Waseda University’s Global Asia Research Center presents a Global Asia Workshop:
Confessions of a Community-engaged Theater Artist: Dilemmas, Struggles, and Why I Keep Doing It
Speaker: Prof. Natsu Onoda Power (Georgetown University)
Abstract:
Since the 20th century, artists and activists have extensively used theater and performance as a catalyst for social change, and as a vehicle for community engagement. A performance event can powerfully bring a community together, address injustices and inequalities, give voices to the underrepresented, foster cross-cultural understanding, educate the audience, and more. At the same time, the practice of community-engaged performance is often fraught with ethical pitfalls and dilemmas. Using Dwight Conquergood’s essay “Performing as a Moral Act: Ethical Dimensions of the Ethnography of Performance” as a point of departure, and using my own experiences as case studies, this presentation explores the challenges of ethnography and community-based theater.
Speaker Bio:
Natsu Onoda Power is a theater artist based in Washington DC and an Associate Professor of Theater and Performance Studies at Georgetown University.
Chair: Dr. Yoshihiro Nakano (Waseda University)
Discussant: Prof. Toyomi Asano (Waseda University)
Language: English
November 11 (Monday), 2019, 16:30-18:00
Place: Waseda University Campus, Building 14, Room 960
1-104 Totsukamachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169-8050, JAPAN
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