PERFORMANCE FOR ETHNOGRAPHY, DIALOGUE, AND INTERVENTION : USING ACTIVATING THEATRE TO EXPLORE THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ISSUES FACING KENYAN ADOLESCENT GIRLS

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dc.contributor.advisorThomson, Deborahen_US
dc.contributor.authorKimaiyo, Purity J.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentCommunicationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-02T19:26:24Z
dc.date.available2015-02-02T19:26:24Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores the utility of using performance, specifically activating theatre, both as a reproductive health intervention and as an ethnographic tool for exploring the reproductive health worldview of 17 adolescent girls, all peer counselors at a state-run all-girl boarding school in Rift Valley Province, Kenya. The study is grounded theoretically in the traditions of action research, critical ethnography, performance theory, and dialogic expression. I facilitated a week-long activating theatre workshop that included warm-ups, bridge work, improvisation, and activating material. The workshop, which was video recorded, was analyzed alongside a reflective journal and audio recorded semi-structured interviews and a post-workshop focus group for core themes and categories using grounded theory. My analysis shows that the use of activating theatre is an effective tool for understanding the reproductive health perceptions of adolescent girls, for encouraging them to openly discuss their reproductive health issues, for increasing their sense of agency, for improving their decision-making skills, and for helping them critically assess the social and historical roots of reproductive health issues. The project web site which includes workshop video clips is at http://purityjerop.wix.com/kapkenda-performance.  en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.format.extent165 p.en_US
dc.format.mediumdissertations, academicen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/4669
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherEast Carolina Universityen_US
dc.subjectCommunicationen_US
dc.subjectHealth sciencesen_US
dc.subjectAfrican studiesen_US
dc.subjectAction researchen_US
dc.subjectActivating theatreen_US
dc.subjectAdolescent reproductive healthen_US
dc.subjectKenya reproductive healthen_US
dc.subjectRohd, Michaelen_US
dc.subjectPerformance theoriesen_US
dc.subject.lcshCommunication in reproductive health--Kenya
dc.subject.lcshTeenage girls--Counseling of--Kenya
dc.subject.lcshTheater and youth--Kenya
dc.titlePERFORMANCE FOR ETHNOGRAPHY, DIALOGUE, AND INTERVENTION : USING ACTIVATING THEATRE TO EXPLORE THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ISSUES FACING KENYAN ADOLESCENT GIRLSen_US
dc.typeMaster's Thesisen_US

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