The Kickstart Drama Project: Performing 'Small' Acts of Solidarity in Singapore
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| Title: | The Kickstart Drama Project: Performing 'Small' Acts of Solidarity in Singapore |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Natalie Lazaroo, Sophiaan bin Subhan, Carla Tapia Parada |
| Source: | Research in Drama Education. 2024 29(3):439-454. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Social Change, Activism, Citizen Participation, Group Unity, Poverty, Dramatics |
| Geographic Terms: | Singapore |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13569783.2024.2369606 |
| ISSN: | 1356-9783 1470-112X |
| Abstract: | This paper focuses on a group of young people in Singapore connected by the love for their communities and their desire to use drama for social change. In particular, we investigate how a participatory arts-based approach can enable young people to reflect on the importance of solidarity. We draw on Freire's pedagogy of solidarity, arguing for the importance of 'small' acts of solidarity that foreground the experiences of systematically excluded communities, such as young people living in social housing. Understanding this experience of solidarity and activism is particularly important in a country like Singapore, where civic and political participation is highly circumscribed. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1436666 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This paper focuses on a group of young people in Singapore connected by the love for their communities and their desire to use drama for social change. In particular, we investigate how a participatory arts-based approach can enable young people to reflect on the importance of solidarity. We draw on Freire's pedagogy of solidarity, arguing for the importance of 'small' acts of solidarity that foreground the experiences of systematically excluded communities, such as young people living in social housing. Understanding this experience of solidarity and activism is particularly important in a country like Singapore, where civic and political participation is highly circumscribed. |
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| ISSN: | 1356-9783 1470-112X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13569783.2024.2369606 |
