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When the Body is the Oppressed , or The Ma Project, Dancing a New Collective Story (Participatory Research on Communication for Social Change)

Novella Centellas, Carolina
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1307244804

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2011, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Communication and Development Studies (International Studies).
In Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, El Colegio del Cuerpo (the School of the Body), through the Ma Project, an education-through-dance intervention funded by the World Bank, aims to restore the individual and the social body of a community affected by violence and high levels of social inequity. This research, a collaborative, interpretive, and participatory research aims to understand what are the elements of the Ma Project as an intervention for social change, the perceived changes in the children and the community, and the challenges of the project. Most Significant Change, participatory video, and ethnographic techniques (participant observation, interviews, and focus group) were used to explore these questions. Silence and the Present Body were found to be essential communicative elements of the project and community members identified respect to be at the roots of many individual and social transformations. The community also identified organizational weaknesses as well as limited access and “elitization” as some of the challenges that might hinder the continuity of the project.
Rafael Obregon, Dr. (Committee Chair)
Zelma Badu-Younge, Dr. (Committee Member)
Zachary Holl (Committee Member)
207 p.
Communication; Dance
Communication for Social Change; participatory research; Liberating Performance; Dance; Body; Silence; Most Significant Change; Colombia; The Ma Project; El Colegio del Cuerpo

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  • Novella Centellas, C. (2011). When the Body is the Oppressed , or The Ma Project, Dancing a New Collective Story (Participatory Research on Communication for Social Change) [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1307244804

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Novella Centellas, Carolina. When the Body is the Oppressed , or The Ma Project, Dancing a New Collective Story (Participatory Research on Communication for Social Change). 2011. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1307244804.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Novella Centellas, Carolina. "When the Body is the Oppressed , or The Ma Project, Dancing a New Collective Story (Participatory Research on Communication for Social Change)." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1307244804

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