Laboratories of Culture

This article situates the theatre laboratory in the history of social innovation and attempts to show how the twenty-first century phenomenon of social labs productively offer modes of thinking that can usefully inform contemporary conceptions of the theatre laboratory. Through an examination of Ma...

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Main Author: Bryan Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2021-10-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença
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Online Access:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/114284
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description This article situates the theatre laboratory in the history of social innovation and attempts to show how the twenty-first century phenomenon of social labs productively offer modes of thinking that can usefully inform contemporary conceptions of the theatre laboratory. Through an examination of Maketank, a fledgling organization in Exeter, UK, the article proposes a new organisational approach called the cultural laboratory that combines principles of both the theatre and social lab with the aim of extending the theatre laboratory into broader realms of cultural action.
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spelling doaj.art-bc06492370e04ea9a806b2c243f38ba32022-12-22T02:00:32ZengUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulRevista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença2237-26602021-10-01114Laboratories of CultureBryan Brown0University of Exeter This article situates the theatre laboratory in the history of social innovation and attempts to show how the twenty-first century phenomenon of social labs productively offer modes of thinking that can usefully inform contemporary conceptions of the theatre laboratory. Through an examination of Maketank, a fledgling organization in Exeter, UK, the article proposes a new organisational approach called the cultural laboratory that combines principles of both the theatre and social lab with the aim of extending the theatre laboratory into broader realms of cultural action. https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/114284Theatre LaboratorySocial InnovationSocial LabsDesign ThinkingMaketank
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Laboratories of Culture
Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença
Theatre Laboratory
Social Innovation
Social Labs
Design Thinking
Maketank
title Laboratories of Culture
title_full Laboratories of Culture
title_fullStr Laboratories of Culture
title_full_unstemmed Laboratories of Culture
title_short Laboratories of Culture
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topic Theatre Laboratory
Social Innovation
Social Labs
Design Thinking
Maketank
url https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/114284
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