Does Verbatim Theatre Still Talk the Nation Talk?

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 206-219
Author(s):  
Cyrielle Garson
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
The Political ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
National Theatre ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cherry Blossom ◽  
Entire Nation ◽  
Verbatim Theatre ◽  
British Culture

AbstractIn a post-Brexit (and perhaps even post-truth) context, the entire nation is going through an intense period of self-scrutiny, attempting to find a way forward for British culture despite a growing climate of divisive and destructive trends. As ever, verbatim theatre, spearheaded by Rufus Norris’ National Theatre, has sought to provide some answers in its relentless examination of the state of Britain. However, since the renaissance of verbatim theatre in the mid-1990s, the political situation has worsened considerably and it may appear that the typical strategies of verbatim theatre have lost their efficacy, struggling to provide a much-needed alternative. In this article, I will assess some of verbatim theatre’s latest developments in the 21st century through three main case studies, which are DV8’s To Be Straight with You (2007), Catherine Grosvenor’s Cherry Blossom (2008) and Alecky Blythe’s Little Revolution (2014). My main argument is that, notwithstanding the claims to the contrary, verbatim theatre is far from being in decline and it has continued to fluctuate, transform and exceed its familiar parameters, urging us to rethink its general aesthetic coordinates beyond the project of documentary realism and that of a national ‘shadow archive.’ More specifically and drawing from a variety of recent examples including the aforementioned case studies, I will argue that verbatim theatre in this period has a post-postmodern proclivity to make new connections across the fragments and re-construct the social.

IMPACT OF ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE REGION ON THE LEVEL OF SOCIAL TENSION

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-209
Author(s):  
A.A. ALEKSEYENOK ◽  
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Yu.V. KAIRA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
The Political ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Sociological Analysis ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Social Tension ◽  
The Social ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Sociological Studies ◽  
Correlation Tables

The purpose of the article is to determine the influence of the socio-economic and socio-political situation in the Orel region on the level of social tension. The research methodology is a sociological analysis of the respondents' answers about the socio-economic and socio-political situation in the region, as well as the level of social tension using two-dimensional analysis and correlation tables. As a result, the importance of conducting monitoring sociological studies of the main indicators of the social development of the region has been substantiated. It was revealed that the population of the region believes that the state of affairs in the economic sphere in the region is much worse than in the country as a whole. Despite the fact that the majority of respondents note an improvement in the political situation in the region, the fact that every third resident of the region declares that it has deteriorated is quite alarming. The authors come to the conclusion that dissatisfaction with the socio-political and socio-economic situation directly affects the civic position of the population, affects the growth of social tension. It is summarized that social tension is a complex multifactorial phenomenon that cannot be interpreted unambiguously. Therefore, to monitor it, constant research should be carried out.

Moving against Disappearance

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Richard Giersdorf
Keyword(s):  
East Germany ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Berlin Wall ◽  
The West ◽  
Pedestrian Movement ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
The Social ◽  
East German

Nearly a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany was subsumed into the West German national structure. As a result, the distinct political systems, institutions, and cultures that characterized East Germany have nearly completely vanished. In some instances, this history was actively—and physically—eradicated by the unified Germany. This chapter works against the disappearance of East German culture by reconstructing the physicality of the walk across the border on the day of the opening of the Berlin Wall and two choreographic works depicting East German identities on stage. The initial re-creation of the choreography of a pedestrian movement provides a social, political, and methodological context that relates the two dance productions to the social movement of East German citizens. Both works take stances on the political situation in East Germany during and after the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989, although one is by a West German artist, Sasha Waltz, and the other by East German choreographer Jo Fabian.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Quality in Computer Games

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kjetil Sandvik
Keyword(s):  
Computer Games ◽  
Social Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Strategy ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Game Industry ◽  
The Eu

Abstract Computer games play an important role in the cultural daily life of children, teenagers and adults. This has led to arguments both in the EU and the Nordic countries that computer games should be included in the culture political strategies for financial funding as well as the development of talents for the game industry. Still this has yet to result in culture political efforts and progressive strategies on a larger scale. On the contrary the political initiatives tend to result in restrictions more than efforts being made to encourage and develop the game industry. This article draws a picture of the current culture political situation and criticizes the media skeptical debate for making a poor starting point for formulating a progressive political strategy. It would be more fruitful to have a closer look at the specific characteristics of computer games and how computer games are being played and the role they are playing in the social life of different groups of player. The article outlines ananalytical apparatus for evaluation of quality in computer games.

scholarly journals NATIONAL POLICY IN KAZAKHSTAN IN 40-90-IES OF XX CENTURY: SUCCESSES AND EXTRACTIONS.

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
A.S. Sarsen ◽  
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L.B Berdyguzhin ◽  
D.U. Khamidullina ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
National Policy ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
Demographic Situation ◽  
National Team ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social

The article examines the personnel potential of rural areas of Kazakhstan in 1950-1980: National composition, quantitative and qualitative indicators. There is information about the personnel deployed in connection with the political situation in the country. Personnel issues among peoples who came to Kazakhstan as a result of different leftist policies of the state, the influx of people of different nationalities, their competitive work in various sectors of the economy, despite their low social status, their impact on the demographic situation. As a result, the influence of the national team in the economic, educational, cultural and sports spheres is taken into account. The contribution of scientists who came to the territory of Kazakhstan to the development of science and the development of the social sphere as a result of the work of different nationalities is also important

scholarly journals Social activity of Carpatho-Ukrainian students in interwar Brno (renovation according to the found sources)

2021 ◽  
pp. 38-47
Author(s):  
Kostiantyn Kutsov
Keyword(s):  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Student Organizations ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Local Students ◽  
The University ◽  
High Technical School

