EA344-6-FY-SO:
Contextual Studies
2023/24
East 15 Acting School
Southend Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 28 June 2024
15
31 March 2021
Requisites for this module
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BA W496 Acting and Community Engagement
In this BA Hons Acting and Community Theatre Year 3 module students will concentrate on the application of theatre in specific social and cultural contexts: health care, work with socially-excluded groups, education, regeneration and evaluation.
Students will be encouraged to reflect on their experiences during their training and to prepare themselves for future professional and cultural challenges. A written rationale for a community theatre project will be developed, relating the project to its social and legal context, developing the language to clarify aims, objectives and outcomes
1. to reflect on training processes and professional preparation
2. to articulate the differences between theatre as propaganda, education and empowerment
3. to investigate contemporary community theatre projects with socially excluded groups
4. to evaluative the effectiveness of community theatre
Students will be able to demonstrate ability to:
1. Use research to develop understanding of theatre in a range of social and political contexts
2. Present complex ideas and arguments clearly and coherently
3. Use documentary evidence and texts to support arguments
4. Understand the processes of evaluating the effectiveness of community theatre
5. Employ effective use of a range of presentational techniques
6. Design and execute an evaluation of the workshops/performance
7. Apply creative and lateral thinking.
Module Content
Term One
- Historical context and development of theatre in prisons and in health promotion
- Drama as therapy
- Inclusion, exclusion and access to theatre
- Contemporary case studies of community theatre projects with socially excluded groups, and theatre for well-being.
- Responding to Cultural and Social Policy
- The role of theatre in mobilising and clarifying opinion, action and reflection
- Theatre for Development
Term Two
- The philosophy and value of community media: radio, television and web media
- Creative industries and economic regeneration
- The role of culture in community regeneration
- Evaluating the impact of community theatre projects
- Research on evaluative approaches and practices
Term Three
- Development and execution of a project evaluation
Seminars and independent study.
This module does not appear to have any essential texts. To see non - essential items, please refer to the module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Project Evaluation |
|
60% |
| Coursework |
Project Brief |
|
40% |
Additional coursework information
The elements below will make up the final module mark with the following weightings applied:-
- Project brief with extended rationale for a project related to social exclusion, theatre for well-being or community regeneration (40%)
- Research, development and execution of project evaluation (60%)
- Compliance with Professional Code of Conduct
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
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Dr Katie Beswick
University of Exeter
Senior Lecturer in Drama
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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