TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Theatre of the Oppressed in medical humanities education: the road less travelled
JO  - Indian journal of medical ethics
A1  - Gupta, Setu
A1  - Agrawal, Abhinav
A1  - Singh, Satendra
A1  - Singh, Navjeevan
SP  - 200
EP  - 203
VL  - 10
IS  - 3
N2  - Internationally, there is an increasing awareness of the need to include humanities in the medical curriculum. The Medical Humanities Group at the University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, organised a series of events to explore this area. This paper describes our experience with Augusto Boal's "Theatre of the Oppressed" (TO). Twenty-six participants attended a 2-day workshop culminating in a "forum theatre", in which the spectators are transformed from passive observers to active participants or spect-actors. The participants' responses to our workshop indicate that TO provides a multitude of experiences and addresses a wide range of learning domains. TO challenges the senses and offers a promising and enjoyable option for learning medical humanities.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0974-8466
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -