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<p>Drama facilitation takes place in “social world” spacetimes that are governed by hegemonic norms. These are created by a complex interplay of global historical processes, the specifics of local factors in the present, and the experience of participants. In Merseyside, UK, these processes create intersectional oppression, which, despite a rhetoric of “inclusion,” renders engagement in creative work either uncomfortable or unobtainable for diasporic and working-class communities in the area. These communities also continue to disproportionately experience various forms of violence. Our response is a trauma-informed “conscientization through the body,” using an eclectic mix of emergent methodologies that intentionally co-create emancipatory spacetimes.</p>
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Drama facilitation takes place in “social world” spacetimes that are governed by hegemonic norms. These are created by a complex interplay of global historical processes, the specifics of local factors in the present, and the experience of participants. In Merseyside, UK, these processes create intersectional oppression, which, despite a rhetoric of “inclusion,” renders engagement in creative work either uncomfortable or unobtainable for diasporic and working-class communities in the area. These communities also continue to disproportionately experience various forms of violence. Our response is a trauma-informed “conscientization through the body,” using an eclectic mix of emergent methodologies that intentionally co-create emancipatory spacetimes.

What should the rules be – or should there be rules? Embodied popular education and the production of facilitated space

Co-Artistic Director (Research) at Collective Encounters; PGR at Edge Hill University

Executive Director at Collective Encounters, and Master’s Candidate at Italia Conti

Member of the Collective Encounters Radical Researchers Group

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Drama facilitation takes place in “social world” spacetimes that are governed by hegemonic norms. These are created by a complex interplay of global historical...

What should the rules be – or should there be rules? Embodied popular education and the production of facilitated space

Published Online: Jun 27, 2024

Page range: 1 - 13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tjcp-2024-0012

Keywords
Participation, drama, communities of practice, trauma, social change

© 2024 Aidan Jolly et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Public License.

What should the rules be – or should there be rules? Embodied popular education and the production of facilitated space

Published Online: Jun 27, 2024

Page range: 1 - 13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tjcp-2024-0012

KeywordsParticipation, drama, communities of practice, trauma, social change

© 2024 Aidan Jolly et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Public License.

Keywords
Participation, drama, communities of practice, trauma, social change