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Ethnography, Applied Theatre and Stiwanism: Creative Methods in Search of Praxis Amongst Men and Women in Jinja, Uganda
Author(s) -
McQuaid Katie,
Plastow Jane
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.3293
Subject(s) - praxis , poverty , ethnography , sociology , context (archaeology) , feminism , citizen journalism , gender studies , participatory action research , inequality , social science , psychological intervention , economic growth , political science , psychology , anthropology , economics , law , geography , mathematical analysis , mathematics , archaeology , psychiatry
This article critically reflects on a long‐term intergenerational project combining ethnographic and social science research methods and Freirean‐inspired applied theatre in a long‐term participatory process working alongside men and women in search of a ‘plenitude of praxis’: strengthening and promoting an urban community's capacity to unite across social barriers in recognising systemic injustices and inequalities and challenging these through community‐led interventions in pursuit of common social justice outcomes. It reflects on the successes, complexities and failures of an approach rooted in African feminism, and in particular stiwanism, in a context of entrenched urban poverty in Jinja Municipality, Uganda. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.