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Anna Johansson is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Special Education, Stockholm University, specializing in educational drama and children's theatre creation processes. Her work bridges special education with arts-based teaching methodologies.
Dr. Johansson holds a Master of Philosophy in Education Sciences and successfully defended her doctoral thesis in May 2023 at Stockholm University. Her doctoral research focused on Teaching and Learning with specialization in educational drama, specifically examining collaborative theatre creation among children in the Swedish School of Arts (Kulturskolan).
Her research centers on children's collaborative creative processes in drama, with particular emphasis on how children collectively develop dramatic scenes without scripts. She has identified key skills children employ including making story logic, creating meaningful roles, coordinating the big picture, and adding relevant events. Her methodological approach combines ethnographic observation, multimodal interaction analysis, and phenomenography to capture the rapid, multi-layered nature of children's creative work in drama. A significant contribution of her work is the concept of 'aesthetic triangulation' - children's ability to design roles and events with an awareness of an imagined audience.
Her publications from 2017-2023 reveal an evolving research trajectory from conceptual explorations of tacit knowledge in drama (2017) to increasingly sophisticated methodological approaches for capturing children's ephemeral creative processes (2022-2023). The recent work demonstrates particular innovation in using video analysis to document and interpret the rapid, simultaneous interactions that characterize children's collaborative theatre making.
Dr. Johansson is actively involved in two research environments at Stockholm University: the 'Drama for learning' group, described as Sweden's leading drama research environment, and the 'Esthetic researching group,' which focuses on teaching and learning across multiple art forms including visual art, dance, drama, theater, media and music. Through these groups, she contributes to strengthening drama as a research field while connecting theory with practical applications in educational settings.
