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Coupling interaction ritual theory with online Participatory Theatre produces mutually beneficial knowledge and strengthens collective resistance among anti-violence activists addressing campus sexual violence. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To examine the viability, challenges, and opportunities of conducting online Participatory Theatre to investigate campus sexual violence and foster activist allyship during periods of political tension.

September 10, 2026Action ResearchOpen Access

Harnessing the Power of Online Participatory Theatre: Activist Allyship and Sexual Violence on Canadian Campuses

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EQElizabeth QuinlanUniversity of Saskatchewan AQAndrea QuinlanUniversity of Waterloo CFCurtis FogelTwitter (United States)

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Qualitative participatory study demonstrates how online applied theatre fosters allyship among campus activists, highlighting digital interaction rituals for resisting sexual violence.

Key Points

To examine the viability, challenges, and opportunities of conducting online Participatory Theatre to investigate campus sexual violence and foster activist allyship during periods of political tension.
Implemented online Participatory Theatre, a Participatory Action Research approach utilizing applied theatre techniques, with campus anti-violence activists.
Applied Randall Collins's sociological framework of interaction rituals to evaluate digital engagement, collective emotional energy, and group solidarity.
Demonstrated that online Participatory Theatre can effectively generate collective emotional energy and build activist allyship despite the lack of physical copresence.
Showed that integrating interaction rituals with participatory methods yields reciprocal benefits for researchers and communities by reinforcing shared agency and collective resistance.

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Quinlan et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa27bbd58559d80afc751b9 https://doi.org/10.1177/14767503261480557

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Qualitative participatory study demonstrates how online applied theatre fosters allyship among campus activists, highlighting digital interaction rituals for resisting sexual violence.

Harnessing the Power of Online Participatory Theatre: Activist Allyship and Sexual Violence on Canadian Campuses

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Harnessing the Power of Online Participatory Theatre: Activist Allyship and Sexual Violence on Canadian Campuses

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