Open Access Intercultural Communication

Empowerment of Citizens in a Multicultural Society

Anna S. Songe-Møller (1) , Karin Brunvathne Bjerkestrand (2)
1. University of Stavanger & Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences
2. University of Stavanger & Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences
https://doi.org/10.36923/jicc.v12i3.609

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Vol. 12 No. 3 (2012)
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2011 April 16
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2023 September 26
Keywords:
    Theatre of the Oppressed, multicultural society, empowerment, citizen, diversity, drama students, immigrants, spect-actor, solidarity, Solidarity Forum Theatre
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This article is based on the project: Empowerment of Citizens in aMulticultural Society. We wanted to explore theatre as intercultural communication related to the challenges faced by our diverse society. Drama students and immigrants worked together based on Augusto Boal`s “Theatre of the Oppressed”. They participated as actors in “Forum Theatre” where they staged their own experiences with oppression. Through the medium of “Solidarity Forum Theatre Performance” (SFT) the spectators were invited to discuss and find solutions to oppression in a multicultural society. The spectators took on the main role in Forum Theatre as spect-actors, and through acting they explored different strategies to challenge oppression. The key question is: What potential do phases six and seven in Solidarity Forum Theatre have to empower immigrants and drama students as citizens in a multicultural society?

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Anna S. Songe-Møller
Karin Brunvathne Bjerkestrand
karin-brunvathne.bjerkestrand@hioa.no (Primary Contact)
Author Biographies

Anna S. Songe-Møller

Cand.phil. Anna S. Songe-Møller is Associate Professor in drama at the  University of Stavanger in Norway. She is co-author of the Handbook: www.actandchange.eu  and the textbook:  “Ibsen og Holberg i skolen” – drama as an aesthetic learning process. She was the artistic director of the medieval project: Pasjon08:www.pasjon.no in Stavanger. She taught at Bagamoyo Collage of Art in Tanzania in 2006. She received the communication award from Stavanger Forum in 2000 and in 2008. In 2011 the project “Citizen in a Multicultural Society” received an award from the University of Stavanger.

Karin Brunvathne Bjerkestrand

Cand.phil. Karin Brunvathne Bjerkestrand is Assistant Professor in drama at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences in Norway. She is co-author of the Handbook: www.actandchange.eu .She was previously employed at the University of Stavanger and received the communication award from Stavanger Forum in 2008. In 2011 the project “Citizens in a Multicultural Society” received an award from the University of Stavanger.

Songe-Møller, A. S., & Bjerkestrand, K. B. (2023). Empowerment of Citizens in a Multicultural Society. Journal of Intercultural Communication, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.36923/jicc.v12i3.609
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Songe-Møller, A. S., & Bjerkestrand, K. B. (2023). Empowerment of Citizens in a Multicultural Society. Journal of Intercultural Communication, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.36923/jicc.v12i3.609