Tilting at Windmills in a changing climate: A performative walking practice and dance-documentary film as an embodied mode of engagement and persuasion

Research in Drama Education

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-227

  Allen, Jess ^a,b   Jones, Sara Penrhyn ^c  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b Digital Media and Creativity   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; documentary film; embodiment; environmentalism; ethnography; performance; renewable energy landscape; somatics; Wales; walking practice; wind turbines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861622083     PISSN: 13569783     EISSN: 1470112X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13569783.2012.670423     Document Type: Article

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