Let’s Chat with a Perfect Stranger: Multiple Literacy and Learning the Pandemic through Whatsapp Theatre Essay

This essay looks at an online interactive theatrical experience titled Project Perfect Stranger by ZU-UK that helps its participants reflect upon the pandemic and themselves through mediated WhatsApp interactions with a perfect stranger. Moreover, this is a participant observant inquiry into the pro...

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Published in:Miranda Vol. 28
Main Author: Eldhose, A.Y.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
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Summary:This essay looks at an online interactive theatrical experience titled Project Perfect Stranger by ZU-UK that helps its participants reflect upon the pandemic and themselves through mediated WhatsApp interactions with a perfect stranger. Moreover, this is a participant observant inquiry into the project. The study looks at how virtual theatrical experiences can offer multiple possibilities/levels of learning.  Cet essai porte sur l’expérience interactive théâtrale Project Perfect Stranger de la compagnie ZU-UK qui invite les participants à réfléchir sur les conséquences de la pandémie et sur eux-mêmes en proposant des interactions via WhatsApp avec des étrangers. Basé sur une approche participative, cette étude s’intéresse à la façon dont les expériences théâtrales virtuelles peuvent devenir des outils d’apprentissage à divers degrés.
ISSN:2108-6559
2108-6559
DOI:10.4000/miranda.55979