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If you are looking for a researcher for advice or supervision then this site offers a great list of people involved in all manner of research into theatre/drama issues. unfortunately the list is alphabetical, so finding the topic requires a bit of effort.

In November 1998, Griffith University Council (Brisbane, Australia) established the Centre for Applied Theatre Research. The mission of the Centre is to investigate the theory and application of all manifestations of drama and theatre in the widest range of settings: including artistic performance, community and vocational settings; lifelong education; and to promote their most effective application in those settings.

by Dr. Sandra Katz A thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Ontario Institute of Studies in Education of the University of Toronto.

The Educational Interactive Theatre Email List - a list for people involved in, doing research on, or just interested in people performing live for others, for an educational purpose.

English folk plays, often called Mummers' Plays, are short traditional verse sketches performed at Christmas, Easter and other annual festivals and taken round pubs and private houses. TDRG encourages academic research into all aspects of traditional drama, not just British folk plays.

Welcome to the International Centre for Studies in Drama in Education web site, part of the Faculty of Education at University of Central England (UCE) in Birmingham.

The AIMS of our Centre are:

To provide a national and international centre for studies in drama in education
To promote research and curriculum development in key areas of drama in education
To publish outcomes of such investigations in a form most useful to teachers, advisers/consultants and teacher-educators, both nationally and internationally
To offer national and international short courses in drama in education

The International Drama in Education Research Institute is based on the premise that research activity in drama education must have immediate application within educational contexts. The Research Institute brings together researchers, practitioners, and graduate students in the field of Drama Education to extend the understanding of drama practice, research, and theory in relation to broader educational research questions.

exists to promote collaboration and the exchange of information between individuals and organisations concerned with theatre research. To this end the Federation supports conferences and publications and assists its members in all such activities and projects.

Author: Tzung-Hsien Huang
Curriculum & Teaching, Teacher Education, College of Education, Michigan State University

The paper explores the significance of Christian prejudice in the shaping of theatre theory and practice during the Medieval and Renaissance ages in an attempt to explain basic world views and reasons beneath the arguments. Roman theatre practices influenced the concern for theatre as affect and the church's highly negative regard for theatre in society. The medieval scholars justified early attitudes by developing a belief system that emphasized behavior, a dualistic world view, and the criteria of reality, morality, and utility. Italian Renaissance scholars answered according to medieval criteria. And the Puritans stimulated and justified prejudice by following medieval standards and focusing on authority to point their arguments.

Since 1954 SIBMAS has been the forum for colleagues from all over the world promoting research, practical and theoretical, in the documentation of the performing arts. Besides the organisation of biennial international congresses SIBMAS members are involved in three permanent projects

An article by Katharine Brisbane, publisher of Currency Press, that tracks the presentation of Aboriginality in Australia. It questions whether or not Aboriginality can effectively and respectfully be presented by practitioners of non-Aboriginal origins.