Working with Children: Elasticity, Creativity, and Disruption

Sarah Austin

doi:10.33303/gpsv4n1a17

Authors

Sarah Austin University of Melbourne

Author Biography

Sarah Austin, University of Melbourne

Dr. Sarah Austin is a Lecturer in Theatre at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music (Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne), and her research has focussed on developing a rights-based approach to working with children in contemporary performance. Sarah was the recipient of the 2018 Veronica Kelly Prize for Best Postgraduate Paper from the Australasian Drama Studies Association, and she has published and co-authored a number of journal articles and a book chapter. From 2017-2019 she was a Research Associate at the School of Culture and Communication (University of Melbourne). Sarah is an award-winning artist who specialises in making performance work with, by and for children and young people.

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