Ethnography, Applied Theatre and Stiwanism: Creative Methods in Search of Praxis Amongst Men and Women in Jinja, Uganda

This article critically reflects on a long-term intergenerational project combining ethnographic and social science research methods and Freirean-inspired applied theatre in a long-term participatory process working alongside men and women in search of a ‘plenitude of praxis’: strengthening and promoting an urban community's capacity to unite across social barriers in recognising systemic injustices and inequalities and challenging these through community-led interventions in pursuit of common social justice outcomes. It reflects on the successes, complexities and failures of an approach rooted in African feminism, and in particular stiwanism, in a context of entrenched urban poverty in Jinja Municipality, Uganda.