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Of Demons and Drama: Ritual Syncretism of Sinhala Exorcism and Forum Theatre |
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Coward-Gibbs, Matt
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Journal of Global Buddhism
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| Volume | v.19 Special Focus: Buddhists and the Making of Modern Chinese Societies |
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| Date | 2018 |
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| Pages | 61 - 75 |
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| Publisher | Journal of Global Buddhism |
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| Publisher Url |
https://www.unilu.ch/en/faculties/faculty-of-humanities-and-social-sciences/institutes-departements-and-research-centres/department-for-the-study-of-religions/
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| Location | Lucerne, Switzerland |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Author affiliation: University of York |
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| Abstract | In her 1999 monograph Sri Lankan Theatre in a Time of Terror: Political Satire in the Permitted Space, Ranjini Obeyesekere noted that Augusto Boal’s Forum Theatre had not caught on in the island state of Sri Lanka. Seventeen years later this is not the case. Organisations including the British Council and the Sri Lanka Development Journalist Forum are using Forum theatre at the heart of their conflict resolution works in Sri Lankan communities. But, why has it caught on? Originally brought to the island state in the wake of the disastrous 2004 tsunami, Forum theatre has become a flagship programme for conflict mediation and resolution.
This paper will argue that there is an intrinsic link between the religio-centric exorcism rituals used within Sinhala communities, for the purposes of healing, and the adaption of methods of communal performance for the purposes of conflict resolution, following the end of the ethnic conflict within Sri Lanka. Moreover, this paper will conclude that due to irrefutable links, stylistically, between ritual exorcisms and the performance styles of Forum Theatre that the historical precedent of ritual exorcism allows community to engage more openly in communal theatre initiatives. |
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| Table of contents | Who is Boal? What is Forum theatre? 62
Theatre and Terror 66
Ritual exorcism, communal reconciliation 68
Side note on trauma 68
Narrative Mediation 69
Of demons and drama 70
Ritual performance and peacebuilding in Sri Lanka: Some Conclusions 73
References 73 |
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| ISSN | 15276457 (E) |
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| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1494231 |
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| Hits | 196 |
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| Created date | 2021.03.07 |
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