The role and importance of theatre in raising social awareness and developing and understanding of aesthetic arts

Authors

  • Kamile Akgul

Keywords:

Theatre, Understanding of Aesthetic Arts, Education, Educational Awareness, Investment on Art

Abstract

Theatre, which has served certain ends since it came into existence, mostly strives to make changes in the traditional structure through its effective power of expression. This branch of art has acquired a privilege with its educational priority in the realisation of smooth and natural flow of the social transition which takes place during the journey from the traditional to the universal with political, religious as well as economic concerns.

From the ancient times to the present, attempts to educate society through theatre have assumed a considerably potential role as a means employed in circumstances where dominant systems of thought were intended to be disseminated into broad areas. However, in spite of its unifying role within the social life, theatre has not only undertaken the appropriate messages, but it has also served the ends to impose some tendencies aimed to meet interests, leading to social hesitations against arts. This artistic activity, which has been sacrificed for the sake of conflicts of interest, has been isolated from the social life by the minds that regard enlightenment of the society through awareness-raising as a threat.

This study, through “The Model of Vital Quality Acquisition by Investing in Arts”, puts an emphasis on the social tendency to display sensitivity to arts as a result of the communication between educational awareness and investment in arts as well as the development of understanding on aesthetic arts, and dwells on the role and importance of theatre in raising social awareness.
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Author Biography

Kamile Akgul

Being dancer, educator and choreographer, Akgül hold her major degree from Turkish Folk Dances Department in Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Turkish Music State Conservatory. She got her M.A. degree from Department of Music in Social Sciences Institute at ITU and got her Ph.D. from Public Relations Division in Social Sciences Institute at Selcuk University. Akgül worked between in 2004-2009 years in the Department of Arts Administration in Arts and Design Faculty in Istanbul Kültür University. Some of graduate and undergraduate courses taught by Akgül are “History of Dance”, “Dance Improvisation”, “Dance and Communication”, “Dance and Theatre”, “Knowledge of Choreography”. Her academical papers about dancing have been published in national and international journals. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Akgül is still maintaining her academic carrier in the Department of Public Releations and Advertising in Communication Faculty in Yeni Yüzyıl Üniversity in İstanbul.

Published

2011-02-22

How to Cite

Akgul, K. (2011). The role and importance of theatre in raising social awareness and developing and understanding of aesthetic arts. Journal of Human Sciences, 8(1), 974–983. Retrieved from https://www.j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/1610

Issue

Section

Fine Arts