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A Community in Quarantine: The Social Worlds of Alternative Theater During the Pandemic
- Source :
- Przeglad Socjologii Jakosciowej, Vol 17, Iss 3, Pp 50-74 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz), 2021.
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Abstract
- The article describes the functioning of alternative theater community during the COVID-19 pandemic. The theoretical framework of analysis is determined by the social worlds theory, allowing us to capture the processual nature of reconstructing the social world of alternative theater in the era of COVID-19. We explore the ways in which independent theater is coping with the threat to its practice, understood as a tool for building a community “here and now,” i.e. its main technology, values, and the primary activity that organizes communication within the social worlds of alternative theater. We take into account changes brought on by the pandemic (the inability to build relationships via direct interaction with audience members/participants) and the constant, everyday experiences of people working in alternative theater (their ability to function in a crisis). Our analysis is based on empirical data collected in the course of socio-anthropological studies into: (1) the working conditions of Polish theater workers during the pandemic, carried out by the Zbigniew Raszewski Theater Institute in Warsaw; and (2) the modus operandi of the Węgajty Theater from the perspective of its participants’ experiences.
- Subjects :
- sociology of theater
Social worlds
Coping (psychology)
Empirical data
independent theater
Here and now
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
business.industry
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covid-19 pandemic
Perspective (graphical)
social worlds of theater
Public relations
alternative theater
Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology
HM401-1281
GN301-674
Colloid and Surface Chemistry
Pandemic
Sociology (General)
Sociology
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
business
Function (engineering)
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Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17338069
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Przegląd Socjologii Jakościowej
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....832b73c01afb1d822618506d9938136e