Theatre for Development: An overview
Theatre for Development: An overview
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发展剧场:概述
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2002
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M. Nogueira
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M. Nogueira
I would like to discuss the term Theatre for Development (TFD) by addressing the theatre practice developed by a group of women in Mundemba Sub-Division, Cameroon, which was presented in Anne Tanyi-Tang’s article Theatre for Change: an analysis of two performances by women in Mundemba Sub-Division (RIDE 6, p. 23). To have a clearer perspective on ‘Theatre for Development’, it is useful to understand the so-called ‘era of development’ started after the Second World War, gaining a critical view of the associated development policies arising from this period. This ‘era of development’ saw the ‘ rst world’, under the guidance of the United States, de ne policies in relation to the former colonies, now generally called ‘underdeveloped’ countries. As part of the aim of ‘helping to raise the standards of living’, the proposal was to introduce Western models of development to these countries. ‘The green revolution’ was an example of the Western model of development implemented in many third world countries. The idea was that a new, mechanised plantation system based on cash-crop production for export should replace the previous ‘backward’ traditional agriculture techniques. The problem was that, as part of the so-called ‘low productive systems’ small farmers had at least been able to grow food for their family and community. When the new systems were introduced (working for cash crops and having men’s work replaced by machines), instead of bene ting the communities, the results led to the expulsion of millions of people from their land, all over the world, and caused an unprecedented scale of hunger. Escobar calls it a theatre of death: