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Beyond representation: A conversation with Jummy Faruq on decentring puppetry practice and design

Poster-Su, Tobi (2024) Beyond representation: A conversation with Jummy Faruq on decentring puppetry practice and design. In: Race, Gender and Disability in Puppetry and Material Performance. Routledge. (In Press)

Type of Research: Book Section
Creators: Poster-Su, Tobi
Description:

Jummy Faruq is a puppeteer, theatre-maker, and facilitator based in the UK. They are the founder of Puppetry Creatives of Colour UK , who hosted their inaugural retreat in January 2022. Tobi Poster-Su is a puppeteer, theatre-maker, and researcher exploring puppetry and racialization. Since early 2021, Jummy and Tobi have conducted an extended conversation over Zoom and WhatsApp about puppetry, race, and their respective practice-based research. On 14 September 2021, Tobi sat down with Jummy to discuss the culmination of a year-long Arts Council England funded research and development (R&D) project working with Mafwa theatre and Shantona Women’s Centre to produce puppets and run workshops rooted within local communities of color. The discussion has been edited for length and clarity.

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ArtistFaruq, Jummy
Keywords/subjects not otherwise listed: puppets, race
Publisher/Broadcaster/Company: Routledge
Your affiliations with UAL: Colleges > Wimbledon College of Arts
Date: 4 December 2024
Date Deposited: 14 Jan 2025 11:00
Last Modified: 14 Jan 2025 11:00
Item ID: 23261
URI: https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/23261

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