The Possibilities and Limits of Participatory Theatre: Exploring Belonging and Resistance with Second Generation Black and Muslim Dutch Youth in the Netherlands
The Possibilities and Limits of Participatory Theatre: Exploring Belonging and Resistance with Second-Generation Black and Muslim Dutch Youth in the Netherlands
Author(s): Valerie StamSubject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Methodology and research technology, Migration Studies, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Sociology of Art
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: participatory theatre; racism; Islamophobia; the Netherlands; second-generation youth;
Summary/Abstract: Grounded in a collaborative theatre project with Black and Muslim second-generation Dutch youth in the Netherlands, this paper critically examines the use of participatory theatre as a method of knowledge production. Drawing on vignettes from the theatre project, I investigate the possibilities and limits of theatre as an embodied research method for practicing resistance to, and fostering public dialogue about, Islamophobia and racism. I argue that theatre can be a citizenship practice by prefiguring alternate futures, rehearsing resistance to oppression, and facilitating cross-racial and public dialogue.
Journal: Migration Letters
- Issue Year: 17/2020
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 289-297
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English