Forum theatre-presentation-hr-conference 2012, Vienna

Forum Theatre in HR-management

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by Andrei Marach, HRM – Belarus

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Forum Theatre Method Author

Augusto Boal (16 March 1931 - 2 May 2009) was a Brazilian theatre director, writer and politician. He was the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, a series of techniques that use theatre as means of promoting social and political change.

In 2008, Augusto Boal was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, and in March 2009, he received the title of "World Theatre Ambassador" from the UNESCO.

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Major branches of Theatre of the Oppressed

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Audience Transformation

Spectator Spect-actorParticipates in the dialectic process, that is designed to come to a conclusion through the consideration of opposing arguments.

Participates in the didactic process, in which the moral argument is one-sided and pushed from the actors with no chance of reply or counter-argument.

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Forum Theatre Technique: major steps

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Forum Theatre Technique: steps in-depth

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Forum Theatre application to HRM

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Let’s try it!

Participants: •Ms. Brown - SOS Mother, •John - SOS child (10 years), •Mr. Jefferson - John’s biological father that has just been discharged from the prison (he was accused of selling drugs five years ago).

Situation: Ms. Brown and John are waiting for John’s biological father. John hasn’t seen his father for 5 years already because the father was in prison for selling drugs. All this time John has been dreaming about meeting his father, he has no other biological relatives (his biological mother died of drug overdosage soon after her husband got into prison).

Role playing start scene:SOS Mother Ms. Brown and John are sitting at the table with tea and a cake and waiting for John’s father.