Forum theatre: Learning to live with Limitations

An Indigenous and arts-influenced framework for anti-racist practice in nursing education

“…Typically, in FT members of a community or group create a play with a pertinent issue in mind. The questions asked by the model (Boal uses the term model rather than script), are usually specific to the group's context but can be extrapolated to a larger audience (Baxter, 2005). This extrapolation of the model to a broader application is known as ascesis .…”

“…In the use of FT to teach feminist agency to university students, found that FT moved students beyond the desire for change to the possession of concrete skills to instigate change. Used for research, the construction and performance of FT can provide critical ethnographic information (Baxter, 2005), inspire dialogue, and encourage people to explore choices, and help citizens to practice community development within a safe space .…”