Theatre as Social Work in Orissa, India: Natya Chetana's Theatre for Awareness

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Natya Chetana (Theatre for Awareness) is a theatre group based in the state of Orissa in Eastern India. Depicting and addressing local situations of structural violence, lack of social justice, and unmet basic needs in its plays, the group, as well as the local people that know the group, regard the group's theatre work also as social work. This is despite the fact that no member of the Natya Chetana team has an educational background in social work or related subjects. The case of Natya Chetana illustrates theatre as social work in contemporary India. Moreover, it calls for acknowledgement for the diversity of social work and its doers, as well as for the need of greater collaboration between different kinds of social work practitioners.View full textDownload full textKeywordsPeople's/Community/Popular Theatre, Professionalism, Volunteerism, Activism, Citizenship, Indigenous Social WorkRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2010.517022