This book explores the concept of playmaking and activism through three research projects in which culturally and linguistically diverse high school students and young adults created original theatre around the issues that inform their lives and constrain their futures. Each study discussed by the author is considered through the lens of one or more best practices. The outcomes of the playmaking experiences, communicated through detailed ethnographic data and the voices of student participants, make a strong case for using what we already know about teaching to positively impact gross inequities of outcome for culturally and linguistically diverse students. This study will be of great interest to students, scholars, and practitioners in Applied Theatre, Theatre Education, and Art Therapy.
Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Bethany NelsonEAN: 9780367559298COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 380 gHEIGHT: 234 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis LtdDATE PUBLISHED: 2022-08-29CITY: GENRE: PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Philanthropy & CharityWIDTH: 156 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
The arts: general topics, Performance art, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration, Theatre studies, Popular culture, Gender studies, gender groups, Creative therapy / Expressive therapies
Urban Playmaking is winner of the Distinguished Book Award from the American Alliance of Theatre and Education.
Bethany Nelson is Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director of Theatre Education at Emerson College, USA.
This book explores the concept of playmaking and activism through three research projects in which culturally and linguistically diverse high school students and young adults created original theatre around the issues that inform their lives and constrain their futures. Each study discussed by the author is considered through the lens of one or more best practices. The outcomes of the playmaking experiences, communicated through detailed ethnographic data and the voices of student participants, make a strong case for using what we already know about teaching to positively impact gross inequities of outcome for culturally and linguistically diverse students. This study will be of great interest to students, scholars, and practitioners in Applied Theatre, Theatre Education, and Art Therapy.
Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Bethany NelsonEAN: 9780367559298COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 380 gHEIGHT: 234 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis LtdDATE PUBLISHED: 2022-08-29CITY: GENRE: PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Philanthropy & CharityWIDTH: 156 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
The arts: general topics, Performance art, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration, Theatre studies, Popular culture, Gender studies, gender groups, Creative therapy / Expressive therapies
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