A meditation on positionality and implicit bias in documentary theatre as a research methodology Workshop Description: This exercise is meant to be a meditation on positionality and implicit bias in documentary theatre. During the workshop, we will reflect on what our similarities (bridges) and differences (gaps) to our narrators might mean for the interview itself, how we interpret our findings, and/ how we stage their stories. Bridges and Gaps are not inherently good or bad, there are opportunities in both, but they cannot be ignored if our goal is to represent our narrators' worldview, not simply reproduce our own. Presenter bio: Nikki Yeboah is an Assistant Professor of Playwriting at the University of Washington. As a playwright, she adapts oral histories for the stage as an alternative record of Black life. Her most recent documentary plays include 11th & Pine, based on interviews with BLM protestors from Seattle's occupation of its Capitol Hill neighborhood, Akosua Goes Home, based on interviews with the women in her family, and The (M)others, based on testimonies from mothers who have lost loved ones to police violence. As a researcher, her work studies the ethics, politics, and methods of staging documentary theatre. She is an award-winning author who has been published in; Theatre Journal, Text and Performance Quarterly, Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, and the Western Journal of Communication. Tags 2025 Mar 05 2025 16.30 - 17.45 A meditation on positionality and implicit bias in documentary theatre as a research methodology CCRI Seminar, presented by Nikki Yeboah: 'A meditation on positionality and implicit bias in documentary theatre as a research methodology' Join us via the Zoom link below, using the following meeting ID and passcode: Meeting ID: 833 4689 5692 Passcode: 244399 Zoom Meeting Link
A meditation on positionality and implicit bias in documentary theatre as a research methodology Workshop Description: This exercise is meant to be a meditation on positionality and implicit bias in documentary theatre. During the workshop, we will reflect on what our similarities (bridges) and differences (gaps) to our narrators might mean for the interview itself, how we interpret our findings, and/ how we stage their stories. Bridges and Gaps are not inherently good or bad, there are opportunities in both, but they cannot be ignored if our goal is to represent our narrators' worldview, not simply reproduce our own. Presenter bio: Nikki Yeboah is an Assistant Professor of Playwriting at the University of Washington. As a playwright, she adapts oral histories for the stage as an alternative record of Black life. Her most recent documentary plays include 11th & Pine, based on interviews with BLM protestors from Seattle's occupation of its Capitol Hill neighborhood, Akosua Goes Home, based on interviews with the women in her family, and The (M)others, based on testimonies from mothers who have lost loved ones to police violence. As a researcher, her work studies the ethics, politics, and methods of staging documentary theatre. She is an award-winning author who has been published in; Theatre Journal, Text and Performance Quarterly, Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, and the Western Journal of Communication. Tags 2025 Mar 05 2025 16.30 - 17.45 A meditation on positionality and implicit bias in documentary theatre as a research methodology CCRI Seminar, presented by Nikki Yeboah: 'A meditation on positionality and implicit bias in documentary theatre as a research methodology' Join us via the Zoom link below, using the following meeting ID and passcode: Meeting ID: 833 4689 5692 Passcode: 244399 Zoom Meeting Link
Mar 05 2025 16.30 - 17.45 A meditation on positionality and implicit bias in documentary theatre as a research methodology CCRI Seminar, presented by Nikki Yeboah: 'A meditation on positionality and implicit bias in documentary theatre as a research methodology'
