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Evaluating Arts in Development : the case of a street theatre programme challenging racist attitudes. Teresa Hanley, Independent Consultant. The programme. Programme aim. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
EVALUATING ARTS IN DEVELOPMENT :
THE CASE OF A STREET THEATRE PROGRAMME CHALLENGING RACIST ATTITUDESTeresa Hanley, Independent Consultant
The programme
Programme aim
...to challenge commonly held racist attitudes and negative stereotypes of minorities and indigenous peoples in four countries
Places and partnersLocation Partner Type of
organisationRacism and minority Issue
UK Minority Rights Group
Minority rights NGO Global policy; capacity building.
Kenya SAFE Participatory Arts Org
Post-election violence. Ethnic group based tension in Mombassa coast area
Rwanda YWCA Women’s rights and development NGO
Batwa minority group
Botswana
RETENG Minority rights org Ethnic groups not recognised in constitution
Dominican Republic
MUHDA Women’s rights focused NGO
Haitian-descent population - stateless
Approaching racism and attitudes Participants in
theatre group Process to create
plays Content of plays Audience
discussions Film screenings Media coverage Advocacy
SAFE- film and play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmhIPOigon0&noredirect=1
The evaluation
The evaluation
When - End of programme year 3.
Methods Monitoring data – surveys,
photographs, reports
Content analysis of scripts:- Demonstrates discrimination - Challenges stereotypes - Gender issues integrated- Message
Country visits- FGD and interviews with
actors, communities (gender disaggregated), partners, targets of advocacy.
What the evaluation could show Success in getting
things on the agenda
Successful strategies
Changes achieved• Increased confidence
of minority groups involved
• Self-reported change in actors attitudes
• Increased partners’ capacities, range of tools, networks
Evaluation limitations
Practical issues
Finding people who participated
Discussing the issues
Attribution of change- busy environments, memory
Local partners capacity to undertake monitoring
Challenges in evaluating attitudes
Limited information on drivers of prejudice and range of mind-sets
Self-selection of people to be monitored
Monitoring data shows people reached but not depth of engagement
People – sensitive and not always aware of attitudes
Challenges in evaluating arts Instrumental
approaches dominant
Assessing quality
Attribution when using inter-linking communication strategies
What the evaluation could not doReach but not result
Identify depth of people’s engagement- more than entertainment?
Results of media coverage
Changes in attitude and behaviour
Test assumptions of theory of change i.e. giving space to issues diminishes potential of conflict
Reflections
Reflections for the future
Methodological challenges- change, process, quality
Dealing with tensions between implementation and building evidence
Expand collaboration- arts, private sector, academia, practitioner/community development
Potential of different arts – get more specific
….they don’t admit there is discrimination in the DR. The general sentiment is anti-black but since it is expressed as anti-Haitian it not considered discrimination
We want to make people aware that certain language is discriminatory. They are so used to using it they don’t know. Minorities are so used to hearing it they don’t know
...the professional actors and the director also
became disseminators of the knowledge within our
circles. To a certain degree we are among those who generate public opinion.
The play was an eye-opener to me because as I was acting I realised some of the things being said in the play were things I said...
You don’t usually see Batwa in the media - only in dance troupes when they do
their traditional dance
The biggest achievement is that it helped the youth from the Bateyees. It helped them to leave behind their feeling of
embarrassment from the stigma associated with the colour of their skin and
where they live. And feel proud of who they are. They gained confidence ...Before
they were afraid to speak about these subjects in public.
FROM ANECDOTE TO SYSTEMATIC EVIDENCE