{"id":1286,"date":"2025-04-03T10:26:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T09:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collab.northumbria.ac.uk\/modernjesters\/?page_id=1286"},"modified":"2026-02-09T13:41:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:41:28","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/collab.northumbria.ac.uk\/modernjesters\/?page_id=1286","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1286\" class=\"elementor elementor-1286\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e80073b e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3e80073b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-425588fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"425588fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-style-twentytwentyone-columns-overlap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-extra-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Modern Jesters: Clowns as Agents of Transformation<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full is-style-twentytwentyone-border\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"426\" class=\"wp-image-122\" src=\"https:\/\/collab.northumbria.ac.uk\/modernjesters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Clemil.jpg\" alt=\"Clemil image of clowns\" srcset=\"https:\/\/collab.northumbria.ac.uk\/modernjesters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Clemil.jpg 599w, https:\/\/collab.northumbria.ac.uk\/modernjesters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Clemil-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 100px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full is-style-twentytwentyone-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"638\" class=\"wp-image-124\" src=\"https:\/\/collab.northumbria.ac.uk\/modernjesters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Mr._Grimaldi_as__Joey__the_Clown_Met_DP885291.jpg\" alt=\"Grimaldi as_ Joey_ the Clown\" srcset=\"https:\/\/collab.northumbria.ac.uk\/modernjesters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Mr._Grimaldi_as__Joey__the_Clown_Met_DP885291.jpg 512w, https:\/\/collab.northumbria.ac.uk\/modernjesters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Mr._Grimaldi_as__Joey__the_Clown_Met_DP885291-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 100px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full alignfull is-style-twentytwentyone-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"702\" class=\"wp-image-121\" src=\"https:\/\/collab.northumbria.ac.uk\/modernjesters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/512px-Joseph_Kutter_Tete_de_Clown.jpg\" alt=\"Joseph_Kutter_Tete_de_Clown painting\" srcset=\"https:\/\/collab.northumbria.ac.uk\/modernjesters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/512px-Joseph_Kutter_Tete_de_Clown.jpg 512w, https:\/\/collab.northumbria.ac.uk\/modernjesters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/512px-Joseph_Kutter_Tete_de_Clown-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 50px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"clowning\">Clowning<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There has always been a place for the clown in society. Across the world and across time, the clown, in their many guises has sat in the court of kings, parodied priests and played with peasants. In all these contexts, whilst appearing to subvert, invert and disrupt, the clown has in fact been acting as &#8216;wise fool&#8217;. Their actions serve to guide us and warns us away from our greatest excesses and errors of conceit and complacency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"statement-of-the-problem\">Statement of the Problem<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Decision-making or strategic planning environments can often reinforce hierarchies and exacerbate organisational divisions. This can lead to conformity, consensus-seeking, organisational inertia and groupthink. Individuals and organisations can become &#8216;stuck&#8217;\u00a0in ways of working and modes of operation resulting in poor decision-making and constraints on reflection on established practices and accepted wisdom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"clowning-at-work\">Clowning at Work<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is clear that clowning has far more to contribute, beyond the limited view as only childish entertainment. Modern day clowning follows an ancient tradition, with principles and beliefs passed on through generations of proponents of the profession. Throughout these principles, themes of inversion, improvisation, experimentation, play and challenge recur. 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Across the world and across time, the clown, in their many guises has sat in the court of kings, parodied priests and played with peasants. In all these contexts, whilst appearing to subvert, invert and disrupt, the clown has in fact been acting as &#8216;wise fool&#8217;. Their actions serve to guide us and warns us away from our greatest excesses and errors of conceit and complacency. Statement of the Problem Decision-making or strategic planning environments can often reinforce hierarchies and exacerbate organisational divisions. This can lead to conformity, consensus-seeking, organisational inertia and groupthink. Individuals and organisations can become &#8216;stuck&#8217;\u00a0in ways of working and modes of operation resulting in poor decision-making and constraints on reflection on established practices and accepted wisdom. Clowning at Work It is clear that clowning has far more to contribute, beyond the limited view as only childish entertainment. 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