Biography of Boal Augusto *No Works Cited Brazilian Augusto Boal was raised in Rio de Janeiro. He was formally trained in chemical engineering and attended Columbia University in the late 1940's and early 1950's. Although his interest and participation in theatre began at an early age, it was just after he finished his doctorate at Columbia that he was asked to return to Brazil to work with the Arena Theatre in São Paulo. His work at the Arena Theatre led to his experimentation with new forms of
Introduction: Augusto Boal and his theories encompassed in Theatre of the Oppressed were used during a six week program to understand the applicabilities of the techniques for practical performance work. The text material written by Alison Croggan titled 'Monologs for an Apocalypse' was used. Aim: The aim of the program was to examine which aspects of image and forum theatre could be used during rehearsal and in performance to analyse which of the two is more useful. History: The Theatre of
Augusto Pinto Boal was one of the world leading theatre practitioners and inventor of a whole school of theatre called 'Theatre of the Oppressed'. He was born in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) on 17th of March 1931, when his country was ruled by a dictatorial military regime. Since his youth, Boal felt a great passion for theatre, and despite his degree in engineering, in 1952 he enroled himself in a drama school in New York (from '50s and the early '60s of the last century), where he met Constantin
the brain and this is when an individual remembers something. In Ariel Dorfman’s 1990 play Death and the Maiden, memory serves to be the central theme based on which the rest of the play develops. The play is set right after the fall of General Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte’s regime in Chile in March 11, 1990. During Pinochet’s regime, Chile experienced the worst of horrors at the hands of men in power. The citizens didn’t have any rights and public beatings and forced sexual encounters were
In 1973, Augusto Pinochet, Commander in Chief of the Chilean army, became the dictator of Chile, South America. With Pinochet’s 17-year military rule, came a number of constitutional and economic reforms allegedly implemented in order to stabilize the economy of Chile; this was done through the privatization of state controlled agencies, including the education system. Over the years, the quality of education in Chile dramatically decreased due to an overall increase in the number of private universities
Universal jurisdiction also called the universality principle enables nations to prosecute offenders of certain crimes, even though they don’t have any nexus to the crime, the alleged offender and the victim. As a concept it was historically developed on the maritime legal principle of hostis humani generis (enemy of the humankind) to address the issue of piracy, which caused considerable destruction of international trade. However, today this principle is applied to prosecute perpetrators of crimes
Jurisdiction has always been ubiquitous in the international legal system. Lassa Oppenheim describes jurisdiction essentially “as the state’s right to regulate conduct or the consequences of events.” Jurisdiction is multi-faceted, one area that has been the cause of controversy amongst many academics is universal jurisdiction. Defining universal jurisdiction has been problematic to say the least. Roger O’Keefe in his article alluded to universal jurisdiction as “the assertion of criminal jurisdiction
or harm a country’s economic development. The chapter given on Naomi Klein’s “shock doctrine”, discusses the use of “economic shock therapy” to remodel South American economies in the 1970s. The chapter focuses on the coup in Chile led by General Augusto Pinochet and a group of Chilean economists that had been trained at the University of Chicago in the Economics department. The department had been funded by the CIA and advised by Milton Friedman. Friedman, a big believer in ultra
Case Study: Chile’s Transitional Justice In 1990, the Chilean Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was established and became the primary strategy chosen by the state, to handle the systematic human right violations committed during Pinochet’s military dictatorship. Chile is one of the earliest countries to establish truth and reconciliation commissions and continue the pursuit of justice for many of the disappearances and killings during this era; reparation programs have grown gradually and
American Foreign Policy :Realpolitik vs. Human Rights (1)Should the U.S sometimes pursue realpolitik and sometimes human rights? In other words, is it acceptable for the U.S. to someimes anything even support dictators, if it is good for the nation, sometimes pursue moral priciples when it can reasonably do so?.(2) I think the U.S. should do what is in the best interest of the United States for example, (3)Just one day after the French surrender at Dien Bien Phu, an international conference to settle
