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ERIC Number: ED667385
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024
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ISBN: 978-1-5296-8848-1
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Available Date: 2024-03-21
Challenging Adultism by Using Forum Theatre as a Research Method to Explore Young People's Understandings of Social Issues in Underserved Communities. Sage Research Methods: Diversifying and Decolonizing Research
Leyla Safta-Zecheria; Mihaela Mitescu-Manea; Francisca Hortensia Virag
Sage Research Methods Cases
Forum theatre is a drama-based dialogic method proposed by Boal (2008) that can be used as a participatory research method to document how young people make sense of the world around them. In forum theatre, collaboratively authored situations are put forward by groups of people working collectively to illustrate instances of oppression. The play is then acted out by nonprofessional actors, and the "audience" is invited to participate. The goal is to collectively transform the action to disempower oppressors and overcome situations of oppression. The present case study reports on two instances of using forum theatre to document the meaning-making processes of adolescents about social issues that were understood by researchers as pressing to the young people's communities: migration and educational equity in the context marked by the COVID-19 pandemic. The case study shows how forum theatre can help create a space in which young people can actively engage in meaning-making processes. Thus, young people retain agency in the meaning-making processes, helping overcome traditional adultist research perspectives. However, the very open participatory research process may also challenge researchers working to a tightly defined research agenda. To address these issues, forum-theatre methodology can be used in conjunction with other participatory research methods, such as photovoice or ethnography. [This content is provided in the format of an e-book.]
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Publication Type: Books; Non-Print Media; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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