Cite this article: Breed, A. (2015). Environmental aesthetics, social engagement and aesthetic experiences in Central Asia. Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 20(1), 87–99. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569783.2014.986447 Abstract In this essay, I explore the Youth Theatre for Peace (YTP) project in relation to environmental aesthetics and engaged participatory practices towards tolerance building in Central…
Book chapter: Performing the Nation
Genocide, Justice, Reconciliation Abstract: A dance begins beneath the outstretched branches of the giant umunyinya tree in Rwanda. First there is drumming and clapping, then the lead dancers step into the center of the gathering. The dancing subsides and the gacaca court, the community hearings on the one hundred days of bloodshed known as the…
Book chapter: Discordant Narratives in Rwanda’s Gacaca Courts
Cite this chapter: Breed, A. (2012). Discordant Narratives in Rwanda’s Gacaca Courts. In: Campioni, M., Noack, P. (eds) Rwanda Fast Forward. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137265159_3 Abstract Gacaca was the post-genocide Rwandan government’s solution to address the mass participation of citizens in the genocide against Tutsi in 1994, with the mass participation of the population in…
Manuals and toolkits: Interactive Youth Theater (IYT): Strengthening Peace and Tolerance in Kyrgyzstan
This Interactive Youth Theater (IYT) manual was developed and adapted by Dr Ananda Breed for UNICEF based on the IREX/USAID funded Youth Theater for Peace Manual which has been used in Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. This manual has been adapted for the specific contexts of the IYT project ‘Interaction of young people across ethnic lines…
Manuals and toolkits: Playback in Theatre for Development
Author: Ananda Breed Original source: https://www.playbacktheatre.org/playbacktheatre/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Breed-Playback-In-Theatre-For-Development.pdf…