Applied Theatre with Looked-After Children: Dramatising Social Care

ISBN-13: 9781787070714 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 288 str.

Claire MacNeill

Opis

This book interrogates the experiences of young people in care in the UK and the potential of applied theatre as a liberation tool within these settings. It describes a unique journey through care homes, children's prisons and inner-city estates, exploring the possibility of reclaiming childhoods through theatre practice.

Spis treści

CONTENTS: The Origins and Intent of This Book - Conceptual Frameworks - The State of State Welfare and Medway STC - Conceptual Framing of Oppression and Empowerment - Understandings of Applied Theatre as a Tool for Liberation - Case Studies - The Romany Gypsy Project and Main-Place Residential Children's Home: Discovering a Praxis - The Evolution of Pedagogy and Praxis in Residential Children's Homes in Hampshire - The Adaptation and Expansion of Applied Theatre on Inner City Estates - Clashes, Contradictions and Critical Reflections: Illuminating the Paradigmatic Differences - Conclusions and New Proposals - A Summary of Findings, New Proposals and Contemporary Care Contexts - Performing Research: New Horizons and Possibilities.

O autorze

Claire MacNeill has been researching applied theatre with looked-after and misrepresented young people since 1999. Her PhD examined the use of applied theatre as an empowerment tool with looked-after children. She provides consultancy for theatre companies, children's charities and social care departments and advocates for decolonising research and engagement methods with «hard to reach» young people. She is also a sessional lecturer in applied theatre at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.