Tag: Social Change

• Echos: Polio, Diversity, and the Cold War, Part Two

  

  This is the second of a two-part post. Follow this link to read Part One. Polio was a stealth virus, contagious only until the person carrying it developed symptoms; in spite of this, the households of those who contracted the illness were often quarantined. Overnight, victims and their families might find themselves social pariahs, remaining…

  Michael Watson PhD

  June 13, 2016

  Disability, Social issues

  disability, Polio, Social Change, social justice

• IPTN: Conundrums and Burning Issues

  Montreal was hazy, a thin layer of smoke hung over the city. Tens of thousands of aces of forest were ablaze in northern  Canada, and the smoke from those fires rode the westerlies to Montreal. Some days were worse than others, resulting in hacking coughs and burning eyes. At the conference, this haze was a…

  Michael Watson PhD

  July 21, 2015

  Healing, Social issues, Stories, Teaching

  IPTN, Playback Theatre, Social Change, stories, teaching

• Exploring The Arts and Social Change At Apparao Gallery

  Community Building and the arts.

  Michael Watson PhD

  February 24, 2013

  Arts, Healing, Social issues, Teaching

  Arts, India, Social Change, travel

• Interview with Yours Truly Theatre Company, Bangalore, India

  The first full weekend I was in India we traveled to Bangalore to work with the Yours Truly Theatre Company. The company invited us to come and aid them to hone their Playback Theatre and Psychodrama skills. When we began to work with them, we were simply awed by their creativity and artistry. Indeed, by…

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 6, 2010

  Arts, Healing, India

  Social Change, Yoyrs Truly Theatre Company