Raising social consciousness through verbatim theatre: a realist evaluation
Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: Background: Verbatim theatre has the potential to raise social consciousness around difficult social issues, but consideration needs to be given to the philosophical and practice aspects of evaluating social consciousness. Methods: A mixed methods design consisting of survey and ethnographic data was used within Realist frameworks. Results: Four Context-Mechanism-Outcome configurations were developed. These allowed exploration of transformative learning as the key to understanding how verbatim theatre could raise social consciousness. Conclusions: From a Critical Realist perspective, verbatim theatre can potentially raise social consciousness through a transformative learning mechanism that consists of emotional and cognitive components. However, a number of factors need to be taken into consideration.
Source: Arts & Health
Author: Wendy Madsen
Institution: Central Queensland University
Language: English
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Arts Queensland
OpenAlex ID: W2736851189