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Poverty alleviation and identification of strategies
through development theatre: A participatory action
research
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Researcher : Rajib Parves
Project Status : On-going
The main objective of the project is to develop
a group of animators through development theatre who
will work with the working communities for improving
their intellectual and decision - making capacities.
Animators so evolved from the project will apply Participatory
Action Research methodology. Specific objectives of
the project are to:
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Inquire about the causes, nature and extent of
poverty; |
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To develop the working people of the rural villages
as self -dependent through improving their intellectual
and decision making capabilities; |
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Application of Paolo Freirie's technique in problem
identification; |
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Diversifying the use of developmental participatory
theatre for poverty alleviation and developing the
working class people as the multipliers of awareness
creating force; |
| 5. |
Identification of collective initiatives for poverty
alleviation and strategies to implement it; and
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| 6. |
Creating a group of animators through practicing
action research who will later shoulder the responsibility
of future PAR in the study area. |
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| The researcher will use a mixture of '' Forum Theatre''
and PAR methodology. According to '' Forum Theatre'',
the members of the group will identify their own problems,
which they will try to present before the audience through
drama. In the second stage, these groups will present
their drama before the audience. The audience, through
the drama, will be invited to solve the problems presented.
At this stage, a conservation and discussion will be initiated
among the actors of the drama and the audience. |
