Transcript Representations of the Other

Representations
of the Other
Rita Sebestyén, PhD
Representations of the Other:
Language, Body and Space in Cross-cultural performances
• COUNTRIES: Romania, Hungary, Germany, Denmark,
Sweden, Finland, Canada, Uganda, the USA, the UK,
Hungary, Malta – and maybe India
• INDIVIDUALS: theatre professionals – actors, directors,
critics, producers; researchers – in theatre study,
sociology, philosophy
• NGOs, theatre companies, university departments
Representations of the Other:
Language, Body and Space in Cross-cultural performances
GLOBAL / GLOCAL
Main aims of the project:
• yearly 2 international workshops/ meetings/ symposia – for both
theoreticians and practitioners
• yearly one study volume on research outcome
• artist exchange to foster participatory theatre in Eastern European
countries
• shorter/ smaller glocal workshops and meetings
Questions raised:
• the concept of Otherness in different societies
• theatrical language and ways of representation
• theatre as object and subject of research
• theatre as tool for social transformation
Represenataions of the Other:
Language, Body and Space in Cross-cultural Performances
Transylvania
(Transilvania/Ardeal,
Erdély/Siebenbürgen, Transsilvania /Transsylvania
/Siweberjen /Erdelistan)
Territory
Transylvania
Population
103 093 km2
7 221 733
Hungary
93 030 km2
9 942 000
Romania
238 391 km2
20 121 62
In 2012: Romanian majority (75.9%), and: Hungarian
(19.6%), Roma (3.3%), German (0.7%), Serb (0.1%) ,
Slovakian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech and Rusin.
• peripheral
• no economic, cultural and political
representation (or weak)
• tainted by extremist activities
Connection and communication
• with both majority cultures: Romanian and Hungarian
• with further small cultures
• representation through self-expression: art, literature
• foster social change
Representation through arts
Around 20 Hungarian theatres and theatre institutions in Romania:
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state subsidized or supported by the local government
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independent/ alternative/ private groups and companies
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2 universities
Theatre:
do it, talk about it, get international
Játéktér/Spatiu de joc/ Playing Area: www.jatekter.ro
Periodical and site: around 50 contributors - from 19 to 75 years
old: critics, researchers, theatre professionals (dramaturges,
actors, stage directors), philosophers, sociologists, writers, and
even a priest!
Representations of the Other:
http://representationsother.wordpress.com/
Representations +
Gogol InterPlayground +
Aarhus University +
Paintbrush Factory +
Cardiff University
glocal, interdisciplinary, cross-cultural event
(workshop+symposium+open discussion) fostering participatory
culture, drama/theatre as tool for social transformation
21-23 March, 2014
GOGOL in CLUJ/CARDIFF
• WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR?
• partners: theatre companies, NGOs, artists, researchers,
university departments
• touring performances
• locations: theatrical + conference venues
• trans-sectorial collaborators (mostly IT)
Thank you for your attention!
Rita Sebestyén, PhD
www.sebestyenrita.com
[email protected]