The dramaturgy of theatre fieldtrips: studying cultural relativism in situ

Short fieldtrips offer unique opportunities to teach cultural relativism in context. Through travel, theatrical practices can be experienced as nodes in complex social webs, where the material aspects of performance are inseparable from the people who make, sponsor and attend performances. The autho...

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Published inResearch in drama education Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 173 - 191
Main Author Escobar Varela, Miguel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 03.04.2019
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Active Learning
Cultural Awareness
Cultural factors
cultural relativism
Culture
Drama
Dramaturgy
Environmental Education
Experiential Learning
Field Trips
Fieldtrips
Foreign Countries
Geography Instruction
Human Geography
Indonesia
Outcomes of Education
Performance (Arts)
Relativism
Teaching Methods
Theater
Theater Arts
Travel
Undergraduate Students
wayang kulit
Indonesia
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Summary:Short fieldtrips offer unique opportunities to teach cultural relativism in context. Through travel, theatrical practices can be experienced as nodes in complex social webs, where the material aspects of performance are inseparable from the people who make, sponsor and attend performances. The author reflects on his experiences organising theatre fieldtrips to Indonesia over a six-year period (2013-2018) to think about the implications of travel more generally for the pedagogy of theatre, using concepts from geography, anthropology and theatre studies. Thinking of field trips as dramaturgical processes provides a framework to better devise, conduct and evaluate such trips.
ISSN:1356-9783
1470-112X
DOI:10.1080/13569783.2019.1568865