Bernhard Schieber

Theatre of the Oppressed

Knowledge

Theatre of the Oppressed makes proposed action encounter power and resistance through participatory performance. Preserve the political and relational inquiry, protect voluntary participation, and examine what changed in the scene. Treat rehearsal as a source of hypotheses requiring examination beyond the workshop.

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Editorial orientation · Family

Tool

In this series, Tool names the editorial family primarily used to act on, examine, measure or organize communication. It includes instruments, methods, practices, protocols, codes and institutional arrangements. Membership does not certify effectiveness, portability or safe use in every setting.

Editorial orientation · Category

Intervention Methods & Practices

Organizes actions intended to facilitate, plan, train, negotiate, coordinate or change a situation. It connects a practical purpose with a way of working, whose conditions and consequences must be examined.

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