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Disability Aesthetics in Belgian Arts and Disability Practices: A Qualitative Study from the Perspective of the Non-Disabled, Facilitating Performing Artists
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Aline Verbeke; Julie Rodeyns; Free De Backer – Research in Drama Education, 2024
The presence of non-disabled artists challenges the possibility of disability aesthetics in arts and disability projects. This study therefore examines the meaning of disability for the aesthetics of their collaborations and artistic practice through in-depth interviews with twelve Belgian non-disabled performing artists. The findings show that…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Theater Arts, Artists, Attitudes toward Disabilities
The Ephemerality of Bearing Witness: Participatory Refugee Theatre with Syrian Young Adults in Exile
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Sofie de Smet; Mark Fleishman; Cécile Rousseau; Christel Stalpaert; Lucia De Haene – Research in Drama Education, 2024
In this essay, we critically reflect upon the ephemeral nature of theatre. Such a reflection becomes particularly important in participatory refugee theatre, since the process of participants' bearing witness to experiences of trauma and violence is emphasised as the core impetus. To this end, we investigate the experiences of Syrian young adults…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Refugees, Theater Arts, Trauma
Playing with Improv(isational) Theatre to Battle Public Speaking Stress
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Casteleyn, Jordi – Research in Drama Education, 2019
Students in secondary education often suffer from public speaking stress, but formal education does not provide any means to support the battle with this anxiety. This study aims at decreasing public speaking stress and increasing public speaking competence via an innovative intervention program that is rooted in the principles of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Public Speaking, Stress Management
The Intern Economy in the Cultural Industry: An Empirical Study of the Demand Side
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Skujina, Ruta; Loots, Ellen – Journal of Education and Work, 2020
Internships are work-based learning experiences, but when they are unpaid and become the standard after formal education, they imply an opportunity cost and could add to the formation of obstacles to the socio-economic mobility that (public) education should seek to attenuate. The present study consists of an evaluation of the intern economy in…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Experiential Learning, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries
Designing and Implementing Virtual Exchange -- A Collection of Case Studies
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Helm, Francesca, Ed.; Beaven, Ana, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2020
Virtual exchange is gaining popularity in formal and non-formal education, partly as a means to internationalise the curriculum, and also to offer more sustainable and inclusive international and intercultural experiences to young people around the world. This volume brings together 19 case studies (17 in higher education and two in youth work) of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Educational Exchange, Higher Education, Youth Programs
Challenges of Digital Preservation for Cultural Heritage Institutions
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Evens, Tom; Hauttekeete, Laurence – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2011
This article elaborates four major issues hampering the sustainability of digital preservation within cultural heritage institutions: digitization, metadata indexes, intellectual property rights management and business models. Using a case-study approach, the digitization of audiovisual collections within the performing arts institutions in…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Archives, Media Adaptation, Preservation