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Using Applied Theatre For Collective Healing And Grief Processing In The Classroom, Sarah Fahmy
Using Applied Theatre For Collective Healing And Grief Processing In The Classroom, Sarah Fahmy
Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Journal
At times when our mental health is equally as strained as our students, applied theatre may ground and guide us to support us turn our collective trauma into action and enable students to envision their individual and collective healing. In this article, I reflect on the process of devising C(U)VID-19: Reflections from Students of the Pandemic, a 50-minute, multi-disciplinary virtual performance, conceived and produced in under two weeks by the students in my theatre for non-majors class in 2021. I share examples of how applied theatre enabled students to lead with empathy and develop friendships while authoring their own …
Theater Of The Oppressed And Labor Organizing: Possibilities And Limitations, Jasmin Cardenas
Theater Of The Oppressed And Labor Organizing: Possibilities And Limitations, Jasmin Cardenas
Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Journal
A reflective essay to document the use of Theater of the Oppressed (TO) for labor organizing with a workers rights group in the Chicago area. Participants were working people from across Chicago’s Latinx immigrant community and previously incarcerated returning citizens, mainly temporary staffing workers who had never performed before. This essay attempts to document the collaboration between an independent artist and an organization and highlight some limitations and possibilities of using TO for labor organizing.