ABSTRACT In Singapore, resilience lies at the heart of the nation’s efforts at building a strong civic culture. For those experiencing urban poverty, resilience holds little weight against the national rhetoric of self-reliance and meritocracy as keys to success. This paper presents a three-way conversation between the researcher, applied theatre facilitator, and youth participant, centring on the role applied theatre plays in examining the relationship between resilience and precarity within the cultural and political context of Singapore. It draws on Singapore’s national ideas of equality, justice, democracy, peace, and progress as touchstones to guide our reflection.

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“五颗星冉冉升起”：关于新加坡应用剧场、不稳定和复原力的对话

摘要 在新加坡，复原力是国家建设强大公民文化努力的核心。对于那些经历城市贫困的人来说，适应力与自力更生和任人唯贤是成功关键的国家言论相比几乎没有分量。本文介绍了研究人员、应用戏剧促进者和青年参与者之间的三向对话，重点是应用戏剧在研究新加坡文化和政治背景下的韧性与不稳定之间的关系方面所发挥的作用。它借鉴了新加坡平等、正义、民主、和平和进步的民族理念，作为指导我们反思的试金石。