Playing in a house of mirrors : applied theatre as reflective practice / edited by Elinor Vettraino and Warren Linds.

Includes bibliographical references.

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This book explores the concept of reflection through a dramaturgical lens as practitioners in a wide range of disciplines hold up the mirror to their own practice using theatre and theatricality as a way of unpacking their individual and collective practice. Editors and authors consider the use of drama as the vehicle through which learning takes place for the leader, facilitator or manager of an experience rather than the use of drama and theatre as a tool for learning subject content. Reflective practice is an often cited term in the professional thesaurus of educators, social work practitioners and health care workers. It is perhaps less commonly thought of as the purview of leaders of industry, marketing managers and scientists. We define reflective practice in this context as the development of capacities to reflect on actions, behaviours and attitudes that impact on your own practice, or on the way others engage in their practice, so as to be part of a process of continuous learning. It is therefore crucial for any professional to understand how and why we behave and interact with others the way we do.

TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD: A Prepositional Proposition -- REFERENCES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: Playing in a House of Mirrors: Applied Theatre as Reflective Practice -- APPLIED THEATRE -- WHAT IS REFLECTIVE PRACTICE? -- ELEMENTS OF REFLECTIVE PRACTICE -- Reflection as Collective Process -- Creativity and Improvisation and Emergence -- Reflection as Embodiment -- REFLECTION AS, AND THROUGH, PRAXIS AND METAXIS -- Praxis -- Metaxis -- Reflection as an Opening to New Worlds -- Deepening Reflection -- Reflection as Narrative, Storytelling and Metaphor -- Reflection as Diffraction.

The End of the Beginning -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- 1. "YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!": Working with Scripts of Classroom Resistance in Forum Theatre -- INTRODUCTION -- EMERGENCE OF A RESEARCH QUESTION -- A FORUM THEATRE PROJECT: CONTEXT, METHOD, AND STORIES -- A Forum Theatre Scenario: The "F♯*% You" Story -- The Dissolving of a Research Script -- CONCLUSION -- "Awake the Kraken!" -- REFERENCES -- 2. TRANSFORMING REFLECTION THROUGH A FORUM THEATRE LEARNING APPROACH IN HEALTH EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING CONTEXT -- THE CONCEPT AND PROCESS OF BOAL'S FORUM THEATRE.

FORUM LEARNING IN PRACTICE WITH DIABETES EDUCATORS -- A SCENARIO EXAMPLE -- FORUM LEARNING AS A REFLECTIVE LEARNING APPROACH -- THE REFLECTIVE IMPACT OF FORUM LEARNING ON HEALTH PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 3. THE USE OF INTERACTIVE THEATRE IN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND AWARENESS RAISING -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- THE DIGITAL DIVIDE -- INTERACTIVE THEATRE FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING -- INTERACTIVE THEATRE WITHIN COMPUTING RESEARCH -- RESEARCH PROJECTS -- AWARENESS-RAISING WITHIN AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE SETTING.

AWARENESS RAISING AMONG COMPUTER TECHNOLOGISTS AND DESIGNERS -- THEATRE AS A RESEARCH TOOL FOR A "REQUIREMENTS GATHERING METHODOLOGY" -- The TV Chatting Experience -- A Scrapbook of Memories -- The TV Reminder -- RESEARCHERS BECOME STAGE MANAGERS -- SMART HOMES -- FACILITATING A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY CONVERSATION. -- USE OF HOT SEATING IN CONJUNCTION WITH FILM -- THE BENEFITS OF INTERACTIVE THEATRE IN TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS -- FINAL REFLECTIONS BY THE AUTHORS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- \REFERENCES -- CHAPTER AUTHORS HOLDING UP THE MIRROR TO THEIR EXPERIENCES OF WRITING.

4A. EXPLORING THE 6-PART-STORY METHOD AS PERFORMATIVE REFLECTION: Reflections on Embodied Storytelling -- THE 6PSM EXPLAINED -- DEVELOPING THE 6PSM FOR REFLECTIVE PRACTICE -- Moving the Mountain -- Brian's Story -- The Cat and the Boat-Fish -- Tracey's Story -- Dealing with the Girl in the Cage -- Lynn's Story -- ARCHETYPE, METAPHOR AND THE 6PSM -- CROSSING THE THRESHOLD INTO FICTIVE REALITY -- METAXIS AND SELF KNOWLEDGE THROUGH FICTIONAL EMBODIMENT -- 'THE MONSTER WAS INSIGNIFICANT' -- CONCLUDING THOUGHTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES.

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