it’s actually from politicial activst and theater artist Augusto Boal’s writings. He pioneered a form of political theatre called Theatre of the Oppressed to workshop ideas for oppressed people to take power back from their oppressors. You get actors to role play a scenario and then the audience makes suggestions, or even tags in to take the actors place with what they would do in the scenario, and the role play becomes a debate, too, with people being given turns to describe their solution.
He claimed that many people were policed by the cop in the head, that would inhibit people from feeling free and able to do what they want even when on their own
oh, that is super interesting, thank you! I’ll have to dig up more info about this, sounds like an interesting (if potentially very tedious, depending on the audience) process
Cardboard Citizens (unhoused peoples charity) in London does a lot of his work if you’re looking for some accessible stuff. There’s a few books about his work too.
it’s actually from politicial activst and theater artist Augusto Boal’s writings. He pioneered a form of political theatre called Theatre of the Oppressed to workshop ideas for oppressed people to take power back from their oppressors. You get actors to role play a scenario and then the audience makes suggestions, or even tags in to take the actors place with what they would do in the scenario, and the role play becomes a debate, too, with people being given turns to describe their solution.
He claimed that many people were policed by the cop in the head, that would inhibit people from feeling free and able to do what they want even when on their own
oh, that is super interesting, thank you! I’ll have to dig up more info about this, sounds like an interesting (if potentially very tedious, depending on the audience) process
Cardboard Citizens (unhoused peoples charity) in London does a lot of his work if you’re looking for some accessible stuff. There’s a few books about his work too.
How do we know your interpretation is correct?
ask the art critic in your head
it’s a leftist community, it was the name of a well known essay of his, and it’s a fairly unique phrase. Where else would it be from?