03537nam a22004335i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001600153072001500169072002300184072001500207100007500222245010400297250001800401264008500419300004400504336002600548337002600574338003600600347002400636520202600660650001302686650002202699650002602721650005402747650004202801650002502843650002102868710003402889773002602923776003602949776003602985776003603021856004603057978-3-031-55725-5DE-He21320251030112036.0cr nn 008mamaa240511s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830315572557 a10.1007/978-3-031-55725-52doi 4aPN2000-3307 7aAN2bicssc 7aPER0110002bisacsh 7aATD2thema1 aSmith, Bobby.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aTheatre and Global Developmenth[electronic resource] :bPerforming Partnerships /cby Bobby Smith.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer International Publishing :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aXVII, 239 p. 5 illus.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda  aHow do theatre and development partnerships operate? What issues impede collaborations between various institutions and individuals? Why do relations between global North and South partners often fail to reflect important values such as equality, reciprocity and mutual benefit? This is the first book to examine theatre and global development partnerships. It focusses on the UK and East African countries of Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, presenting the author’s own experiences, case study analyses and perspectives from practitioners and scholars involved in theatre and development. It argues that simplistic binaries pervade partnerships, whereby the global North is regarded as ‘modern’ and ‘developed’ versus the ‘under-developed’ global South. This results in unequal power relations between collaborators, less effective projects with communities, and a lack of reciprocity and mutual benefit. Consequently, this book revitalises how we conceptualise partnerships. Issues such as widening inequalities, conflict, health and the climate crisis impact all countries. How, then, can we work across borders to support interconnected learning and action on these challenges? In this regard, principles of solidarity and mutual responsibility, as well as critical openness, enable us to reflect honestly about the failures of the partnerships we participate in and move beyond simplistic binaries of global North and South. The book is of importance to applied and socially engaged performance scholars and practitioners, and to development workers interested in arts and social change. Bobby Smith is Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies and course director of the MA Applied Theatre at the University of Warwick, UK. Through his research, creative practice and teaching he aims to develop innovative approaches to activism, education, and social change. He has worked internationally to explore issues including violence prevention, health education, peacebuilding and the climate crisis. 0aTheater. 0aTheaterxHistory. 0aEconomic development.14aGlobal and International Theatre and Performance.24aContemporary Theatre and Performance.24aDevelopment Studies.24aApplied Theatre.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303155724808iPrinted edition:z978303155726208iPrinted edition:z978303155727940uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55725-5