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Theatre for Peacebuilding

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The chapter offers an overview of the arts, with a particular focus on why theatre warrants further study as an important but neglected area in peacebuilding. Engaging with the discussions taking place at the intersection of peacebuilding and performance studies, it explores theatre’s potential and limitations for peacebuilding. The chapter draws attention to the ways in which theatre broadens the parameters of existing approaches to peacebuilding, and highlights the multi-voiced and dialogic form of theatre as key in how theatre works for peacebuilding.

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Premaratna, N. (2018). Theatre for Peacebuilding. In: Theatre for Peacebuilding. Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75720-9_3

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