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Performing Citizenship. Social and Political Agency in Non-Professional Theatre Practice in Germany, France, Britain, Sweden and Switzerland (1780-1850)

Descripción del proyecto

Cómo ha conformado el teatro a la ciudadanía

El teatro de aficionados, que surgió durante la Ilustración y tomó forma durante la Revolución estadounidense y la Revolución francesa, tuvo un papel central en la formación del concepto moderno de ciudadanía. Durante este periodo, el teatro no profesional ofreció grandes posibilidades educativas para la adquisición de destrezas y competencias consideradas esenciales para convertirse en «buen ciudadano». En este contexto, en el proyecto P-CITIZENS, financiado con fondos europeos, se explorarán los contextos cultural y político que determinaron las ideas y prácticas de la ciudadanía, así como el teatro. Los estudios de caso centrados en Alemania, Francia, Suecia, Suiza y el Reino Unido arrojarán luz sobre cómo logró el teatro de aficionados impulsar prácticas ciudadanas. Los resultados ayudarán a los investigadores a determinar el papel del teatro no profesional en la conformación de la sociedad.

Objetivo

Amateur theatre played a significant role in the formation of a modern concept of citizenship that emerged during the Enlightenment and took shape during the American and French Revolutions. Around the social activities enacted and texts performed a broad-based movement developed between 1780 and 1850 that, arguably, had more impact than professional theatre which has previously been the almost exclusive focus of theatre studies. In the period, non-professional theatre offered huge educative possibilities for the acquisition of skills and competences deemed essential to becoming a good citizen. For the first time, a historiographical research project will study European amateur theatres impact on social change.

Five different case studies will bring distinct cultural and political contexts into the picture that determined ideas and practices of citizenship as well as theatre: 1) late-absolutist rule in Germany, 2) revolutionary shifts in France, 3) parliamentary rule in Great Britain, 4) reformed monarchy in Sweden, and 5) a contested republic in Switzerland. The study of amateur theatre in these regions will reveal the development of their citizen practices in regard to accessibility and agency, aesthetic education, institutionalisation and professionalization.

Merging performance theory, cultural theory and institutional theory this project will connect the historical formation of citizenship to discourses on performativity and the building of identity through embodied practices. It will also help to foreground the role of non-professional theatre in the shaping of society.

The key objectives of this project are:

[1] to contribute to a historiographic shift by focusing on the doing and performativity of theatre practices
[2] to examine how concepts of citizenship emerged around theatre in Germany, France, Britain, Sweden and Switzerland
[3] to analyse how non-professional theatre embraced and further developed concepts that helped to establish a citizen

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

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Régimen de financiación

ERC-ADG - Advanced Grant

Institución de acogida

LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 1 905 500,00
Dirección
GESCHWISTER SCHOLL PLATZ 1
80539 MUNCHEN
Alemania

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Región
Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt
Tipo de actividad
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Enlaces
Coste total
€ 1 905 500,00

Beneficiarios (2)