Excavating the Silences: Using Theatre to Give Voice to Archaeological Findings and Excluded Narratives from the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in Barbados | AHRC DTP
Subject: Creative & Performing Arts
HEI:Â University of Glasgow
School:Â College of Arts and Humanities, School of Culture & Creative Arts, Theatre Studies
Supervisors: Dr Michael Bachmann, Dr Peggy Brunache, Dr Graham Eatough
Keywords: Theatre, Archaeology, Playwriting, Reparations, Post-colonial, Barbados
Discipline+Catalyst: Archaeology & Classics, Cultural & Museum Studies, Creative Arts & Design
Knowledge Exchange Hub: Citizenship, Culture & Ethics, Heritage
Strategis Themes & Priority Areas: Cultural and Heritage Studies
About Michelle’s Research:
Theatre studies and archaeology are socio-archival disciplines. Archaeology unearths clues about practices of the past, while theatre and performance often negotiate and represent such practices in a contemporary context (Pearson and Shanks). In Barbados, some dig sites are located on colonial plantations, with found artefacts shedding light on those who suffered during enslavement. With the call for reparations for the injustices endured during that colonial era, this research sits at the intersection of theatre and archaeology, aiming to develop a reparative playwriting practice which uncovers the silenced narratives of enslaved people in Barbados during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
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