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Prison a/r/tography: the aesthetic of 'captive' masculinities
Contemporary artists have been successful in breaking into prisons and persuading the prison institutions, the general public and prison educators to legitimize artistic activity. However, the discourses on prison theatre have been largely dominated by therapeutic and rehabilitative agendas, possibl...
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| author | Chinhanu, Chiedza Adelaide |
| author2 | Baxter, Veronica |
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| description | Contemporary artists have been successful in breaking into prisons and persuading the prison institutions, the general public and prison educators to legitimize artistic activity. However, the discourses on prison theatre have been largely dominated by therapeutic and rehabilitative agendas, possibly at the expense of theatre practice - its aesthetic strategies, and aural and visual qualities. This research comes against such a background. The research project was developed in response to the debates and concerns about artistic work in applied prison theatre. It was located at the borders of what can be articulated about aesthetic intervention 'without purpose' in a prison setting; - without purpose in the sense of eschewing big claims of social and psychological efficacy. Through the practice of a/r/tography, which is a means of inquiry through a method of art making, the research examined what is possible about the work. Of particular interest was the potential to explore possibilities for aesthetic intervention understandings and nuances in prison theatre. Be that as it may, although there was a conscious moving away from the applied umbrella as overtly instrumentalist, it can be argued from the findings that there is a possible tension of falling under the umbrella. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/25018 Prison a/r/tography: the aesthetic of 'captive' masculinities Chinhanu, Chiedza Adelaide Baxter, Veronica Applied Drama and Theatre Studies Contemporary artists have been successful in breaking into prisons and persuading the prison institutions, the general public and prison educators to legitimize artistic activity. However, the discourses on prison theatre have been largely dominated by therapeutic and rehabilitative agendas, possibly at the expense of theatre practice - its aesthetic strategies, and aural and visual qualities. This research comes against such a background. The research project was developed in response to the debates and concerns about artistic work in applied prison theatre. It was located at the borders of what can be articulated about aesthetic intervention 'without purpose' in a prison setting; - without purpose in the sense of eschewing big claims of social and psychological efficacy. Through the practice of a/r/tography, which is a means of inquiry through a method of art making, the research examined what is possible about the work. Of particular interest was the potential to explore possibilities for aesthetic intervention understandings and nuances in prison theatre. Be that as it may, although there was a conscious moving away from the applied umbrella as overtly instrumentalist, it can be argued from the findings that there is a possible tension of falling under the umbrella. 2017-09-01T14:19:19Z 2017-09-01T14:19:19Z 2017 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25018 eng application/pdf Department of Drama Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Applied Drama and Theatre Studies Chinhanu, Chiedza Adelaide Prison a/r/tography: the aesthetic of 'captive' masculinities |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Prison a/r/tography: the aesthetic of 'captive' masculinities |
| title_full | Prison a/r/tography: the aesthetic of 'captive' masculinities |
| title_fullStr | Prison a/r/tography: the aesthetic of 'captive' masculinities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prison a/r/tography: the aesthetic of 'captive' masculinities |
| title_short | Prison a/r/tography: the aesthetic of 'captive' masculinities |
| title_sort | prison a r tography the aesthetic of captive masculinities |
| topic | Applied Drama and Theatre Studies |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25018 |
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