UNESCO Courier articles from November 1997

UNESCO Courier archives from November 1997

Month by month. (theater activities and awards are reminders that the theater is alive)
November 1, 1997... The award of the Nobel Prize for Literature to the Italian playwright Dario Fo, a few weeks ago, was a reminder both that the theatre is a major art and that it is in good shape. In spite of strong competition from the cinema and to an even...

Theatre for tomorrow. (live theater will flourish despite technological advancement in the field)
November 1, 1997... In an age of spreading computer technology and cultural intermingling, the world's many forms of theatre have reached a crucial stage "Where is the theatre going?" The question is often asked, but perhaps it would be more accurate to ask it in...

Rules made to be broken. (transgressing rules through acting)
November 1, 1997... Africa's social action theatre taps a heritage of traditional games designed to help people let off steam Theatre people only became an accepted part of African society sometime in the 1980s. It was on European stages that most of them, like...

An art in search of its roots. (Indian folk theater)
November 1, 1997... Forms of folk drama rooted in the villages could give new impetus to modern Indian theatre Indian folk theatre is a composite art with a composite set of skills practised by artists who stage a total performance through the creation of verbal,...

Shingeki's restless century. (history of Japan's modern theater)
November 1, 1997... The chequered fortunes of Japan's modern drama There is a basic difference between classical Japanese theatre and Shingeki or "modern theatre", which emerged in the early twentieth century under the influence of Western theatre. Classical...

A common home. (the history of theater in Russia)
November 1, 1997... Despite the sweeping changes that have occurred since the Soviet era, Russian theatre is still a crucible of collective enthusiasm Just a hundred years ago, a famous encounter took place in a well-known Moscow restaurant, the Slav Bazaar,...

The birth of modern Arab theatre.
November 1, 1997... Outward-looking pioneers in the 19th century set the scene for contemporary theatre in the Arab world In February 1848, a Beirut merchant named Marun Al Naqqash (1817-55), put on in his own home a performance of 'Al Bakhil, a play based on...

The theatre of the oppressed. (street theater shows)
November 1, 1997... Some people do theatre because it's their job, their craft or their calling. But all men and women on Earth are a theatre in themselves. It's second nature to them. In every one of us there's an actor - someone who acts - and a spectator, who...

Science education and sustainable development.
November 1, 1997... The eve of a new millennium is an appropriate moment for UNESCO and other international organizations to reflect on their missions and the challenges that lie ahead. Education for all remains the foundation for the achievement of sustainable...

Seaweed at your service. (harvesting of marine algae results in employment)
November 1, 1997... For many people seaweeds are simply plants that grow in water. This was the accepted definition until the eighteenth century. They were regarded as "not proper plants" because they had neither flowers nor seeds. Today, this definition is out of...

Protecting the South Pacific. (creation of the Agreement Establishing the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme)
November 1, 1997... Fifteen countries and territories in the South Pacific have joined forces to develop and implement a 1997-2000 Action Plan to protect their environment. They are parties to the Agreement Establishing the South Pacific Regional Environment...

Ironbridge Gorge: symbolic birthplace of the industrial era. (England)
November 1, 1997... The world's first iron bridge, built in 1779 across England's River Severn, came to epitomize the genesis of industrialization based on iron and coal . . . If an atheist who had never heard of Coalbrookdale could be transported there in a...

'An inner freedom.' (interview with poet, novelist and playwright Andree Chedid)(Interview)
November 1, 1997... interview Lebanese-born poet, novelist and playwright Andree Chedid has published over thirty books including (in English translation) Selected Poems (1996), Multiple Child (1995) and From Sleep Unbound (1987). From her standpoint at the...