The course:

What is it?

• A one year full-time programme from which students graduate as facilitators of community self-development and education, using theatre and video processes;
• A vocational training in the role of culture within current development paradigms;
• An academic training in the applications of paradigms and theories drawn from education, the arts and development;
• An engagement of its students with an extended experience of fieldwork in a variety of contexts.

Why is it?

• The programme operates as an antidote to the dominant global model of Neoliberalism by exploring a range of counter-narratives, predicated upon the notion of how individuals and communities can reinvent their humanity;
• In a world where we are constantly assaulted or seduced by the controllers of the channels of discourse, the programme investigates ways in which those on the margins of these promises can use their creativity and reason to develop alternatives that address their realities;
• As inequalities and injustices multiply throughout the world, we explore the reasons why this is happening and how the arts of self-representation may be employed to rekindle human powers of imagination and analysis which are the only tools with which to fight for a better world.

How is it?

• One semester studying selected aspects of development such as child rights, media imperialism, gender and structural adjustment, alongside the theory and practice of theatre and video as media of social transformation;
• One semester in the field running a project which can be located anywhere in the world, applying the taught understandings in an actual context;
• A dissertation or a consultancy which makes an original contribution to knowledge and practice in the area of cultural intervention for representation and change;
• A part-time option is negotiable whereby the programme may be rescheduled to run on a part time basis either at King Alfred's University College or hosted by a local institution or organisation in any country.

 

How do you get in (entry qualifications)?

Applicants to the programme are normally expected to have an upper second or first class undergraduate degree.

However, people with relevant field experience in areas such as development, theatre and /or education are encouraged to apply even though they may not meet the formal educational requirements.

We also welcome applications from a wide variety of cognate disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, economics, politics and peace studies as well as theatre, media and development.

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