What is it about?
This study finds that audience members are less likely to justify systems that oppress women and are more likely to engage in gender-based activism after viewing a feminist performance. This study is also the first, to our knowledge, to provide a reliable measure for virtual activism.
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Why is it important?
This study demonstrates the power of theatre as a tool for communicating oppression, inspiring new imagined realities, and encouraging participation in collective action to a make a more just world.
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I loved working on this project. The performances were incredibly moving and the results of the study give me hope - especially in our current time - that there are ways to encourage people to question the world that they live in and to act to change that world to a more just one.
Autumn Vogel
Allegheny College
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This page is a summary of: Activist Theatre: The Effects of Community Performance on System Justification and Willingness to Engage in Activism, Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, July 2016, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/casp.2277.
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