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Logics and discourses in disability arts in Sweden: a neoinstitutional perspective
- Author:
- INELAND Jens
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 20(7), December 2005, pp.749-762.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Theatre for and with people with intellectual disabilities has gradually become a more frequent and popular work arrangement within the municipal daily activities in Sweden. This article focuses on one of those theatres - Olla - and the aim is to analyse the institutional settings and normative environment surrounding the theatre and the way in which it relates to different institutional rules and expectations. Analytical implications will be drawn against neoinstitutional theory and will show how Olla expresses both an artistic and a therapeutical logic, and that legitimacy is dependent on a loosely coupled formal structure between process and product, art and therapy. These logics are formulated within two different discourses, which leave Olla balancing between being a normalisation project or disability art which puts emphasis on the celebration of difference.
Valuing the place of young people with learning disabilities in the arts
- Author:
- GODDARD Jennifer
- Journal article citation:
- Child Care in Practice, 21(3), 2015, pp.238-255.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper charts the course of a group of young people with learning disabilities using theatre to explore ways in which they can express the emotions and dilemmas they face in transitioning from young people 'participating' in their world to more actively engaging in arts leadership roles. A comparison is drawn with Swedish models of disability arts, which tend towards a relative or weaker social model of disability - more akin to the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Impairment than the model used to in the United Kingdom - which it is argued is more suited to inclusion of young people with learning disabilities. Questions of facilitation, co-creation and participation are examined in light of this comparison. (Edited publisher abstract)
The story about theater organizations, the public's approval, and the actors' identity formation in Nordic disability theater
- Authors:
- GJAERUM Rikke Gurgens, INELAND Jens, SAUER Lennart
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 9(4), October 2010, pp.254-273.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Nordic disability theatre is a relatively new field of disability research. This article provides an overview of Nordic disability theatre and conducts a comparative analysis of the prevailing conditions in Sweden and Norway. The article is based on an analysis from 4 research projects; 2 Norwegian studies of 3 theatre groups with participants with hearing impairment and intellectual disability, and 2 Swedish studies of 2 theatre groups with participants with intellectual disability. The projects involved qualitative interviews of 16 Norwegian and 35 Swedish informants and focus groups of 21 Norwegian children between 7 and 9 years old. A quantitative questionnaire was also completed by 128 Norwegian adult audience members. The aim of this article is to illustrate the consequences the organisation of the theatrical activities have for the disability theatre actors. The analysis is based on 2 organisational principles: theatre as social welfare service; and theatre as art. The article also addresses the relationship between the theatres and the public opinion and media. Finally, the article illustrates how the organisation of the theatre and public recognition and approval play an important role for the actors' identity formation and sense of belonging.