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RE: [xmca] Augusto Boal, RIP

I am Brazilian and after reading Vygotsky's notes about "drama"
in the "Concrete Human Psychology" I was found in Boal's work
"Theatre of the Oppressed" a beautiful explanation about many
classic Aristotelic categories about drama and new critical points
of view in contemporary Poetics of drama... Machiavelli, Hegel, Brecht, 
and the own Boal's work In Thetre Arena. I wonder possibilities of 
interesting dialogs... around this "generative word" (Paulo Freire called 
"palavra geradora", I don´t know in English) "drama", for theatre and 
psychology thanks to Vygotsky and Boal... I saw the notice about
his death in television and had a feeling of good surprising with his
name being respectful remembered here... Is not casual. He was 
really great, and his work noteworthy.

> Subject: RE: [xmca] Augusto Boal, RIP
> Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 13:45:18 -0700
> From: emily@uidaho.edu
> To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
> 
> I've been a participant in the Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed
> Conference for several years now and have had the privilege of taking
> workshops with Agusto and Julian. I found Agusto to be a gentle man, a
> brilliant thinker, and a fiery worker on behalf of oppressed persons. He
> truly brought to life the work of Paolo Freire through a highly
> politicized arts based pedagogy and practice that traverses
> sociocultural barriers. 
> Agusto was nominated for a Nobel Peace prize last year for his
> incredible work. He will be sorely missed.
> ~em
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu]
> On Behalf Of Peter Smagorinsky
> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 6:58 AM
> To: 'eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity'
> Subject: [xmca] Augusto Boal, RIP
> 
> Augusto Boal passed away today (Saturday) at the age of 78, Boal is
> known
> internationally as the creator of the Theatre of the Oppressed--though
> in
> our department he is perhaps better known as the author of "The
> Misadventures of Uncle McBuck," which received its world premiere here
> at
> UGA last year, and as the father of Julian Boal, who was a visiting
> artist
> in the department last year.
> 
>  
> 
> A short obituary is here:
> http://www.salon.com/wires/ap/world/2009/05/02/D97UDP201_lt_brazil_obit_
> boal
> /index.html. 
> 
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