1 Performance Activism and Civic Engagement Through Symbolic and Playful Actions by Arvind Singhal and Karen Greiner Arvind Singhal is the Samuel Shirley and Edna Holt Marston Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication, University of Texas @ El Paso, USA and Director of Research and Outreach, Sam Donaldson Center for Communication Studies. He is author/editor of eight books, including Communication of Innovations: A Journey with Ev Rogers (Sage, 2006) and Organizing for Social Change (Sage, 2006). He can be reached at email: asinghal@utep.edu Karen Greiner is a doctoral candidate in the School of Communication Studies, Scripps College of Communication, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA with strong interests in performance activism and play. She is presently a Fulbright Fellow (2008-2009) in Bogota, Colombia, where she is studying the Cultural Ciudadana (Civic Culture), an innovative communication strategy that promotes inter-personal self-regulation. She can be reached at email: kgreiner@gmail.com An article for publication in the Journal of Development Communication (December, 2008 issue)