Drama Boreale - Åbo Akademi

So, the aesthetic doubling, in my view, is a concept that hit the nail on the head as far as
focusing what drama can apply to numerous societal systems. I hope that the illustration
above will underline this point (Figure 1).
The challenge of partnerships
Now, is the concept applied theatre and drama well qualified for research and thinking?
Yes, if you imply that you as a researcher are observing your own observations – and are
aware of the different angles and media, you are observing from. Conclusively, I
furthermore should like to underline, that in my perspective, we should happily take the
plunge and apply the dimensions of both theatre and drama to society, in educational
settings as tradition prescribes as well as in new market shares. It seems as if knowledge
of collaborative creative processes is in high demand, and there appears to be potential
partners and clients at the creative market place. But I suggest in addition that we use
this as an occasion to gain stronger theory and knowledge of our own drama-creative
strategies, and to gain equal weight on the theatre and the drama dimensions. In
consequence of this view, we should concentrate less on drama-contributions to the
market, as partners are not to be confused with communities, while purposes and
meanings are comprehended quite differently from various positions in a partnership.
Rather I suggest, we look the other way round and pay attention to partners expectation
to drama processes and observe distantly how drama processes function in the partners
perspective. Here drama researchers get access to observe drama in an external angle -
with a view to academic self reflection – to shed new light on our own practice.
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