Dramatic Problem Solving: Transforming Community Conflict through Performance in Costa Rica

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Abstract

The article discusses a study in La Carpio, San Jose, Costa Rica which examines how Dramatic Problem Solving (DPS), an interactive theatre based facilitation, was implemented structural conflict transformation at a community in interpersonal and intrapersonal level. It notes that the study incorporated an action research on a theatre based facilitation model and merged the fields of conflict resolution with performance studies. It reveals that a facilitated problem solving model is the way performance can make physical and real what is often unspoken or hidden.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)112-135
JournalJournal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences
Volume2
Issue number1
StatePublished - May 1 2010

Keywords

  • Costa Rica
  • DPS
  • community conflict
  • conflict resolution
  • dramatic problem solving

Disciplines

  • Peace and Conflict Studies

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