Positive Aspects and Criticisms of Intercultural Theatre

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Question 1
Using the definition of ‘culture’ in the PowerPoint, list all cultures of which you are apart. For example, we are all a part of university culture (so now, you can list that plus four others. Culture is a societal component that comprises attitudes, beliefs, practices, and goals.
I can be part of the cultures that include colleague or university norms, languages, college festivals, holidays, food, college ceremonies and rituals, college art, and reaction activities, among others.
Question 2
List three positive aspects of intercultural theatre and then three criticism or pitfalls of intercultural theatre. Intercultural theatre comes with various benefits and downsides.
1 When there is engagement in theatre practice involving different cultures, there is an increased possibility of expanding audience, followers, or fans’ horizons. More often, there is increased exposure to increased art diversity, which can be fascinating, intriguing, and thought-provoking.
2 Intercultural theatre creates increased societal harmony where people can peacefully coexist. Intercultural theatre breeds a deeper understanding of diverse categories of cultural art while boosting mutual recognition and appreciation of others' cultural as expressed via art.
3 Intercultural theatre comes with the befit of diversity in terms of performance styles, music, and visual aesthetics. Its audience enjoys accessing diverse presentation and aesthetic approaches.
Some challenges accompany intercultural theatre.
1 Intercultural theatre can lead to cultural identity crises. The mix-up and integration of cultures as expressed in theatre arts can often cause disintegration and diminution of the specific group identifying features. The cultural boundaries are likely to be broken, thereby leading to the loss of their homogeneity. Some groups may lose a substantial body of their cultural identity by adopting other groups ‘cultural practices, attitudes, and norms.
2 Intercultural theatre raises the critical problem of political correctness where intercultural theatre arts are perceived as a foreign phenomenon. It is usual to observe a clash of perceptions between Euro-American and other parts of the world. Some groups view intercultural arts to colonize, exploit, and infiltrate native cultures with foreign practices that are often in bad faith.
3 Intercultural theatre is quite broad, leading to increased misunderstanding and possible conflicts.
Question 3
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs examine the concept of globalization. It does this by providing narrations involving the exploitation of Chinese workers. It paints the phenomenon of globalization as a heterogeneous and broad phenomenon spanning diverse themes, including gender, sexuality, interculturalism, racism, media, ...