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Arts practice in relation to rights and development has been increasingly a matter of interest to governments, NGO’s and arts practitioners over the past thirty years. This seminar will explore appropriate practice, planning and evaluation in a wide range of international settings. The seminar will privilege theatre – in the widest sense, including dance and music – as the most widespread form of arts practice in this area, but will also deal with forms such as video, writing and photography.
This seminar will include case studies of arts and development projects; theory sessions related to issues of implementation and evaluation; practical workshops; performances and input from a number of UK and international experts working in South America, Africa, Asia and Europe.
The main topics will include:
Appropriate research, planning and partnerships
Implementation – working with communities, governments and funders
Evaluation of arts projects
Development of appropriate methodologies
Provision of training
Building sustainable arts networks
Participant Profile
This seminar is aimed at sharing experience, practice, and theory between cultural policy makers, arts practitioners, development professionals, trainers, educationalists and government officials concerned with issues of promoting empowerment, identity, self-help and creativity amongst marginalised communities of all sorts.
Event Director
Jane Plastow is senior lecturer at The Workshop Theatre, University of Leeds and director of The Eritrea Community-Based Theatre Project, a national project working with the Eritrean Ministry of Education to develop grass-roots theatre practice amongst Eritrea’s nine language groups. She is also consultant to The Gemini Youth Arts Project working with street children in Ethiopia, and has acted as advisor on community arts to a wide range of NGOs and governmental organisations. Jane has worked in a number of East African countries and published extensively on Theatre for Development and African theatre issues with books such as ‘African Theatre and Politics’, ‘African Theatre: Women’ and ‘Theatre Matters’. She works equally as practitioner, director and academic.
Contributors are expected to include:
Adenach Adamsu
GEM TV, Ethiopia
Michael Etherton
Head of regional office: South and Central Asia: Save The Children UK
Prosper Kompraore
Theatre Atelier of Burkina Faso
David Kerr
University of Botswana
John Fox
Welfare State International (Theatre Company)
Paul Heritage
Head of Theatre, Queen Mary and Westfield, University of London
Mind The Gap Theatre Company
Bradford based theatre company working with the learning disabled
Gerri Moriarty
Community artist and arts consultant
Royston Muldoon
Community dance trainer
Rebecca O’Rourke
University of Leeds
Barbara Santos
Centre of Theatre for the Oppressed, Brazil
Provisional Schedule
Sunday 3 February
am Opening reception
Monday 4 February
am The Role of the Arts in Community Development
David Kerr
The NGO Perspective
Michael Etherton
The UK Context
Gerri Morriarty
Small group sharing of experiences
pm Boal theatre workshop
Barbara Santos
Evening Community Video in Ethiopia & sharing of participant videos
Adenach Adamsu
Tuesday 5 February
am Small group workshops*: Community Writing/Community Radio/Prison Theatre
Rebecca O’Rourke,Paul Heritage
pm Planning an Arts Project
Michael Etherton, Paul Heritage, Jane Plastow
Evening Mind The Gap Theatre Performance
Wednesday 6 February
am Small group workshops*: Community Dance/Photography/Theatre for Development
Royston Muldoon, Prosper Kompaore
pm Free for shopping and sightseeing
Evening Project evaluation
David Kerr, Michael Etherton, Gerri Moriarty, Jane Plastow
Thursday 7 February
am/pm Welfare State multi-arts workshop and group performance
John Fox & Welfare State Theatre artists
Evening Closing dinner
Friday 8 February
am Plenary
Discussion on learning outcomes and ways forward
*Participants will chose one workshop to attend
Numbers
There are places for up to 35 participants
Fully residential fee: £1450
The fee will include:
5 nights’ accommodation from Sunday night 3 February 2002 to Thursday night 7 February 2002 inclusive, in an en-suite bedroom
all meals from dinner on Sunday evening 3 February 2002 to lunch on Friday 8 February 2002
full professional programme
social programme (including opening reception)
welcome and farewell packs (containing programme, contributors’ notes, local information etc)
group photograph
experienced Event Manager in attendance throughout the event
emergency medical insurance
The participant or their sponsor / organisation must pay all charges relating to additional accommodation directly to the hotel, and charges may not be referred to the British Council unless previously agreed.
Dates
The event will begin with a reception on the evening of Sunday 3 February 2002, and will finish after lunch on Friday 8 February 2002
Joining Instructions
We will send Joining Instructions to all participants prior to the event. These will include directions to and contact details for the venue, emergency contact information and the latest advised time of arrival.
International Travel
Participants should make their own travel arrangements to and from the venue. We strongly advise all participants to make return reservations before leaving their own country as it may be difficult to make them after arrival at the event.
Insurance
We strongly recommend that participants make their own arrangements for travel and other insurance before leaving their own country.
Cancellation
If obliged to cancel an event, the British Council reserves the right to do so without indemnity, subject to the return of any registration or enrolment fee already paid.
Applications
As the number of places available on the event is limited we advise early application.
You may contact International Networking Events by telephone, fax or e-mail to reserve a place on the event. Participants must follow up any reservation with a completed application form as soon as possible. Please send or take your completed application form to your local British Council office, or send it directly to:
International Networking Events
The British Council
1 Beaumont Place
Oxford OX1 2PJ
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0) 1865 316636
Fax: +44 (0) 1865 557368/516590
e-mail: network.events@britishcouncil.org
Alternatively, to ensure a faster response, participants may apply electronically for any INE event through the INE website at: www.britishcouncil.org/networkevents
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