A participatory arts application of Playback Theatre to transitional justice in Sri Lanka

Cymbeline Buhler King, Rev J. Sivagnanam, S. De Silva

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Abstract

Responding to transitional justice circumstances in Sri Lanka, Theatre of Friendship connects groups from Tamil, Sinhala and Muslim backgrounds. We use Playback Theatre as a participatory arts approach to transitional justice, working to build covenantal pluralism. As our work has evolved, we have extended the principle of emergence within Playback Theatre to broaden the mix of artistic disciplines we use. This gives us greater scope to adapt, which in turn encourages local ownership.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)126-142
Number of pages17
JournalResearch in Drama Education
Volume28
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

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© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

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© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.

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Keywords

  • adaptive peacebuilding
  • participatory arts
  • Playback Theatre
  • Sri Lanka
  • Transitional justice

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