Theatre Pedagogy in the Era of Climate Crisis

David Fancy editor Conrad Alexandrowicz editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:4th May '21

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This volume explores whether theatre pedagogy can and should be transformed in response to the global climate crisis.

Conrad Alexandrowicz and David Fancy present an innovative re-imagining of the ways in which the art of theatre, and the pedagogical apparatus that feeds and supports it, might contribute to global efforts in climate protest and action. Comprised of contributions from a broad range of scholars and practitioners, the volume explores whether an adherence to aesthetic values can be preserved when art is instrumentalized as protest and considers theatre as a tool to be employed by the School Strike for Climate movement. Considering perspectives from areas including performance, directing, production, design, theory and history, this book will prompt vital discussions which could transform curricular design and implementation in the light of the climate crisis.

Theatre Pedagogy in the Era of Climate Crisis will be of great interest to students, scholars and practitioners of climate change and theatre and performance studies.

"This collection is an important contribution to the urgent conversations concerning the climate crisis and how theatre artists and scholars can address these pressing topics through activism, Indigenous knowledge systems, performance pedagogies, and performance." -- Rachel Bowditch, Professor, Director of Graduate Studies for Theatre and Dance, Arizona State University, USA

"I am overwhelmed by a deep and personal gratitude for this book. The collection succeeds in employing performance to address the failure of imagination that is the root cause of the climate crisis. It offers a healing pedagogy to dress the wounds of individuality, and the consumer/dominator culture, towards a human/nature, mind/body unity, dissolving into a great wide belonging. Deeply philosophical and refreshingly practical, this is an essential book for enacting an equitable, survivable and thrive-able future for all life." -- Beth Osnes, Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Colorado, USA

ISBN: 9780367541545

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

214 pages