Aesthetics and didactic intention: the meeting place of beauty and information transmission in the 2006 community theatre production of swamp treasures.

Davies, John G.

Aesthetics and didactic intention: the meeting place of beauty and information transmission in the 2006 community theatre production of swamp treasures.

dc.contributor.author	Davies, John G.
dc.date.accessioned	2012-04-05T02:53:25Z
dc.date.available	2012-04-05T02:53:25Z
dc.date.issued	2007
dc.description.abstract	This paper is the outcome of qualitative research undertaken around a community theatre production presented at the Hamilton Fuel Festival 2006. Swamp Treasures was an attempt to articulate in a theatre aesthetic the plight of the wetland regions in the Waikato province. There were 80 participants, a choir, an orchestra, an elaborate set, lighting design and over 30 specifically made theatre masks. I invited a group of eight teenagers to watch the performance and they were then interviewed, answering specific questions. The data were then considered using Kant's theories of beauty, aesthetics and communication as a reference point for the production's development, delivery and effectiveness. As Swamp Treasures was designed as a montage of impressions and points of view, the research has been able to evaluate the artistic efficacy of the differing styles and the aptitude of these techniques to transfer information.	en_NZ
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.identifier.citation	Davies, J.G. (2007). Aesthetics and didactic intention: the meeting place of beauty and information transmission in the 2006 community theatre production of swamp treasures. Waikato Journal of Education, 13, 139-148.	en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn	1173-6135
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10289/6188
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Faculty of Education, University of Waikato	en_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOf	Waikato Journal of Education	en_NZ
dc.relation.uri	http://edlinked.soe.waikato.ac.nz/research/journal/index.php?id=8	en_NZ
dc.rights	© 2007 Waikato Journal of Education. It is posted here by permission for personal use.	en_NZ
dc.subject	community theatre	en_NZ
dc.subject	aesthetics	en_NZ
dc.subject	beauty	en_NZ
dc.subject	Kant	en_NZ
dc.subject	communication	en_NZ
dc.title	Aesthetics and didactic intention: the meeting place of beauty and information transmission in the 2006 community theatre production of swamp treasures.	en_NZ
dc.type	Journal Article	en_NZ
pubs.begin-page	139	en_NZ
pubs.elements-id	33367
pubs.end-page	148	en_NZ
pubs.volume	13	en_NZ