TY - JOUR
T1 - Speaking Out on Sexualized Violence Through Artistic Storytelling in Post-conflict Northern Ireland
AU - Van Ooijen, Anna Lea
AU - Davids, Tine
AU - Fitzpatrick, Lisa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2024/4
Y1 - 2024/4
N2 - Directly related to The Troubles, sexualized violence has been largely ignored, yet continues to affect significant numbers of individuals in Northern Ireland today. This article analyzes various women's stories concerning sexualized violence shared in testimonial theater projects in Northern Ireland. We argue that (a) artistic storytelling about sexualized violence in theater projects can be a tool to release individuals and the collective from the (normalized) silence surrounding these violent acts and (b) it is an epistemological transformative method of inquiry to address these acts with the aim of eliminating them.
AB - Directly related to The Troubles, sexualized violence has been largely ignored, yet continues to affect significant numbers of individuals in Northern Ireland today. This article analyzes various women's stories concerning sexualized violence shared in testimonial theater projects in Northern Ireland. We argue that (a) artistic storytelling about sexualized violence in theater projects can be a tool to release individuals and the collective from the (normalized) silence surrounding these violent acts and (b) it is an epistemological transformative method of inquiry to address these acts with the aim of eliminating them.
KW - artistic storytelling
KW - Northern Ireland
KW - sexualized violence
KW - testimonial theater
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U2 - 10.1177/10778012231179222
DO - 10.1177/10778012231179222
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85162997982
SN - 1077-8012
VL - 30
SP - 1053
EP - 1074
JO - Violence against women
JF - Violence against women
IS - 5
ER -