Viola Karungi

Area of Specialty : 
Performance Theories, Art Criticism, Acting Skills
Designation: 
Assistant Lecturer
Telephone: 
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Career Goal

o   To use the arts to advocate for justice and justice awareness as an Arts Scholar, Educationist, Theatre Consultant and Social-Cultural Policy Advisor.

Education

o   Bachelor of Arts in Drama (1st Class Hons.), Makerere University, 2012

o   Master of Arts in International Performance Research (Distinction), University of Warwick –UK, 2014

o   Interdisciplinary, Multidisciplinary, Transdisciplinary (IMT) Studies, University of Arts in Belgrade-Serbia, 2014

Interests

o   Art Criticism, Performance Theories, Psychology of Art, Curating Creative Practices, Gender and Ethnography studies.

Research and Publications

o   Preserving Culture and Identity among Somali Urban Refugees in Kisenyi Slum in Kampala City. (Ongoing research, 2016)

  • Responsibility and Judgment: The Route; Human Trafficking in Uganda. (Unpublished article 2015/2016)

o   Kinyankore Folk Poetry: Structure and Context. African Performance Review. Eds. Sam Kasule & Sola Adeyemi.  6.2 (2012): 58-74. Print

o   Master’s Thesis: Silent Voices: Performing Traumatic Memory to Legitimize the Claim for Restorative Justice in Northern Uganda, 2013.

o   Undergraduate Thesis: Kinyankore Folk Poetry (Ebyevugo) and its Performance among Banyankore People of South-Western Uganda in Mbarara District, 2011.

o   Online reviews of performances on the Baltic Circle International Theatre Festival in Finland, 2012; Field Works-Hotel, When There is No Exit, Let’s Build a House, Its Going to Get Worse and Worse My Friend. http://www.liikekieli.com/archives/5229 2012.

o   ‘Multiparty Politics and Its Impact on Gender and Students’ Welfare at Makerere University,’ 2010.