The U.S. and Pinochet In 1961, in response to the success of the Cuba’s Communist Revolution, President John F. Kennedy initiated the Alliance for Progress to discourage Marxist revolutions and to promote economic and social cooperation through democracy between the United States and Latin America . All throughout Latin America during the 1960’s Marxism had become the central philosophy and the future of democracy in the region appeared to be greatly threatened. Chile was viewed by the US as the
be. Students would beneficiate from Isabel’s willingness to overcome whatever obstacle was on her road to success. The house of Spirits gave Isabel “freedom.” In her first novel, she expresses her dislike for dictatorship. Chile got divided, when Augusto Pinochet came to power. Overall Isabel’s stories are unique, because they reveal what countries like Chile go through when they overthrow the president. Isabel’s stories have positive reviews because they are relatable; she is not the only one that
Thomas Freeman Global Topics: Global Violence Professor Joyce Apsel 12 May 2014 Gonzalo’s Miracle: Necessary Violence and Whitewashing History in the 2004 Chilean film Machuca The passive young son of a well-to-do Chilean family enters his luxurious new home in a Santiago suburb. His opulently dressed mother greets him at the door, kisses him on the cheek and asks if he is happy in the family’s new home. The boy remains silent. This final scene of Chilean director Andrés Wood’s 2004 film Machuca
Death and the maiden is a drama that shows a physiological thriller with a moral message, written in 1990 by the Chilean playwright Ariel Dorfman. The author based his work on an episode of Chilean history, Pinochet`s coup d’état, when human rights were violated by the authorities causing suffering in the population. The theme is the right to administer justice on victims. Thus how such justice can be provided without getting more conflict between the victims and the members of present government
The United States Contribution to the Rise of Pinochet The date September 11th is not only a date of terror for the United States, but for the country Chile it also marks the anniversary of a new error of fear. On September 11th, 1973 General Augusto Pinochet overthrew President Salvador Allende, a democratically elected socialist. For seventeen years after this Pinochet dictated over Chile and caused for the murder of over three thousand Chileans, the disappearance of over a thousand, and the
and struggled with his writing in Paris. With ambitions to return to his country he became one of the most significant Hispanic writers in the 20th century. Chile was going through a time of change. After the death of President Salvador Allende, Augusto Pinochet took over. Ariel worked for Allende and wrote many not so nice things about Pinochet. In 1973 Pinochet didn’t fire Dorfman, instead he just exiled Ariel from the country. After being exiled Dorfman went to Paris he came down with a case of
There are situations that make the development of a country complicated, and sometimes those circumstances are not always in the hands of the country’s government. When that occurs it seems that progress for that country is questioned and resources that were once unlimited become limited and the country is at a standstill and no improvement is made. For Chile, their time of struggle came when Salvador Allende, a leftist party member, as well as leader of the Unidad Popular (Popular Unity) became
coming in support of Pablo Neruda. The citizens would be grieving and also coping by reciting his poems because Pablo Neruda was seen as one of the greatest spanish poets and he brought the countries spirits up. Also, since the power belonged to Augusto Pinochet now there would Pinochet’s regime trying to get anyone attending this funeral gone because it did not follow under the same beliefs that Pinochet thought. This photograph reminds me of the scene where Alba and Esteban Trueba are seen at the
September 11, 1973 military coup d’état, which effectively overthrew the democratically elected government of Chile, and replaced it with a military Junta that would eventually be headed by the, then newly appointed, Army Commander-in-chief General Augusto Pinochet. After the military had taken control, the ousted president Salvador Allende was dead, and the military began collecting people they perceived to be dissidents, leftists, or supporters Allende. People were isolated in camps, systematically
Augusto Pinochet Year 11 Modern History Nick Nagl Pinochet Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte was the Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte was the Chilean dictator who led the country under what most regard as a time of terror for seventeen years, between 1973 and 1990. For example, the New York Times headline “Augusto Pinochet, dictator who ruled by terror in Chile, Dies at 91” clearly suggests that he was indeed was a traditional dictator. However, an article published by the BBC which entailed