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Previous teaching: Undergraduate: Stages in Conflict/ Performance and War; Courses on Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed; Prison Theatre; Theatre with refugee and asylum seeking communities; Theatre, Performance and Care. Postgraduate: Options on the MA in Applied Theatre. Supervision areas: Any areas of Applied theatre, socially engaged arts, arts and health.
Biography
I am Professor of Applied and Social Theatre. I was the founding Director of the TiPP Centre in 1992 and founder of In Place of War - a project supporting arts programmes in war and disaster zones. I've written widely on applied theatre, socially-engaged arts and theatre in conflict and humanitarian disaster contexts. My books include 'Performance Affects' (2009), 'Humanitarian Performance' (2014) and 'Care Aesthetics' (2022). In 2021 I edited 'Performing Care' with Amanda Stuart Fisher. I am currently researching the relation between art and care - part of a new project funded by the AHRC on Care Aesthetics.
Research interests
I research on performance and war, applied theatre and performance and care.
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In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Creating and Reliving the Moment: Using Musical Improvisation and Care Aesthetics as a Lens of Connection and Self-Expression for Younger People Living with Dementia
Dowlen, R., McPherson, D. H. J., Thompson, J., Keady, J., Swarbrick, C. & Hoskin, L., Aug 2024, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21, 8, 972.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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‘Only my family can help’: The lived experience and care aesthetics of being resident on an NHS psychiatric/mental health inpatient dementia assessment ward – a single case study
Jones, L., Cullum, N., Watson, R., Thompson, J. & Keady, J., 5 Feb 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Ageing & Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Care Aesthetics, Coronavirus and Everyday Life
Thompson, J., 18 Jul 2023, In: Performance Research. 27, 6-7, p. 54-61 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Care Aesthetics: For Artful care and careful art
Thompson, J., 19 Jul 2022, UK: Routledge.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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To Applied Theatre with Love
Thompson, J., 18 Mar 2021, In: TDR: the journal of performance studies. 65, 1, p. 167-179 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Projects
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CARE: Care Aesthetics Research Exploration Project
Thompson, J. (PI), Keady, J. (CoI), Maguire-Rosier, K. (Researcher) & Polonyi, R. (Researcher)
1/03/22 → 28/02/25
Project: Research
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Exploring how the practice of care might be understood as an aesthetic practice (Care Aesthetics Lab)
Keady, J. (Corresponding participant) & Thompson, J. (Participant)
Impact: Awareness and understanding, Health and wellbeing, Society and culture
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In Place of War (IPOW) - Supporting, developing and promoting artists from conflict zones: from responsive research to internationally significant arts organisation
Thompson, J. (Participant), Jeffers, A. (Participant) & Hughes, J. (Participant)
Impact: Awareness and understanding, Economic, Society and culture
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Networking & Supporting the work of theatre artists in and from international war zones
Thompson, J. (Participant), Hughes, J. (Participant), Jeffers, A. (Participant) & Balfour, M. (Participant)
Impact: Societal impacts, Cultural impacts