ERIC Number: EJ739643
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-4805
Contingent Conditions of Change: An Exploration of Feminist Theatre Practice
Twomey, Sarah
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v51 n4 p354-367 Win 2005
This article explores how critical pedagogy and theatre arts can examine difference, change, and transformative possibilities in public spheres of educational practice. This narrative study offers a useful contribution on how theory, research, and practice can contribute to new ways of framing transformative feminist pedagogy in school cultures. I give an overview of critical pedagogy and the intersectionalities between concepts of liberatory pedagogy (Freire, 1970a) and the work of Brazilian theatre activist Augusto Boal (1979, 1992, 1995, 1998). I discuss how Boal's philosophy and techniques of theatre of the oppressed can intersect in various ways with theatre arts curricula and feminist pedagogy. Using a case study of a young women's theatre project Realtalk, I propose a postfeminist pedagogy and conditions for a form of radical education that offers a particular understanding of the complexities of how power is negotiated in schools across difference.
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Educational Practices, Feminism, Theater Arts, School Culture, Personal Narratives, Educational Philosophy, Curriculum Development, Case Studies
Alberta Journal of Educational Research. 845 Education Centre South, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G5 Canada. Tel: 780-492-7941; Fax: 780-492-0236; Web site: http://www.education.ualberta.ca/educ/journals/ajer.html.
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Language: English
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