Abstract

LOPES, João Teixeira  and  DIAS, Sara Joana. “The public goes to the theatre”: an action-oriented ethnography on publics in action. Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas [online]. 2014, n.74, pp.51-72. ISSN 0873-6529.  https://doi.org/10.7458/SPP2014743200.

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.

Keywords : theater; publics; ethnography.

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