Mon histoire, ton histoire: Entangling Research, Pedagogy and Theatre

Abstract

In this article I explore ways Research-based Theatre (RbT) entangles pedagogy, scholarship, and art‑making through embodied, relational inquiry. Drawing on the evolving autoethnographic play Mon histoire, ton histoire, I reflect on a theatre-based workshop in which participants co-created personal and ancestral stories through movement, monologue, gesture, and dialogue. Centering the monologue “Baggage Carousel,” I share how theatrical practices invite rhizomatic forms of knowing that blur boundaries between performer and audience, research and teaching, individual and collective memory. The workshop illustrates how arts-based inquiry can foster relational meaning-making, cultural reflection, and collaborative storying within educational spaces across diverse learning communities globally.