Forum theatre and knowledge creation: participatory research on agricultural water (France/Morocco)
Agricultural water plays a major role in the current mutations of Mediterranean societies in the context of climate change. The way in which the various stakeholders (including researchers) exchange their knowledge and positions on this issue has an impact on the strategies implemented in the research and university communities, as well as in the planning and farming communities, etc.
THESAMAN is a participatory research project that examines a specific tool for knowledge exchange and decision-making: forum theatre. It examines whether or not the latter can promote (i) greater equity between knowledge holders; (ii) recognition of the existence of different valid systems of thought (epistemological pluralism); (iii) the initiation of viable joint decision-making.
It is a multidisciplinary and comparative project between France and Morocco, two countries where the history of agricultural water is both singular and linked. The research brings together five laboratories(LPED, CNE, CIPE/LEST, IREMAM, ENA), two master's degrees and an agricultural school (AMU, EJCAM, ENA), two associations (Maison régionale de l'eau, IFKER), and two forum theatre companies (Théâtre de l'opprimé de Casablanca, CotéAct). The filmed research process is relayed by the IRD's scientific and technical culture services.
Coordination of the project
Sophie Lewandowski (LPED)
Duration
September 2021 to february 2023