Theatre for Youth Third Space

Stephani Etheridge Woodson directs the MFA and PhD programs in Theatre for Youth in the School of Film, Dance and Theatre at Arizona State University.

'Ideas are carefully scaffolded for understanding,followed by real examples to illustrate the ideas in action. Etheridge Woodson does not shy away from asserting opinions, values, or assumptions within this text, and she invited the readers to do the same.'

• AcknowledgmentsForeword—Michael Rohd Introduction Section 1: Field Building—or—the Twenty Principles of TFY Third Space 1.1 TFY Third Space 1.2 Public Art and Communities of Belonging and Location 1.2.1 Words over Water 1.2.2 River Then, River Now, River Future 1.3 Children and Youth 1.4 Further Defining “Public” 1.5 Placemaking as a Function of Public-Making 1.5.1 Physical Space and Social Place1.5.2 Placemaking 1.6 Community Cultural Development 1.7 Deliberative Democracy and the Politics of Representation 1.8 Defining Community 1.9 A Pause to Build Field Theory in CCD with Children and Youth 1.10 A Brief Introduction to Capital and Cultural Economies 1.11 Expanding Capital Systems1.12 Defining Development1.12.1 Positive Youth Development1.12.2 Defining Development within the Capabilities Approach1.13 Good Work 731.14 Field Theory in CCD with Children and Youth, Part 2: Linking Capital and Development Section 2: Ethics, Leadership, and Facilitation Introduction 2.1 Starting From Where You Are: Ethics and Pluralism 2.2 Culture, Values, and Beliefs 2.3 Diversity and Difference 2.4 Power and Status 2.5 Hegemony 2.6 Putting Ethics and Pluralism Together 2.7 Authentic Leadership2.7.1 Openness and Emotional Honesty2.7.2 Lateral Management Structures 2.7.3 Reciprocity 2.8 Healthy Ensembles 2.8.1 Dialogue and Positive Communication2.9 Fostering Creativity 2.9.1 Domains, Fields and Circulating Symbolic Meanings 2.9.2 Individual Creativity 2.9.3 Raw Materials and Group Creativity 2.9.4 Creative Processes 2.10 Theatre and Performance Skills 2.11 Facilitating Creative Processes and Products 2.11.1 Studio as a Space of Games and Play 2.11.2 Spiral Devising 2.11.3 Compositional Practices and Aesthetic Considerations Section 3: Partnering, Project Management, Planning, and Evaluating Thinking through Community 3.1 Partnering to Foster Change and Social Transformation 3.2 Barriers to Working Together3.3 Qualities Helpful to Overcoming Barriers3.4 Conceptualizing Projects 3.5 Project Frames 3.6 Articulating a Theory of Social Change 3.6.1 Reeler’s “Emergent Change” 3.6.2 Reeler’s “Transformative Change” 3.6.3 Reeler’s “Projectable Change” 3.7 Project Planning, Proposals, and Management 3.7.1 Project Planning 3.7.2 Proposal Components 3.7.3 Project Proposal Example3.7.4 Project Management3.8 Documentation, Evaluation, and Assessment 3.8.1 Documentation 3.8.2 Specialized Research Terminology 3.8.3 Rigor 3.9 Final Project/Partnership/Program Reports Works Cited