An exploration of the relationship between applied theatre and community building practice, with specific reference to a teenage pregnancy project in Delft
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2006
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In a developing country such as South Africa, the challenge to locate new, effective methods of social development is key. This study argues that applied theatre has the potential to become a powerful medium for the fulfilment of this aim. The development and performance of this kind of theatre, which occurs outside of conventional theatre settings and deals with social issues in a participatory way with its audience, brings people of different genders, ages, races and classes together. In doing so, a community is formed, dynamic and multidimensional in nature. This is a divergence from conventional understandings of community as a single static, objective entity. Community building practice centres around this reconceptualisation of community, providing an orientation to the ways in which people who identify as members of a shared community engage together in the process of community change.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-105).
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Sulcas, G. 2006. An exploration of the relationship between applied theatre and community building practice, with specific reference to a teenage pregnancy project in Delft. University of Cape Town.