Using drama to (dis)locate queer sexuality

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Abstract

The act of locating self is an important staking claim to one’s identity within a world which privileges and discriminates against people due to these locations. Lewis (2011), begins her paper by locating herself as, “an intersectional, an interdisciplinary, a complex epistemology, and pedagogical location” (Lewis, 2011:49). The act of locating is how I start my workshops about sexuality, and this seems to be a good place to begin.
In this chapter, I draw on my work as an activist and facilitator working for Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action (GALA). I explore the use of interactive drama (the Queer Jozi Tour), in engaging young people to reflect on queer sexuality. The Queer Jozi Tour is an interactive drama workshop which works with young people to dramatise historical narratives of queer experience in Johannesburg. My analysis will focus on one of the workshops and is based upon my own written reflections, workshop plans, workshop feedback forms and debriefing sessions with co-facilitators. I unpack two critical questions: (1) What possibilities does this technique offer to young people in reflecting about queer sexuality? (2) How useful is Boal’s pedagogies in engaging students to talk about queer sexuality? In answering these questions, I explore the ways in which interactive drama can dislocate heterosexist assemblages and through dislocating these assemblages, offer opportunities for critical reflection on sexuality and society.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSexuality, Society and Pedagogy
EditorsDennis Francis
Place of PublicationBloemfontein
PublisherSun Media
Chapter10
Pages133-147
Number of pages15
ISBN (Electronic)978192038244
ISBN (Print)9781920382438
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2014

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