justice, peace and dignity. Anyone familiar with his outstanding contributions to the promotion of justice, dignity and peace, will know that a hallmark of Desmond Tutu’s celebrated style is his use of narrative and real-life stories. In honour of his unique and remarkable example, the contributions in this book combine oral history and written history paradigms, as well as sociological, philosophical and theological approaches. While the book is meant to be a memorial recollection of encounters with the Arch, the hope is that these recollections will continue to inspire collective struggles and hopes for justice, peace and dignity.

Author : Charles Tilly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003-03-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107494800

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The Politics of Collective Violence by Charles Tilly Pdf

Are there any commonalities between such phenomena as soccer hooliganism, sabotage by peasants of landlords' property, incidents of road rage, and even the events of September 11? With striking historical scope and command of the literature of many disciplines, this book, first published in 2003, seeks the common causes of these events in collective violence. In collective violence, social interaction immediately inflicts physical damage, involves at least two perpetrators of damage, and results in part from coordination among the persons who perform the damaging acts. Professor Tilly argues that collective violence is complicated, changeable, and unpredictable in some regards, yet that it also results from similar causes variously combined in different times and places. Pinpointing the causes, combinations, and settings helps to explain collective violence and its variations, and also helps to identify the best ways to mitigate violence and create democracies with a minimum of damage to persons and property.

Author : Sheila McCormick
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781474233842

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Applied Theatre: Creative Ageing by Sheila McCormick Pdf

Applied Theatre: Creative Ageing examines the complex social, political and cultural needs of a diverse group in our society and asks how contemporary applied theatre responds to those needs. It allows an examination of innovative national and international practice in applied theatre that responds to the needs of older adults to encourage outcomes such as wellbeing and social inclusion. The book does this while also questioning how we, as a society, wish to respond to the complex needs of older adults and the process of ageing and how applied theatre practices can help us do so in a way that is both positive and inclusive. In Part One Sheila McCormick reviews and historicises the practice of applied theatre with, for and by the elderly. It argues that pioneering applied theatre strategies are vital if the creative practice is to respond to the growing needs of older members of society, and reflects on particular cultural responses to ageing and the elderly. The second part of the book is made up of essays and case studies from leading experts and practitioners from Britain, America and Australia, including consideration of applied theatre approaches to dementia, health, wellbeing, social inclusion and Alzheimer's disease.

Author : Selina Busby,Kelly Freebody,Charlene Rajendran
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 733 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000689129

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The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Young People by Selina Busby,Kelly Freebody,Charlene Rajendran Pdf

This companion interrogates the relationship between theatre and youth from a global perspective, taking in performances and theatre made by, for, and about young people. These different but interrelated forms of theatre are addressed through four critical themes that underpin the ways in which analysis of contemporary theatre in relation to young people can be framed: political utterances – exploring the varied ways theatre becomes a platform for political utterance as a process of dialogic thinking and critical imagining; critical positioning – examining youth theatre work that navigates the sensitive, dynamic, and complex terrains in which young people live and perform; pedagogic frames – outlining a range of contexts and programmes in which young people learn to make and understand theatre that reflects their artistic capacities and aesthetic strategies; applying performance – discussing a range of projects and companies whose work has been influential in the development of youth theatre within specific contexts. Providing critical, research-informed, and research-based discussions on the intersection between young people, their representation, and their participation in theatre, this is a landmark text for students, scholars, and practitioners whose work and thinking involves theatre and young people.

Author : Juan Carlos Oyanedel,Agustin Espinosa,Huseyin Çakal,Dario Paez
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832534267

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Collective behavior and social movements: Socio-psychological perspectives by Juan Carlos Oyanedel,Agustin Espinosa,Huseyin Çakal,Dario Paez Pdf

Author : Simon R. Troon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9798765101520

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Cinematic Encounters with Disaster by Simon R. Troon Pdf

Cinematic Encounters with Disaster takes Hollywood's disaster movies and their codified versions of natural disaster, post-apocalyptic survival, and extra-terrestrial threat as the starting point for an analytical trajectory that works toward new understandings of how cinema shapes and informs our conceptions of disaster and catastrophe. It examines a range of films from distinct regional and industrial contexts: Hollywood, indie movies, different kinds of documentaries from the US and elsewhere, and auteurist-realist cinema from Europe and Asia. Moving across and beyond critical and industrial categories that often inform thinking about cinema, this book contends that different approaches to film style can push us to imagine disaster in distinct ways, with distinct ethical connotations. Framed by contemporary concerns around the global climate crisis and the advent of the Anthropocene, questions about how films can best offer responses to historical exigency guide the book's explorations of spectacular 2010s blockbusters like Gravity (2013) and San Andreas (2015), environmental documentaries including the paradigmatic An Inconvenient Truth (2006), post-disaster films by auteurs including Abbas Kiarostami and Lav Diaz, and more. Conceiving of disaster as intersubjective ethics between humans and nonhuman alterity – forces of nature, errant technology, monsters, ghosts, and other entities – it analyses how formal techniques and narrative strategies render encounters in which human protagonists are confronted with the threat of death and respond in ways that can be instructive for our planet's present juncture.

