Applied Drama/Theatre as Social Intervention in Conflict and Post-Conflict Contexts
About this ebook
As such, it deals with the transformative abilities of drama/theatre in contexts where conflict or violence is overt or covert in its effects, expressions and modes of social control in a range of geographical constituencies. It includes chapters predominantly from South Africa, but also from rural Nigeria and New Zealand, reflecting work on conflict in prisons, tertiary and secondary education, cities, villages and families.
It also contains two new original play scripts, both resulting in acclaimed performances: Hush, on family violence in New Zealand, and The Line, on xenophobia in South Africa.
About the author
Marié-Heleen Coetzee is Associate Professor and Head of the Drama Department at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Her current research centres on drama/theatre-based pedagogies and performance praxis in the context of higher education, with a special interest in cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary arenas. She has presented papers and workshops at various local and international conferences, presented guest lectures and workshops at a number of institutions in South Africa and abroad, contributed scholarly articles, and performed in, directed and choreographed productions on a variety of platforms.
