“The public goes to the theatre”: an action-oriented ethnography on publics in action

Challenged by Teatro Municipal de Lisboa, independent theatre companies from Oporto were invited to organize that institution’s programming throughout a month. “The public goes to the theatre” was the ironic response of a young company from Oporto to the challenge. This project aimed to promote a pe...

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Published inSociologia (Lisbon, Portugal) no. 74
Main Authors Lopes, João Teixeira, Dias, Sara Joana
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.01.2014
Subjects
Ethnography
Sociological Research
Theater Arts
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Summary:Challenged by Teatro Municipal de Lisboa, independent theatre companies from Oporto were invited to organize that institution’s programming throughout a month. “The public goes to the theatre” was the ironic response of a young company from Oporto to the challenge. This project aimed to promote a performance, a folk parody excursion that would lead the provincial public of Oporto to the capital, a journey preceded by several workshops to help them familiarize with theatrical language codes. Via research-action-oriented ethnographic methods, the sociological research intended to analyze and mediate the recruited individual’s relationship with culture and theater institutions. This article draws a preliminary assessment of the project, not including the final session, a diagnosis based on the population’s representations and theater relation approach.
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ISSN:0873-6529
2182-7907
DOI:10.7458/SPP2014743200