S2E31: Spect-actorship and TTRPGs: Augusto Boal and Theatre of the Oppressed

Dungeons + Drama Nerds

Todd, Nick, and Percy dig into the work of theatre theorist and practitioner Augusto Boal and the techniques of theatre of the oppressed, looking at how we might apply those principles to tabletop role-playing games (and vice versa!).

Sources:

- Theatre of the Oppressed by Augusto Boal, trans. Charles A. and Maria-Odilia Leal McBride

- Games for Actors and Non-Actors - Augusto Boal

- “Theatre for the Less Oppressed than I: Reconsidering Augusto Boal’s Concept of Spect-actor” by Yonghee Lee

- “Recourse to Action: The Renewal of Politics and Theater in Hannah Arendt, Antonin Artaud, and Augusto Boal” - Miguel Balsa, Gestos Nov 2008

- Gaming for Change: Using Role Playing Games in Group Work with Children and Adolescents - Scott Kupferschmidt

- Using Tabletop RPGs for Social Empathy - Joshua Brickley

- Tabletop RPGs That Recreate Real History, High Society, & War - Coleman Gailloretto

- Magic, Adventure & Social Participation: Tabletop Role-Playing Games and Their Potential to Promote Social Inclusion and Citizenship - Anne M Goodall

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