Applied Theatre: Understanding Change

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Freebody, Kelly (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Balfour, Michael (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Finneran, Michael (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Anderson, Michael (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education, 22
• Subjects: Art education.; Educational sociology.; Culture.; Creativity and Arts Education.; Sociology of Education.; Sociology of Culture.

This volume offers researchers and practitioners new perspectives on applied theatre work, exploring the relationship between applied theatre and its intent, success and value. Applied theatre is a well-established field focused on the social application of the arts in a range of contexts including...

Table of Contents:

• What is Applied Theatre Good For? Exploring the Notions of Success, Intent and Impact; Kelly Freebody, Michael Finneran, Michael Balfour and Michael Anderson
• Theories of Change: Cultural Value and Applied Theatre; Michael Balfour and Kelly Freebody
• Language and the Concept of Change: Overview of Leximancer Analysis; Michael Finneran
• Values, Intentions, Success and Impact in Applied Theatre Documents; Kelly Freebody
• Critical Perspectives on Applied Theatre for Social Change: Defamilarising Key Words in the Field; Kelly Freebody and Susan Goodwin
• Introduction to the Edited Chapters
• No "Bullshit": Rigor and Evaluation of Applied Theatre Projects; Dani Snyder-Young
• Change and Continuity in Applied Theatre: Lessons Learnt from 'The Longest Night'; Celina McEwen
• In the Interstice of Intension and Intention of Transformation: Where Applied Theatre Fosters Neoliberal Entrepreneurship; Syed Jamil Ahmed
• Hearing Children's Voices: Is anyone listening? Peter O'Connor
• Bottom's Dream Applied Theatre: Anything Goes but what Stays? Tim Prentki
• Evaluation and the Theory of Change; Helen Cahill.