Applied Theatre: Ethics

Kirsten Sadeghi-Yekta is Associate Professor of Applied Theatre in the Faculty of Fine Arts at University of Victoria, Canada. Monica Prendergast is Professor of Drama/Theatre Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Victoria, Canada.

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PART ONE - How We Can Be Together

1. Introduction: Being Together, Kirsten Sadeghi-Yekta (University of Victoria, Canada) and Monica Prendergast (University of Victoria, Canada)

2. Indigenous Perspectives on Ethics and Theatre, Ruby Peter (Quw'utsun' Tribes, Canada) Kim Senklip Harvey (theatre practitioner, Canada), Deneh’Cho Thompson (University of Saskatchewan, Canada), Thomas Jones (University of Victoria, Canada), and Jill Carter (University of Toronto, Canada) with Kirsten Sadeghi-Yekta (University of Victoria, Canada)

3. Ethical Discourse in Applied Theatre: An Historiographic and Curricular Literature Review, Monica Prendergast (University of Victoria, Canada)

4. A Dialogue with James Thompson: Paper Airplanes, Good Care and Working Alongside Each Other, Kirsten Sadeghi-Yekta (University of Victoria, Canada)

PART TWO - Examples of Togetherness

5. Towards a ‘First Philosophy’ of Applied Theatre: Practice of Freedom Embedded in Responsibility for the Other, Syed Jamil Ahmed (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)

6. For an Ethic of Critical Generosity: Facilitating Productive Discomfort in Applied Theatre Praxis, Dani Snyder-Young (Northeastern University, USA)

7. Off the Record: Can We Just Have a Conversation? An Ethics of Acceptance Approach for Applied Theatre Practice and Research, Trudy Pauluth-Penner (University of Victoria, Canada)

8.‘ Dark Night Ends’: The Ethics of Vulnerability in Applied Theatre, Zoe Zontou (Liverpool Hope University, UK)

9. Responsibility for the Other: An Ethic of Care in Applied Theatre Practice in Greek Refugee Camps, Anita Hallewas (UNSW, Australia)

10. Tensions & Ethics of Engagement: Utilizing Applied Theatre in the Context of Police Training, Yasmine Kandil (University of Victoria, Canada)

11. Ethics of Precarity in Applied Theatre: A Case Study from Nigeria, Taiwo Afolabi (University of Regina, Canada, and University of Johannesburg, South Africa)

12. Research Ethics as Censorship in Applied Theatre, Sheila Christie (Cape Breton University, Canada)

13. Colonial Adventurism in Applied Theatre: An Ethical Self-Critique, Dennis D. Gupa (University of Victoria, Canada)

14. Locked-down with Ikigai. Initial Thoughts on the Essential Void, Ruwanthie de Chickera (theatre practitioner, Sri Lanka)

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