Author : Pauline Harris,Cynthia Brock,Elspeth McInnes,Bec Neill,Alexandra Diamond,Jenni Carter,Ufemia Camaitoga,Meresiana Krishna,Eleni Giannakis
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811565878

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Children’s Multilingual Literacy by Pauline Harris,Cynthia Brock,Elspeth McInnes,Bec Neill,Alexandra Diamond,Jenni Carter,Ufemia Camaitoga,Meresiana Krishna,Eleni Giannakis Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive report on a three-year, cross-cultural, critical participatory action research study, conducted in children’s homes and communities in Fiji. This project contributed to building sustainable local capacity in communities without access to early childhood services, so as to promote preschool children’s literacy development in their home languages and English. The book includes rich descriptions of the young children’s lived, multilingual literacy practices in their home and community contexts. This work advances research-based practices for fostering young children’s multilingual literacy and building community capacity in a post-colonial Pasifika context; further, it shares valuable insights into processes and complexities that are inherent to multiliteracy and cross-cultural research.

Author : Theodore Andoseh
Publisher : ZTF Books Online
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9798215426326

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Preparing to Encounter God by Theodore Andoseh Pdf

This compilation offers a unique perspective on encounters with God, both on an individual and collective level, as exemplified by the lives of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the people of Israel. By delving into their personal journeys, we uncover the distinct facets of God's identity as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We explore direct and indirect forms of collective encounters by studying God's interactions with Israel. Our quest to understand what it means to experience God's tangible presence led us to Scripture. We wanted to know if such profound encounters were documented how individuals and communities prepared to meet and experience God, and what ensued thereafter. This daily journey unfolds during the 11th session of our annual 40-day Praise, Prayer, and Fasting Crusade. It captures the essence of our fervent prayers for a tangible encounter with the Almighty during the Third World Convention of Christian Missionary Fellowship International. As you immerse yourself in this life-changing moment, may the Lord abundantly bless your experience, leading you to relive a profound encounter with the Lord.

Author : Marnina Gonick,Susanne Gannon
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780889615137

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Becoming Girl by Marnina Gonick,Susanne Gannon Pdf

Becoming Girl interrogates the everyday of girlhood through the collaborative feminist methodology of collective biography. Located within the emergent interdisciplinary field of girlhood studies, this scholarly collection demonstrates how memories can be used to investigate the ways in which girlhood is culturally, historically, and socially constructed. Narrative vignettes of memory are produced and collaboratively investigated to explore relations of power, longing, and belonging, and to critically examine the ways in which girlhood is constituted. These are snapshot moments that, when analyzed, expose the social, embodied, and affective processes of "becoming girl," making them visible in new ways. Incorporating the concepts of Gilles Deleuze, Judith Butler, and Michel Foucault, the authors investigate food, popular culture, sexuality, difference, literacy, family photographs, and trauma. Bringing together international and interdisciplinary girlhood scholars, this volume provides an innovative, inclusive, and collaborative method for understanding the relationship between the individual and the collective.

Author : Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva
Publisher : Springer
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137331274

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Collective Creation in Contemporary Performance by Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva Pdf

This edited volume situates its contemporary practice in the tradition which emerged at the beginning of the twentieth century. Collective Creation in Contemporary Performance examines collective and devised theatre practices internationally and demonstrates the prevalence, breadth, and significance of modern collective creation.

Author : Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva
Publisher : Springer
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137331304

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A History of Collective Creation by Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva Pdf

Collective creation - the practice of collaboratively devising works of performance - rose to prominence not simply as a performance making method, but as an institutional model. By examining theatre practices in Europe and North America, this book explores collective creation's roots in the theatrical experiments of the early twentieth century.

Author : Frances W. Kaye
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2003-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 0888643764

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Hiding the Audience by Frances W. Kaye Pdf

Hiding the Audience examines how the development of Canadian prairie arts institutions in the context of an implicitly Euro- or Anglo-Canadian audience clashed with the creation of regional arts that needed to acknowledge a Native Canadian presence to flourish. It looks in detail at the regional versus international strains in the history of the Banff Centre, at the development of the Glenbow Museum and the controversy over the "Spirit Sings" exhibition, at the two decades of contention regarding statues of Louis Riel in Regina and Winnipeg, and at the contrasts in audience participation in two of 25th Street Theatre's productions, one about farmers and the other about Metis people. Primarily a work of cultural history, this study uses archival sources, post-colonial theory, and the theories implied in the fiction of Cherokee author Thomas King to probe the ways in which the whitestream assumptions of the individuals who institutionalized the arts on the Prairies hid both a Native audience and the kinds of issues and presentations such an audience might reasonably expect to see--and that might help make the settler audience understand the responsibilities of becoming native to this place. The interdisciplinary nature of the book makes it useful to scholars in Native Studies, Museum Studies, Art History, Theatre, and English, as well as to arts administrators and patrons, art lovers, and artists.