Abstracts
Abstract
“Meet me in France to help me encounter my Acadian ancestors.” The Acadians were French settlers who established a unique culture in Atlantic Canada before being forcibly removed by the British in the 18th century. Taking up the invitation, five disparate artist/scholars gathered in France, but all their approaches would fit under the bigger tent of Research-based Theatre (RbT), an arts-based methodology in which embodied performances are created through the systematic research of real-life events and social issues. How does RbT serve to help us navigate the liminal space between research questions and the creation of theatre itself? If RbT is a term that encompasses a variety of approaches, how would grafting disparate artistic techniques transform our understandings of research?
Keywords:
- arts-based research,
- research-based theatre,
- applied theatre,
- butoh,
- process drama,
- language portrait
Résumé
« Meet me in France to help me encounter my Acadian ancestors. » Les Acadiens étaient des colons français ayant établi une culture unique dans l’est du Canada avant d’être déportés de force par les Britanniques au XVIIIe siècle. Acceptant cette invitation, cinq artistes/chercheur·euse·s aux parcours divers se sont réuni·e·s en France. Bien que leurs approches soient variées, elles relèvent toutes du grand domaine du théâtre basé sur la recherche (RbT). Comment le RbT peut-il nous aider à naviguer l’espace liminaire entre les questions de recherche et la création théâtrale elle-même? Si le RbT est un terme qui englobe une variété d’approches, en quoi le croisement de techniques artistiques disparates peut-il transformer notre compréhension de la recherche?
Mots-clés :
- théâtre basé sur la recherche,
- RBT,
- recherche artistique,
- histoire acadienne,
- collaboration interdisciplinaire,
- recherche fondée sur la pratique
Appendices
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