Playwriting & Dramaturgy MLitt
Applied Theatre: Contextual Practices and Critical Pedagogies THEATRE5041
- Academic Session: 2024-25
- School: School of Culture and Creative Arts
- Credits: 20
- Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
- Typically Offered: Semester 2
- Available to Visiting Students: No
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
Short Description
This introductory course offers insights into the critical and theoretical frameworks, as well as the wide-ranging practices and outputs associated with applied arts theatre. Through a range of participatory learning methods, students will be asked to combine an exploration of the ethical and representational issues at play within this field of theatre-making, with the development of skills required to further pursue a career in the socially-engaged, justice orientated arts sector.
Timetable
8 x 3 hour in-person Seminars
Excluded Courses
None
Co-requisites
None
Assessment
Equivalent of 1000-reflection in either a BLOG, Audio Recording or VLOG format (20%)
2,500 word essay focused on Case Studies (50%)
Project Proposal Workshop Presentation (group assessed) (30%)
Course Aims
This course aims to:
■ Provide an overview of the rich local and international historical legacy of applied and/or community theatre
■ Introduce leading ethical and academic discourses surrounding applied theatre in a contemporary context
■ Offer insights into the wide-ranging pedagogies that are employed within applied theatre practice, as well as the broad contexts within which these processes take place
■ Strengthen students' knowledge of practical, logistical and creative skills required to practice applied theatre in a professional context
■ Provide a learning experience that expands each student's experience of participatory methods in practice
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to:
■ Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the key theoretical and critical discourses underpinning contemporary applied theatre
■ Apply an intellectual and ethical rigour when examining the relevant pedagogical and methodological approaches taken across the professional discipline
■ Reflect openly, and critically about their own positionality in relation to the applied or community contexts they are interested in engaging with
■ Demonstrate an embodied understanding of facilitation, collaboration and key creative practices that are central to applied theatre-making processes
■ Produce written, oral and creative work that illuminates on the core course strands, and reflects their developed knowledge across the time-frame of the module
Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits
Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.