The Research-based Theatre Lab promotes theatre as research and collaborative initiatives between researchers, artists, and community members.
Explore a recent special issue in Qualitative Inquiry on ethics and Research-based Theatre (RbT), edited by Research-based Theatre Lab scholars Susan Cox, Marilys Guillemin, Jennica Nichols, and Monica Prendergast.
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Dark Secrets
Dark Secrets is part of a research project being led by the UBC School of Social Work that focuses on student to student abuse in Canada’s Residential School System.
Using RbT with D/deaf and hearing teachers
Simangele Mabena will share a work-in-progress based on the exploration of D/deaf and hearing teachers’ roles and pedagogy in teaching South African Sign Language using RbT, while navigating her role as a researcher.
Rock the Boat
Don’t Rock the Boat began as a live theatre workshop focusing on wellbeing issues that arise within the context of graduate student supervisory relationships.