Theatre in Transformation Artistic Processes and Cultural Policy in South Africa by Wolfgang Schneider

Theatre in Transformation Artistic Processes and Cultural Policy in South Africa by Wolfgang Schneider

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Theatre is a mirror of society; artists are seismographs in processes of transformation. The book is based on a research about Cultural Policy in post-apartheid South Africa.

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Theatre in Transformation Artistic Processes and Cultural Policy in South Africa by Wolfgang Schneider

Are artists seismographs during processes of transformation? Is theatre a mirror of society? And how does it influence society offstage? To address these questions, this collection brings together analyses of cultural policy in post-apartheid South Africa and actors of the performing arts discussing political theatre and cultural activism. Case studies grant inside views of the State Theatre in Pretoria, the Market Theatre in Johannesburg and the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town, followed by a documentation of panel discussions on the Soweto Theatre. The texts collected here bring to the surface new faces and voices who advance the performing arts with their images and lexicons revolving around topics such as patriarchy, femicide and xenophobia.
Wolfgang Schneider (Prof. Dr.) ist Vorsitzender des Fonds Darstellende Künste e.V., persönliches Mitglied der Deutschen UNESCO-Kommission, Vertrauensdozent der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Mitglied des Bundesvorstandes des Kulturforums der Sozialdemokratie sowie des Vorstandes der Initiative für die Archive des Freien Theaters e.V., Ehrenmitglied der ASSITEJ Deutschland und der Schweiz sowie Ehrenpräsident der Internationalen Vereinigung des Theaters für Kinder und Jugendliche. Er war Gründungsdirektor des Instituts für Kulturpolitik der Universität Hildesheim und Inhaber des UNESCO-Lehrstuhls »Cultural Policy for the Arts in Development«. Er war der erste Leiter des Kinder- und Jugendtheaterzentrums in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Vorsitzender des Theaterbeirates Niedersachsen, Mitglied des Beirates Tanz und Theater des Goethe-Instituts und als Sachverständiges Mitglied der Enquete-Kommission »Kultur in Deutschland« des Deutschen Bundestages Berichterstatter. 2018 wurde er mit dem Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse ausgezeichnet. Lebogang L. Nawa is a former post-doctoral researcher at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) and now Director of privately self-owned Segarona Culture Institute, South Africa.
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ISBN 13 9783837646825
ISBN 10 3837646823
Title Theatre in Transformation Artistic Processes and Cultural Policy in South Africa
Author Wolfgang Schneider
Series Theatre Studies
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Transcript Verlag
Year published 2021-12-08
Number of pages 258
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.