Kathy Barolsky
About
Kathy Barolsky is an Associate Professor in Drama\Theatre Education. She is a skilled and experienced applied theatre specialist (MADA Wits) and Drama and Movement Therapist (MA RCSSD). Kathy's career as a practitioner-researcher has been shaped by topics concerning social justice, democracy, anti-racism, whiteness, diversity, well-being and community in educational and community contexts using applied theatre and drama theatre methodologies.
Kathy's specialisation is Playback Theatre. In 2008, she founded Drama for Life Playback Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa, at Drama for Life, the University of the Witwatersrand.
Kathy is the coordinator for the Film, Dance, and Theatre group at the Department of Arts, Physical Education, and Sports and is the contact person for the Arts Education Masters. She teaches on subjects across the two-year Arts Education Masters and the two-year, part-time FPPU Education in Teaching, Dance, Drama and Theatre .
Publications
2022
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Barolsky, Catherine.
(2022)
Playback Theatre and the significance of intra-actions in staging social artistry.
Applied Theatre Research
Academic article
2021
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Barolsky, Catherine;
Halley, Cheraé.
(2021)
Liezel’s Story – #NotInMyName: Playback Theatre in Post-apartheid South Africa.
Academic chapter
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Barolsky, Kathy.
(2021)
Doing white differently? Playback Theatre and whiteness in post-apartheid South Africa.
Research in Drama Education
Academic article
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Barolsky, Catherine.
(2021)
Playback Theatre, social justice and empathy: A diffractive review.
Applied Theatre Research
Academic article
Journal publications
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Barolsky, Catherine.
(2022)
Playback Theatre and the significance of intra-actions in staging social artistry.
Applied Theatre Research
Academic article
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Barolsky, Kathy.
(2021)
Doing white differently? Playback Theatre and whiteness in post-apartheid South Africa.
Research in Drama Education
Academic article
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Barolsky, Catherine.
(2021)
Playback Theatre, social justice and empathy: A diffractive review.
Applied Theatre Research
Academic article
Part of book/report
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Barolsky, Catherine;
Halley, Cheraé.
(2021)
Liezel’s Story – #NotInMyName: Playback Theatre in Post-apartheid South Africa.
Academic chapter
Teaching
Courses
- DID3108 - Arts education teaching designs
- DID3911 - Master thesis in arts education with creative practice
- DID3910 - Master thesis in arts education
- PPU4462 - Teacher Education: Teaching Dance, Drama and Theater 1 - Part Time
- DID3105 - Becoming a researcher in arts education
- PPU4463 - Teacher Education: Teaching Dance, Drama and Theater 2