Uygulamalı Tiyatro ile Yeni Bir Toplum Hayali

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Bu makale, uygulamalı tiyatroyu tanımı, kapsamı ve toplumsal değişim yaratma potansiyeli bakımından anlamak, tartışmak ve bu bağlamda öneriler ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır. Uygulamalı tiyatro, toplumsal değişimi kolaylaştırmak için yapılan tüm tiyatro ve drama türlerini kapsayan bir şemsiye tanımdır. Seçilmiş hedef grup veya topluluklarla uygulanan, ve katılımcıların beklenen değişim ve iyileşmeyi göstermesinin umulduğu bir tiyatro uygulamaları bütünüdür. Uygulamalı tiyatronun Türkiye’de örnekleri maalesef kısıtlıdır fakat Amerika, Hong Kong, İngiltere hatta Uganda gibi ülkelerde oldukça önemli örnekleri mevcuttur. Toplumsal koşulları her zaman karakteristik özellikler taşıyan ülkemizde, özellikle bu yüzyılda büyük sosyal, kimliksel ve sınıfsal yarılmalar oluşmuştur. Devlet politikalarının yetersiz ya da çaresiz kaldığı durumlarda, belli gruplarla başlayarak toplulukların uygulamalı tiyatro yardımıyla yeni bir toplum hayalinin taşıyıcıları olup olmayacağını tartışmak, geleceğe dair umudu kuvvetlendirecektir. Bu bağlamda çalışma, uygulamalı tiyatronun bu umudu gerçeğe dönüştürecek nesnel sonuçları olup olmayacağını ortaya koymaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Uygulamalı Tiyatro
• Toplum
• Değişim

Imagining a New Society Through Applied Theatre

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This article aims to understand and discuss applied theater in terms of its definition, scope, and potential for creating social change, and to present suggestions in this context. Essentially, applied theater is a theater practice that is applied to selected target groups or communities, and with participants are being expected to exhibit the expected change and improvement. Unfortunately, examples of applied theater in Türkiye are limited, but significant examples are found in countries such as America, Hong Kong, England, and even Uganda. Türkiye has always had characteristic social conditions, particularly in this century, and significant social, identity, and class divisions have emerged here. Discussing whether communities can be the carriers of a new society through applied theater, by starting with specific groups in the face of inadequate or non-beneficial state policies will strengthen hope for the future. In this context, this study reveals whether applied theater provides objective results that can turn this hope into reality.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Applied Theatre
• Society
• Change

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