A Changing Masaka City
A 4-part radio drama by Arts Applied Uganda ‘A Changing Masaka City’ is a four-part radio drama series written, performed and produced by Arts Applied Uganda. The four episodes tackle environmental justice, climate change, resilience, and community visions for an ‘ideal city’. They explore key themes that emerged out of a community applied theatre project […]
How to build an inclusive and climate resilient Masaka: Applied Theatre in Central Uganda
In collaboration with Arts Applied Uganda, and Antonio Kalyango, a local journalist and environmental activist, we invited three of Masaka’s most marginalised communities to participate in an applied theatre project. This comprised a series of eight workshops to explore and reflect on how social, environmental and climate justice intersect within this new city in Uganda’s […]
Madihin for Social and Climate Justice in South Kalimantan
In July 2022, Muhammad Budi Zakia Sani and Syahril, two leading Banjarese Pamadihinan, led a Madihin performance on the riverside in Banjarmasin, a city in South Kalimantan. Madihin was recognised by UNESCO as a form of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2014. It is a spontaneous musical monologue repartee in the Banjar language by one or […]
Piir (Life)
In 2023, GENERATE collaborated with a group of young refugees from South Sudan, using a creative toolbox of participatory methods to explore their lived experiences. Through stakeholder workshops with youth activists and decision-makers, life story interviews, drawing diaries paired with weekly reflective discussions, and a series of music workshops, we examined how intersecting environmental and […]