This unique edition is the result of the second International Theatre for Young Audiences
Research Network (ITYARN) conference that was held in Malmoe Sweden in May 2011 as part of
the XVIIth ASSITEJ World Congress and Festival. In fifteen essays that are illustrative of the
wide variety as well as of the many opportunities for research in TYA this book covers six
continents includes quantitative qualitative ethnographic action and historiographical
methods and highlights critical theory philosophical discourse play analysis and other
approaches. The essays deal with a broad range of issues including representation cultural
contexts questions of identity race- class- and gender theory notions of child and
childhood aesthetics and the influence of media and dominant ideologies. ITYARN aims to
further research in the field of theatre for young audiences to contextualize and theorize the
lively artistic products for children and youth globally. It is the researchnetwork of ASSITEJ
the International Association of Theatre for Children and Youth which co-produced this
publication.
