ERIC Number: EJ1436666
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-1356-9783
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The Kickstart Drama Project: Performing 'Small' Acts of Solidarity in Singapore
Natalie Lazaroo; Sophiaan bin Subhan; Carla Tapia Parada
Research in Drama Education, v29 n3 p439-454 2024
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.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Change, Activism, Citizen Participation, Group Unity, Poverty, Dramatics
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Singapore
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