Remote representation: A puppetry sensitization project in Nairobi

Howard  Abwao; Louis Netter; Matt Smith

doi:10.4324/9781003231646-22

Remote representation: A puppetry sensitization project in Nairobi

Howard Abwao
, Louis Netter
, Matt Smith

School of Film, Media and Creative Technologies

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Abstract

This chapter discusses a community-based project using puppetry in Nairobi to deliver messages about lung health. The discussion contextualizes the process, the delivery of this cross-cultural project and the ways the puppet identities changed. The authors from Kenya and the UK argue that puppets representing local identities, built in the UK, changed meaning and their cultural connotation when they were brought to life by resident artists in Kenya.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Race, Gender, and Disability in Puppetry and Material Performance
Editors	Paulette Richards, Hazel Briar, Alissa Mello, Laura Purcell-Gates
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	18
Number of pages	13
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9781003231646
ISBN (Print)	9781032139548, 9781032139517
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003231646-22 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003231646
Publication status	Published - 31 Dec 2025

Keywords

Puppetry
race

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Race, Gender, and Disability in Puppetry and Material Performance. ed. / Paulette Richards; Hazel Briar; Alissa Mello; Laura Purcell-Gates. 1st. ed. Routledge, 2025.

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Puppets as engineers of the imagination: using performing objects to communicate innovative enzyme science

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Applied Puppetry: The Theory and Practice of Object Ecologies

Applied puppetry and health action

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