Theatrical dialogue in teaching the classics

Darmon, I and Frade, C 2017, 'Theatrical dialogue in teaching the classics' , Journal of Classical Sociology, 17 (2) , pp. 77-86.

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Abstract

This article addresses some fundamental affinities between theatre and teaching and is based on emerging work in a long-term experiment which we began in the conference ‘Weber/Simmel Antagonisms: Staged Dialogues’, held at the University of Edinburgh on December 2015. Aimed at exploring the possibilities of the theatrical and dialogical forms for teaching the classics of social and cultural theory, it is a risky experiment whose initial results are presented in this special issue. In order to introduce the dialogues and situate them in the context of the broader project, the article does three things: first, it expounds the process of subjectivation at work in both theatre and teaching and explores some of the modalities of the subjective shift sought for in spectators and students. Second, it explains the specificity of this experiment by contrasting it with other uses of theatrical dialogue in teaching. Finally, before briefly introducing each of the dialogues, the article clarifies the fundamental difference between the dialogical form and debate, as radically separating them is at the heart of any experiment in subjectivation, away from the stirring of opinions.

Item Type:	Article
Schools:	Schools > School of Health and Society > Centre for Applied Research in Health, Welfare and Policy
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Classical Sociology
Publisher:	Sage
ISSN:	1468-795X
Related URLs:	Publication
Depositing User:	C Frade
Date Deposited:	11 Apr 2017 08:38
Last Modified:	10 Aug 2017 04:26
URI:	http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/42125

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