For today the social activity of Carpatho-Ukrainian students in Brno is known to be the least studied issue in the history of the Carpatho-Ukrainian student movement in the period of interwar Czechoslovakia. Based on all available archival and published sources, in this study the attempt is made to reconstruct and analyse the process of formation and development of public activity of Ukrainian students (natives of modern Transcarpathian region (Ukraine) and Presov self-governing region (the Slovak Republic)), who in the 1920 – 1930s studied at higher education institutions in Brno (the University named after Masaryk, High Technical School, High Vet School). The author of the article states that the social activity of Carpatho-Ukrainian students in Brno developed in several stages. The first stage is the second half of the 1920s, the period when Prague student associations such as the Ukrainophile Union of Subcarpathian Students; and the Russophile society Vozrozhdenie (Rebirth) extended their activities in Brno some local students not only became their members but also formed some of their non-formal centers in Brno (e.g. Union of Subcarpathian Ruthenian Students). However, due to the decrease in the number of Carpatho-Ukrainian students at local universities, this process soon slowed down. Next stage is the second half of 1930s. At that time, relatively large independent Carpatho-Ukrainian student organizations – Russophile Society Verkhovina (1936) and the Subcarpathian Academic Society (1937) formed and gradually intensified in their activity in Brno. However, due to the political situation in the Czechoslovak Republic in 1938 – 1939, their activities ended. More information about the issue discussed in the article can be found in the original documents kept at the archival institutions of Brno.

scholarly journals Social trauma and the theatre: a study of the formation of a non-conformist identity

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-18
Author(s):  
Vitalija Truskauskaite
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
The Political ◽  
Trauma Studies ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Social Trauma ◽  
The Social

The present article aims to analyze the social trauma implicit in the representation of the nonconformist identity formation in Judita Vaiciunaite’s play The Siege (Lithuanian Apsiaustis) directed by Giedrius Mackevicius. The play reflects on the experiences and inner states of characters as they struggle to survive in a seized city, wherein the motif of the seized city alludes to the political situation of Kaunas as a city seized by the totalitarian system. The play was performed by an amateur group in 1971 in the Kaunas Trade Unions Palace of Culture. The study relies on trauma studies by Danute Gailiene for the analysis of Giedrius Mackevicius’ debut experience; also it refers to the semantics of Judita Vaiciunaite’s play The Siege. In the staging of The Siege in 1971, on the contrary, the universal thematic dimension of this drama was emphasized.

scholarly journals The Vienna circles: cultivating economic knowledge outside academia

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erwin Dekker
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Knowledge ◽  
Professional Identities ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
University Of Vienna ◽  
The Social ◽  
Uncertain Future ◽  
The University

This article examines the intellectual scenery of interwar Vienna. It argues that its central institution was not academia, but rather the circles ('Kreise'). The prominence of these circles can partly account for the creative outburst in the social sciences in interwar Vienna. The article also helps to explain the peculiar character of the knowledge produced in interwar Vienna which is just as much concerned with social and political issues as it is with more traditional scientific issues. The lack of formal institutions and the marginal position of the University of Vienna also had downsides. It caused uncertainty in terms of career prospects and professional identities, although the informal interaction within the circles full of rituals and alternative institutions could partly make up for this. The uncertain future for scholars ultimately contributed to the enormous wave of migration from Vienna, frequently even before the political situation became an acute threat.

scholarly journals The social nature of serial murder: The intersection of gender and modernity

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-393
Author(s):  
Louise Wattis
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Serial Killer ◽  
Serial Murder ◽  
The Political ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Cultural Conditions ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
Alternative Perspective ◽  
The Social ◽  
Serial Killing

The literature on the aetiology of serial killing has benefited from analyses which offer an alternative perspective to individual/psychological approaches and consider serial murder as a sociological phenomenon. The main argument brought to bear within this body of work identifies the socio-economic and cultural conditions of modernity as enabling and legitimating the motivations and actions of the serial killer. This article interrogates this work from the standpoint of a gendered reading of modernity. Using the Yorkshire Ripper case, it emphasizes how in addition to the political economy, gender relations and masculinity shape the dynamics of serial murder and its representation.

scholarly journals Mobiles Facing Death: Affective Witnessing And The Intimate Companionship Of Devices

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-180
Author(s):  
Larissa Hjorth ◽  
Kathleen Mae Cumiskey
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Affective Responses ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Political ◽  
Camera Phone ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
The Social ◽  
Crisis Situations

From disasters to celebrations, camera phone practices play a key role in the abundance of shared images globally (Frosh 2015; Hjorth and Hendry 2015; Hjorth and Burgess 2014; Van House et al. 2005). Photography has always had a complicated relationship with death. This paper focuses on how mobile devices, through the broadcasting of troubling material, can simultaneously lead to misrecognition of the self (Wendt 2015) alongside an often-public evidentiary experience of trauma and grief. In this paper we will focus on the companionship of mobile devices in users’ most desperate hours. Use of mobile devices in crisis situations generate affective responses and uses. We will draw from case studies to highlight the power of the mobile to not only remind us that media has always been social, but that mobile media is challenging how the social is constituted by the political and the personal, and the ethical mediation between both. The ethical, psychological, moral and existential challenges that this new kind of witnessing poses will be explored.

Jesus and the Political World

Worldview ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 43-46
Author(s):  
Gustavo Gutierrez
Keyword(s):  
Political Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Revolution ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Political World ◽  
The Social ◽  
Current Concern

The current concern about the liberation of the oppressed, about the social revolution which is to transform the present order, about the counterviolence opposed to the violence which the existing order produces—and with which it defends itself—have all led many Christians to ask themselves about the attitude of Jesus regarding the political situation of his time. The question may surprise us. If so, it is because we take it for granted that Jesus was not interested in political life: his mission was purely religious.

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