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Mackie-Stephenson, Ayshia – Research in Drama Education, 2022
Sara Baartman (Venus Hottentot) was an African teenager lured to Europe to perform for audiences in 1810; her genitals and brain were posthumously dissected, pickled and museumized. In 2016, 'Venus Hottentot: A Short Play' was staged at The University of MA, Amherst, and the audience participated in free writing at the end of the performance. The…
Descriptors: Performance, Ethnography, Audiences, Theater Arts
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Jones, Jonathan P. – Teaching Artist Journal, 2018
Social change develops over time, but it begins with individual and collective actions by real people. In the current American atmosphere of resistance, activism, and art-ivism, what are the tools that artists can employ to motivate audience members to act? This article illuminates the call to action, an essential element of persuasive speaking…
Descriptors: Social Change, Activism, Theater Arts, Performance