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Rehearsing Reality: An Interactive Docufragmentary Exploration of the Theatre of the Oppressed's Engagement with the Brazilian Landless Movement (MST)
No full textThis thesis explores the Theatre of the Oppressed's practices at the point of interaction with peasants of Brazil's Landless Movement. It uses the interactive docufragmentary entitled Rehearsing Reality to explore the social and political role of art, and to ask whether particular applications of theatre and film can be used to understand and possibly transform points of view and raise consciousness about contemporary issues in the world.
The Theatre of the Oppressed created by Augusto Boal comprises a series of interactive games, exercises and other theatrical methods developed with the purpose of using these drama techniques as a subjective medium contributing both to question and search alternatives for personal and social problems. Amongst its theatrical methods is Forum Theatre, the main practice adopted by Brazil's Landless Movement. This technique breaks with the conventions of the traditional language of theatre. Its main aim is to transform passive audiences into active participants of a theatrical scene. This thesis argues that Forum Theatre is an open medium that offers people the chance to participate democratically in the theatrical space in order to suggest and rehearse new ideas to be applied into their lives.
In order to explore how these theatrical experiences work in practice this thesis includes a central element entitled Rehearsing Reality, which is specifically designed to adapt some of the main features from Forum Theatre to film language. Its aim is to activate viewers to interact with the film process. This thesis also explores the historical developments of the Theatre of the Oppressed with major emphasis on Forum Theatre and its practices amongst members of Brazil's Landless Movement living in camps and settlements in the hinterland of Sergipe State, North-East of Brazil.
The structure of the thesis is divided into five parts: Chapter One analyses the relevant literature on the subject; Chapter Two provides a reflective account of the filming period; Chapter Three offers an overview of Boal' s life and the development of the Theatre of the Oppressed methods; Chapter Four briefly looks at the history and development of the Brazilian Landless Movement and provides a practical analysis of the experiences of Theatre of the Oppressed amongst the Landless Movement and Chapter Five analyses the creative process of making the docufragmentary Rehearsing Reality. The Conclusion suggests that the social and political aspect of art can significantly contribute to the process of comprehension and transformation of the world
Exploring social identity through theatre : an examination of the process of creating Jingle Dreams with youth in the coloured community of Clanwilliam
No full textIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 58-62).This dissertation examines the process of creating Jingle Dreams with the youth in Clanwilliam. It aims to ascertain whether the processes of Community Theatre drama create opportunities for the individuals in the identified community to explore a social identity influenced by historical legacy, heritage, memory (or absence thereof) and socio-economic environment. The intention of the dissertation is influenced by the Applied Drama mission to benefit individuals, communities and societies through artistic forms of intervention such as dramatic activities, theatre directing, mediation and discussions. I will examine how the processes and the performative qualities of drama and theatre have the potential to transform individuals and society. Community Theatre creates the space for young people to share and question common experiences of life. This ensures that marginalised voices are heard which has psychological and social benefits for the participants. The dissertation proposes to interrogate how young people revealed their social identity through the narrative structure, dialogue, stereotypes and symbols in Jingle Dreams. I have been strongly motivated by the work of Augusto Boal which was the source of a large part of the dramatic processes. In the research process, the young people belonging to The Community Networking Creative Arts Group were encouraged to find their own forms of artistic, cultural and theatrical expression. During the rehearsal process, the group improvised and developed many scenes which reflected issues such as alcoholism, drug abuse, domestic violence and intergenerational tension. The narrative of the performance was based both on their stories and on stories from their community. It reflected their circumstances, their struggles, their hopes and their dreams. Theatre devised in community situations reflects concern with the representation of memory, and participants are invited to recognise that autobiographical narratives have social, communitarian and historical significance, as well as personal relevance. Performers drew on their own experiences to devise the scenes. This process often emphasised how the boundaries between truth and fiction are blurred. The lack of a clear distinction between fact and art facilitated the revelation, exploration and contestation of social identity
Augusto Boal en la educación social: del teatro del oprimido al psicodrama silvestre
