DatabaseArchives - Poor theatres: theatre, performance, poverty http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:23:02 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Collaborative Perspectives on Online Presence http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/collaborative-perspectives-on-online-presence-researching-theatre-and-poverty/ Fri, 05 Feb 2016 17:26:23 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=1188 Jenny Hughes and Carran Waterfield This blog post is based on our presentation at the North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership ‘Promoting Collaborative Research Through Your Online Profile’ event on 25th January 2016 – we were invited to talk to PhD students about how we used online presence to support […]

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]]> Documenting precarious theatres – precariously … http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/documenting-precarious-theatres-precariously/ Fri, 29 Jan 2016 09:25:48 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=1176 Post by Jenny Hughes The first phase of the poor theatres research is about to end and it’s time for a blog post that reflects on the process of putting together the free online resource on theatre, poverty and economic justice initiatives available on these webpages. On this database there are […]

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]]> Cycles of change – the methodology of The Agency http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/cycles-of-change-the-methodology-of-the-agency/ Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:22:43 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=1151 Post by Naomi Paxton The idea for and methodology of The Agency was originally developed by Marcus Faustini in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2010. Wanting to ’empower young people to become agents of change’, to challenge stereotypes and encourage young people to change their own communities for the […]

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]]> ‘Humanising our public spaces’ http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/humanising-our-public-spaces/ Thu, 06 Aug 2015 15:32:20 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=726 Post by Jenny Hughes ‘Some suggested areas of work include: Community led design – railings, pavings, play areas etc.; Arts and cultural festivals – to celebrate communities; Community development projects – video, photography, local history, drama; Tenants news – local community art input; Art to support finding bids – use […]

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]]> Call out to theatre projects engaging with poverty, inequality and economic justice http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/calling-theatre-projects-engaging-with-poverty-inequality-and-economic-justice/ Thu, 30 Apr 2015 16:43:22 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=574 Click here for a Portuguese translation of this post Click here for a French translation of this post Click here for a Spanish translation of this post Are you a theatre-maker or theatre organisation addressing poverty, economic inequality, or engaging with economically hard-up groups? What methods and approaches of theatre-making, participation […]

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