Citation

Sawyer J, Earle SJ. International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change 2019; 4(4): 83-97.

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(Copyright © 2019)

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Abstract

This article documents a theatre based participatory research project implemented in response to an adolescent suicide. Integrating principles of play-building as qualitative research, youth participatory action research, and community education, youth ensemble participants build a play based on youth experiences of depression.

FINDINGS define depression, address stigma, deconstruct depictions of depression in the media, critique institutionalized helping systems, and offer hope for the future. Implications for collaborative youth engaged participatory research are explored alongside participatory media, stigma, community education, youth voice, social supports, and alternative paradigm research. © 2018 Primrose Hall Publishing Group.

Language: en