ABSTRACT

Despite the ongoing conflict between farmers and herdsmen in Nigeria, researchers are yet to substantially focus attention on ways of empowering victims of the conflict through skills acquisition. This study attempts to fill this gap by assessing the effectiveness of theatre for development as a communication intervention strategy for positively influencing the perceptions, knowledge and behavioural intentions related to painting, weaving and fashion and design of victims of the conflict between farmers and herdsmen in Nigeria. A quasi-experiment was utilised with 470 participants. Theatre for development was found to be an effective communication intervention strategy for positively influencing the participants regarding the three arts and crafts examined. The implications of these results for human capital theory and the theory of planned behaviour are explored, and recommendations are made.

摘要

尽管尼日利亚农牧民之间的冲突持续不断，但研究人员尚未将注意力集中在通过获得技能来增强冲突受害者权能的方式上。本研究试图通过评估戏剧促进发展作为交流干预策略的有效性来填补这一空白，该策略积极影响尼日利亚农牧民冲突受害者与绘画、编织、时尚和设计相关的观念、知识和行为意图. 使用了一个有 470 名参与者的准实验。发展剧院被认为是一种有效的交流干预策略，可以积极影响参与者对所检查的三种艺术和手工艺的影响。