Theatre for Development in Africa: Historical and Institutional Perspectives
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| Title: | Theatre for Development in Africa: Historical and Institutional Perspectives |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Balme, Christopher B., Hakib, Abdul Karim |
| Source: | Online Submission. 2023. |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 274 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | European Research Council (ERC) (Belgium) |
| Contract Number: | 694559 |
| Document Type: | Book Collected Works - General |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Theater Arts, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Financial Support, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, History, Networks, Empowerment, Power Structure, Case Studies, Community Development, Higher Education, Classification, Informal Education |
| Geographic Terms: | Africa, South Africa, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Tanzania |
| ISBN: | 978-3-487-16331-4 |
| Abstract: | Theatre for Development is one of the most dynamic and controversial theatre movements on the global South. Emerging in Southern Africa in the 1970s to address social and economic problems using theatrical techniques, today it is taught in theatre departments across sub-Saharan Africa and employed in numerous contexts from health care to agriculture. This book investigates the emergence of TfD from its beginnings to its transformation into a coherent organizational field capable of attracting significant governmental and NGO funding. Drawing on leading African scholars and practitioners the volume examines the complex transnational processes that led to the institutionalization of Theatre for Development. [This book was published in cooperation with the publishing house Georg Olms and the University Library of LMU München.] |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2023 |
| Accession Number: | ED629636 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Theatre for Development is one of the most dynamic and controversial theatre movements on the global South. Emerging in Southern Africa in the 1970s to address social and economic problems using theatrical techniques, today it is taught in theatre departments across sub-Saharan Africa and employed in numerous contexts from health care to agriculture. This book investigates the emergence of TfD from its beginnings to its transformation into a coherent organizational field capable of attracting significant governmental and NGO funding. Drawing on leading African scholars and practitioners the volume examines the complex transnational processes that led to the institutionalization of Theatre for Development. [This book was published in cooperation with the publishing house Georg Olms and the University Library of LMU München.] |
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| ISBN: | 978-3-487-16331-4 |