No full textAugusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed is usually placed among the most momentous contributions in twentieth century theatre essayism, while its theoretical dictates and its methodological and practical approaches have permeated those areas of social and theatrical education related to the development of cultural democracy. Forty years after its first experiences, this paper proposes a genealogy of the theatre of the oppressed starting from a critical reading of its foundational texts and some experiences considered paradigmatic in its development, in order to show its nature, contributions and weaknesses. At the same time it shows how the theatre of the oppressed waives its theatrical and educational dimension in favour of therapy and personal development, although its techniques and exercises, taken from several sources, continue to have an obvious potential in social, cultural and educational intervention related to theatre education and social education.How to reference this articleVieites García, M. F. (2015). Augusto Boal en la educación social: del teatro del oprimido al psicodrama silvestre. Foro de Educación, 13(18), pp. 161-179. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14516/fde.2015.013.018.009La obra de Augusto Boal Teatro del Oprimido se suele situar entre las aportaciones más transcendentales del teatro del siglo XX, en tanto sus dictados teóricos y sus propuestas metodológicas y prácticas han calado en ámbitos de la educación social y teatral relacionados con el desarrollo de la democracia cultural. Pasados cuarenta años desde sus primeras experiencias, en este trabajo se propone una genealogía del teatro del oprimido a partir de una lectura crítica de sus textos fundacionales y de alguna experiencia considerada paradigmática en su desarrollo, para mostrar su naturaleza, aportes, fortalezas y debilidades. Igualmente se muestra el tránsito entre una dimensión más educativa y teatral y otra más centrada en la terapia y el desarrollo personal, para concluir que las técnicas y recursos empleados en teatro del oprimido, que proceden de fuentes muy diversas, siguen teniendo potencialidades indudables en propuestas de intervención social, cultural y educativa propias de la pedagogía teatral y la pedagogía social.Cómo referenciar este artículoVieites García, M. F. (2015). Augusto Boal en la educación social: del teatro del oprimido al psicodrama silvestre. Foro de Educación, 13(18), pp. 161-179. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14516/fde.2015.013.018.009
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Feldman, Mary F. (Birth, 1896-10-19)
No full textAddress: 328 Boal St.5763/Pg 132/1896/W F/Ind./Cinti./Dr. C. E. LanderOriginal record filed in drawer labeled 'FARRICK-FELL'
Cuspindo fogo : Boal e a violência em A deliciosa e sangrenta aventura latina de Jane Spitfire
No full textOrientador: Prof. Dr. Marisa Corrêa Silva.Dissertação (mestrado em Letras) - Universidade Estadual de Maringá, 2021O objetivo desta dissertação é estudar a pouco conhecida obra A deliciosa e sangrenta aventura latina de Jane Spitfire, uma novela policial escrita em 1975, por Augusto Boal, durante seu exílio na Argentina. Para isso, será utilizado o viés teórico do materialismo lacaniano de Slavoj Žižek, corrente crítica da qual pesquisadores como Marisa Corrêa Silva têm se apropriado no Brasil para estabelecer análises na área de Estudos Literários. Neste trabalho nos interessa investigar especificamente como os conceitos de violência propostos por Žižek (2014) operam na obra de Boal, uma vez que, tendo como base o que propõe o filósofo, é possível analisarmos a maneira pela qual as violências subjetiva e objetiva se encontram na estrutura da narrativa, criando um texto irônico, paródico e que convida o leitor a desconstruir a normalização de certas formas de violência sistêmica.The objective of this work is to study the not so known novel A deliciosa e sangrenta aventura latina de Jane Spitfire, a detective novel written in 1975 by Augusto Boal during his exhile in Argentina. For such, we will use as basis what Lacanianism via Slavoj Žižek proposes; this line of thought has been explored in Brazil and thinkers here have been able to establish interesting analyses in the field of Literary Studies. In this thesis we will study specifically how the concepts of violence explored by Žižek (2014) operate in this work of Boal, once, through what the philosopher proposes, it is possible to analyse how the subjective and objective violences are found in the structure of the narrative, thus creating an ironic text via parody, which invites the reader to deconstruct certain forms of sistemic violence.[71] f. : il
[Newspaper Clipping: Author Claims Evidence of Second JFK Assassin #1]
No full textNewspaper article titled "Author Claims Evidence of Second JFK Assassin." The article states that author Richard J. Whalen concluded "that there is circumstantial evidence to support the theory of a second assassin in the shooting of President John F. Kennedy.
Also By The Same Author: AKTiveAuthor, a Citation Graph Approach to Name Disambiguation
No full textThe desire for definitive data and the semantic web drive for inference over heterogeneous data sources requires co-reference resolution to be performed on those data. In particular, name disambiguation is required to allow accurate publication lists, citation counts and impact measures to be determined. This paper describes a graph-based approach to author disambiguation on large-scale citation networks. Using self-citation, co-authorship and document source analyses, AKTiveAuthor clusters papers, achieving precision of 0.997 and recall of 0.818 over a test group of eight surname clusters
John F. Kennedy telegram to Roosevelt
No full textJersey Homesteads (later the Borough of Roosevelt) was established in the 1930s as an agro-industrial cooperative community. It was established specifically for urban Jewish garment workers, many of whom had emigrated from Europe. President John F. Kennedy sent a telegram to the citizens of Roosevelt, New Jersey, apologizing for not being able to attend the memorial dedication in honor of former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. (Jersey Homesteads became Roosevelt in 1945 in honor of the president.) President Kennedy expressed his gratitude to the people of Roosevelt for constructing the memorial, and commented that it will serve as a constant reminder of Roosevelt's good works
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