education Archives - Poor theatres: theatre, performance, poverty http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk Sat, 23 Jun 2018 07:17:26 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 A sense of Agency… http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/a-sense-of-agency/ Thu, 16 Jul 2015 15:56:10 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=683 Post by Naomi Paxton On Saturday 11th April, the Agency project held a Fun Day at the Miners Community Arts and Music Centre in Moston, North Manchester. The event was open to the whole community and was a showcase for the work of five young Agents the project developed and […]

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]]> ‘Sinking stages’ – Jeremy Bentham and the education of pauper children http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/sinking-stages-jeremy-bentham-and-the-education-of-pauper-children/ http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/sinking-stages-jeremy-bentham-and-the-education-of-pauper-children/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:30:40 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=132 Post by Jenny Hughes Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), famously Liberal and utilitarian, is perhaps best known for his advocacy of ‘panopticon’ architectures for prisons, asylums, hospitals and schools. A panopticon is a circular building, with cells on an outside perimeter and an inspection tower in the centre. They are constructed according […]

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]]> http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/sinking-stages-jeremy-bentham-and-the-education-of-pauper-children/feed/ 38 Training the pauper child – musical performance http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/training-the-pauper-child-musical-performance/ http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/training-the-pauper-child-musical-performance/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2014 10:06:34 +0000 http://blog.poortheatres.manchester.ac.uk/?p=111 Post by Jenny Hughes Musical performance – singing, playing an instrument, performing in an orchestral or brass band – was a core part of the educational curriculum for the poor child in the 19th century. Musical performance was seen as a means of personal and social education and a disciplinary […]

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