The Case of the Missing Girl

The study uses Ethnodrama to address sex-selective abortion in Armenia. Ethnodrama uses an ethnographic method of data collection, then presents the findings as a dramatic script or performance. The urgency and the sensitivity of the topic informed the choice of using Ethnodrama over conventional research methodologies. The study gathered data from three primary sources: government databases, international organizations working with non-governmental organizations, and ethnographic fieldwork. The fieldwork consisted of taking notes on daily observations during classroom activities, a personal journal on conversations and interaction with community members, stories from community members, informal questions and answers sessions, and a small ethnographic survey. The information gathered from these three sources is used to write a play, The Case of the Missing Girls, using composite characters based on the participants in the research.

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O Dr. Koriko fornece um serviço de diversidade e inclusão através das artes performativas. Ele publicou três peças, Quand L'oiseau S'envole (Harmattan, 2006), L'ombre d'une Nuit (Harmattan, 2012) e Jazve (Awoudy, 2018) e foi co-autor de The Complicated Identity Negotiation of Women in Kangni Alemdjrodo's Chemin de Croix e Catharsis de Gustave Akakpo.