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This book argues that the performance-based work in the featured
case studies contributes to the construction of food democracy
where the public takes back decision-making in shaping the food
system. It explores how contemporary artists translate scientific
research about local and global agricultural issues into life
stories that inform and engage their audiences and, in so doing,
transform passive food consumers into proactive food citizens. The
pairing of performing and farmscapes (complex webs of farmlands and
storylines) enables artists to use embodied practices to encourage
audiences to imagine a just and sustainable agri-food system and to
collaborate on making it a reality. The book arranges the case
studies on a trajectory that moves from projects that foreground
knowledge acquisition to ones that emphasize social engagement by
creating conversations and coalitions between farming and
nonfarming communities to a final one that pairs protest art and
political activism to achieve legally-binding changes in the
agricultural landscape.
This book argues that the performance-based work in the featured
case studies contributes to the construction of food democracy
where the public takes back decision-making in shaping the food
system. It explores how contemporary artists translate scientific
research about local and global agricultural issues into life
stories that inform and engage their audiences and, in so doing,
transform passive food consumers into proactive food citizens. The
pairing of performing and farmscapes (complex webs of farmlands and
storylines) enables artists to use embodied practices to encourage
audiences to imagine a just and sustainable agri-food system and to
collaborate on making it a reality. The book arranges the case
studies on a trajectory that moves from projects that foreground
knowledge acquisition to ones that emphasize social engagement by
creating conversations and coalitions between farming and
nonfarming communities to a final one that pairs protest art and
political activism to achieve legally-binding changes in the
agricultural landscape.
"Performing Democracy" explores aspects of a developing form of
performance that works to change social conditions for marginalized
groups or to preserve the traditions and cohesion of the community.
The book combines critical analysis with field reports on specific
projects and productions to explore the issues that confront
community-based performance. The range of topics is impressive, and
includes performances in North America, Australia, the Middle East,
Bosnia, Taiwan, Korea, England, and the Netherlands. Many articles
include production photos.
The book's first section focuses on how performance can contribute
to the definition, creation, and preservation of community. Next,
contributors address issues of authority within the production of
community-based performance. A final section considers
community-based performance's efforts to encourage individuals to
feel empowered in everyday life and in their relation to
government.
The range of performance genres covered includes community history
plays, agitprop, forum theater workshops, puppetry, avant-garde
plays, dance, and oral epics. The projects involve many different
kinds of communities, including the inner city, youth, seniors,
ethnic groups, activists, gays and lesbians, immigrants, and prison
inmates.
Susan Chandler Haedicke is Professor of English, George Washington
University. Tobin Nellhaus is an independent scholar.
"Performing Democracy" explores aspects of a developing form of
performance that works to change social conditions for marginalized
groups or to preserve the traditions and cohesion of the community.
The book combines critical analysis with field reports on specific
projects and productions to explore the issues that confront
community-based performance. The range of topics is impressive, and
includes performances in North America, Australia, the Middle East,
Bosnia, Taiwan, Korea, England, and the Netherlands. Many articles
include production photos.
The book's first section focuses on how performance can contribute
to the definition, creation, and preservation of community. Next,
contributors address issues of authority within the production of
community-based performance. A final section considers
community-based performance's efforts to encourage individuals to
feel empowered in everyday life and in their relation to
government.
The range of performance genres covered includes community history
plays, agitprop, forum theater workshops, puppetry, avant-garde
plays, dance, and oral epics. The projects involve many different
kinds of communities, including the inner city, youth, seniors,
ethnic groups, activists, gays and lesbians, immigrants, and prison
inmates.
Susan Chandler Haedicke is Professor of English, George Washington
University. Tobin Nellhaus is an independent scholar.
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