15.3221, FYI: Call for Papers: Drama & Social Transformation

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Subject: 15.3221, FYI: Call for Papers:  Drama & Social Transformation

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Date: 15-Nov-2004
From: Marnie Carroll < marniecarroll at yahoo.com >
Subject: Call for Papers:  Drama & Social Transformation



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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:04:03
From: Marnie Carroll < marniecarroll at yahoo.com >
Subject: Call for Papers:  Drama & Social Transformation


Praxis: Drama as Reflective Action for Social Transformation

Praxis has been defined as 'the action and reflection of people
upon their world in order to transform it' (Friere 1972) and
'the act of reflectively constructing or reconstructing the social
world' (Grundy 1987).  Arendt (1958) described praxis as being
reflective of a relationship between individuals and
their wider community.  What is fundamental to the concept of
praxis is that it is the integration of reflection with action, or
simply, it is action informed by theory, with a view to transformation
of the larger social community.  The nature of this interaction
may be that theory transforms action, which may in
turn reshape theory, and so on, in an holistic relationship.
It is also essential to this concept that the individuals and/or
community are empowered to decide on the changes best suited
to their specific contexts, and are enabled to
identify or develop the tools to effect such change.

With this orientation in mind, we are seeking article submissions
for an edited book on the social uses of drama and dramatic
techniques (broadly defined).  The focus of the volume is explicitly
interdisciplinary in that we are looking for pieces that combine
techniques and approaches from drama with sociological
perspectives and frameworks such that drama is used for practical
social purposes contextualised by sociological thinking. Submissions
should demonstrate either implicitly or explicitly why dramatic
techniques are especially or uniquely appropriate in effecting social
change, critique, and/or action.  The unique characteristics of
drama/dramatic techniques, such as spontaneity (in the
case of improvisation), use of role-play as a testing ground for
interactions, or physicality in terms of bringing ideas and thoughts
into an embodied form of expression would be relevant.  The overall
goal  of the project is to elucidate how using drama for social purposes
is essentially different from using art, sport, writing, music, or other
activities.

We expect that submissions will span a number of areas, including
the uses of drama in the following:

--  The acculturation process for immigrants and asylum seekers
(for example, learning intercultural body language and communication)

--  The development of an open awareness and acceptance of other
cultures and subcultures by social work professionals

--  Working with offenders

--  Education (including language acquisition)

--  Training in a range of issues including disability, children's issues
and rights, and women's issues (for example, use of role play scenarios
in teaching about date rape)

We also expect and hope that authors will represent a variety of fields
and professions, including sociology, psychology and counselling,
social policy, social care and social work, drama and theatre, and
media and communications.

It is, however, crucial that submissions do not describe a practical
setting or activity without explicitly embedding that practice within
sociological theory with a view to social change, as the aim of this
volume is to bring out those interdisciplinary links between drama
and sociology.  Submissions should be approximately
5,000-10,000 words, typed double spaced, and should use Harvard
referencing style.  Deadline: March 1, 2005.  (Abstracts may also be
submitted via email for consideration well prior to the deadline.)

Please send two hard copies by post to either:

Dr. Marnie Carroll
13C Seton Plaza
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508
USA

or

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick
School of Humanities
Dept. of Applied Arts
Waterford Institute of Technology
Waterford
IRELAND

Queries can be answered by email to marniecarroll at yahoo.com
or lfitzpatrick at wit.ie



Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; General
Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Linguistic Theories; Pragmatics;
Psycholinguistics; Semantics; Sociolinguistics




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