Interrogating the value of theatre-based methodologies as a research tool for addressing the effects of violence on young people's education pathways

质疑基于戏剧的方法作为解决暴力对年轻人教育途径影响的研究工具的价值

• 批准号: AH/S003800/1
• 负责人: Polly Wilding
• 金额: $ 6.98万
• 依托单位: University of Leeds
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FS003800%2F1
• 关键词: Interrogating; value; theatre; based; methodologies

OverviewBrazil faces excessively high rates of violence, with homicide rates similar to conflict zones. These extreme rates of violence impact on everyday interactions and relations, and on all public institutions, including schools. This network therefore explores how violence restricts education pathways/access, in ways that reflect localised patterns of inequality, such as gender, race, class, and sexualities. Members share a concern for the emotional and physical well-being of young people affected by extreme levels of everyday violence, and a curiosity in the potential role of theatre methods in deepening our understanding of how people live with exposure to everyday violence. The network will incorporate a pilot study in a high school in North East Brazil, where violence rates are exceptionally high, in order to focus and deepen the discussion on the value of using applied-theatre methods to create safe spaces for pupils and teachers to express their experiences. This collaboration between academics and practitioners, between arts and humanities research and practice, and development and education policy and research will therefore road-test and refine a theatre-based model for researching everyday violence as an urgent and persistent challenge. The issueLatin America has the highest homicide rates in the world for non-conflict zones, which are focused primarily in cities. High levels of interpersonal violence go largely unreported, and rates of violence against women are high. Different groups of people face different sorts of threats and levels of vulnerability. Young people have to deal with the fear, threat and reality of violence, in the home, at school, on the street, and in their relationships with authorities. Evidence suggests that all forms of violence have negative consequences for educational experience, but also negative school experiences are an indicator for future involvement in violent crime. This multidirectional relationship between violence and education, as well as the disengagement this can produce among teachers, is an issue in need of urgent responses. Why theatre?This problem emphasises the need to foster creative and safe spaces that allow young people to express emotions, bodily responses, and social practices that can otherwise get missed in the precarious environment they inhabit. The arts have a long tradition of working for non violence and exploring the ways in which people are impacted by politics, power and discrimination. Moreover, there is a parallel between the expressive use of the body in theatre-based activities, and the body as the target of violence. This convergence offers a creative route for understanding the way people experience violence, physically and emotionally. Activities and outcomesThis work will provide methodological innovation, and fresh insights into the impacts of violence on education. The network will come together to discuss plan, deliver and evaluate a pilot, exploring the value of theatre-based approaches as a research methodology. In particular, the network is interested in unpacking the precise insights produced by theatre methods, and their suitability for investigating such a sensitive and complex topic. The network aims to produce learning that can be shared with professionals and practitioners in the worlds of policy and practice in addressing the impact of the protracted crisis of everyday violence on young people's (YP) education pathways. Secondly, the network will develop a research proposal to build on the knowledge and practices developed, to explore the potential use of theatre approaches in other settings, and the potential of these methodological tools to function not only as tools for research, but also to provide future solutions to these issues.

概述巴西面临过高的暴力发生率，凶杀率与冲突地区相似。这些极端的暴力发生率影响了日常互动和关系，以及包括学校在内的所有公共机构。因此，该网络探讨暴力如何限制教育途径/机会，以反映局部不平等模式，例如性别、种族、阶级和性取向。成员们都关心受到极端程度的日常暴力影响的年轻人的情感和身体健康，并且对戏剧方法在加深我们对人们如何生活在日常暴力中的理解方面的潜在作用感到好奇。该网络将在暴力发生率极高的巴西东北部的一所高中进行试点研究，以便集中和深化对使用应用戏剧方法为学生和教师创造安全空间来表达他们的经历的价值的讨论。因此，学术界与从业者之间、艺术与人文学科研究与实践、发展与教育政策与研究之间的合作将路试并完善基于剧场的模型，将日常暴力研究作为一项紧迫而持久的挑战。拉丁美洲的非冲突地区凶杀率是世界上最高的，主要集中在城市。大量的人际暴力大多没有得到报道，针对妇女的暴力发生率也很高。不同的人群面临不同类型的威胁和脆弱程度。年轻人必须应对暴力的恐惧、威胁和现实，无论是在家里、在学校、在街上，还是在与当局的关系中。有证据表明，所有形式的暴力都会对教育经历产生负面影响，而且负面的学校经历也是未来参与暴力犯罪的一个指标。暴力与教育之间的这种多向关系，以及由此可能导致教师脱离接触的问题，是一个需要紧急应对的问题。为什么选择剧院？这个问题强调需要培育创造性和安全的空间，让年轻人能够表达情感、身体反应和社会实践，否则他们可能会在他们所居住的不稳定环境中错过这些。艺术有着致力于非暴力并探索人们受到政治、权力和歧视影响的方式的悠久传统。此外，在戏剧活动中对身体的表达性使用与作为暴力目标的身体之间存在相似之处。这种融合为理解人们在身体和情感上经历暴力的方式提供了一条创造性的途径。活动和成果这项工作将为暴力对教育的影响提供方法创新和新见解。该网络将聚集在一起讨论计划、交付和评估试点，探索基于战区的方法作为研究方法的价值。该网络特别有兴趣解开戏剧方法产生的精确见解，以及它们是否适合调查这样一个敏感而复杂的话题。该网络旨在提供可与政策和实践领域的专业人士和从业者分享的学习成果，以解决长期的日常暴力危机对年轻人（YP）教育途径的影响。其次，该网络将制定一项研究提案，以所开发的知识和实践为基础，探索戏剧方法在其他环境中的潜在用途，以及这些方法工具的潜力，不仅作为研究工具，而且还为这些问题提供未来的解决方案。