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Book SynopsisMichael St Clair Balfour is the Chair of Applied and Social Theatre in the Faculty of Education at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. His publications include Refugee Performance: Practical Encounters (2012), Performance: In Place of War, with J. Thompson and J. Hughes (2009), Drama as Social Intervention, with J. Somers (2006), and Prison Theatre: Theory and Practice (2004).
Bruce Burton is Chair in Applied Theatre in the School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. He is the author of eight books in the field of drama and applied theatre.
Associate Professor Penny Bundy works in the field of applied theatre and drama education in the School of Education and Professional Studies at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
Julie Dunn is Associate Professor at Griffith University, Australia.
Nina Woodrow is a PhD candidate at Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
Trade ReviewWhat is particularly rare about this book is its complete tracking of one project (albeit divided into sub-projects) over time ... This concentrated and longitudinal focus is unique not only within Bloomsbury’s excellent
Applied Theatre series ... but within applied theatre studies more generally. ... This means that
Applied Theatre: Resettlement is of equal value as a teaching text in terms of modelling large-scale project design and evolution as it is in terms of moving theoretical and methodological knowledge substantially forward in the area of applied theatre practice with asylum seekers and refugees. * Research in Drama Education *
This book is one of a kind in its comprehensive range, careful mapping of the authors’ philosophical perspectives and meticulous recording of such large and complex projects in applied theatre and arts ... This book may serve as a stepping stone for other practitioners to gain valuable insights to consider as they create their own programs serving their communities. * Applied Theatre Research *
Of particular interest to readers might be the depth of reflexivity the authors demonstrate, offering fellow practitioners a series of best practices developed through trial and error as well as significant questions to consider. Similarly emerging from this exemplary case-study framework is a much more holistic view of refugees themselves. The book argues early on for a departure from the typical focus on traumatic personal narratives, which comprise a large majority of representations of refugees in performance and beyond, and instead champions refugee stories that prioritize community building, skills acquisition, and everyday moments of perseverance … The ecological practice of refugee performance that this book so excellently establishes in its introduction could be used to create performances that question and critique the social, cultural, and historical dynamics that produce refugees and construct such singular considerations of resettlement in the first place. * Theatre Survey *
Table of ContentsList of illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on the authors Foreword Preface Chapter 1 Introduction Part One Chapter 2 Refugee Resettlement: Arriving, becoming and belonging Chapter 3 Framing the Practice: Participatory arts in resettlement contexts Part Two Chapter 4 A giant, a robot and a magic man: process drama in the primary years Chapter 5 Acting Against Bulling: Managing conflict and bullying in a secondary drama classroom Chapter 6 Passing the Sand: integrating arts and language pedagogies in a further education context Chapter 7 Conclusion – Living with hope Notes Bibliography Index
