scholarly journals PUBLIC ROLE OF (PUBLIC) THEATRE

TEME ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 213
Author(s):  
Ksenija Markovic Božović

Today, public theatre is directed toward adapting to its contemporary socio-economic context. In doing this, it is trying to preserve its artistic values and at the same time fulfill and diversify its social functions and missions. When we talk about public theatre’s social function, i.e. the public value it produces, some of the main issues concern its contribution to the most pressing social matters. In general, these issues concern public theatre’s role in strengthening social cohesion, cultural emancipation and social inclusion, its role in the process of opening dialogues, revising formal history and re-examining traditional forms of thinking. Fulfilment of these functions is strongly linked with the character of public theatre’s audiences. In more practical terms, the scope of public theatre’s social influence is dependent on how homogenous its audiences are. If one considers artistic organizations’ need for sustainability as a key factor in their need for constantly widening their audience, and particularly the inclusion of “others” (those not belonging to the dominant cultural group), in the context of contemporary society’s need for social and cultural inclusion, then the task of today’s public theatres becomes rather difficult. Simply said, there are too many needs to be met at the same time.  The main questions this paper is asking is: to what extent do Belgrade’s public theatres understand the importance of diversifying its audiences, and how do they perceive their social role? Starting from the fact that human capital is the primary resource and success factor of any theatre organization, we explore in what manner management and employees in these theatres address these issues, i.e. how they redefine theatre’s social role and attract audiences that do not fit the dominant theatre audience model.

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benedicta Evie ◽  
Susy Yunia R. Sanie

Women as assets of Indonesia's human resources have a crucial role in disaster management. This research is descriptive using a qualitative approach that photograph the adjustment of women's activities based on their role in the current Covid disaster. The research findings shows the  informant’s perception that Covid-19 is a disaster, and they are worried, so they try to prevent themselves and their family members from being infected by implementing health protocols. They also provide nutritious food and vitamins as well as a variety of food/drink ingredients that are believed to ward off Covid. Increasing domestic role activities are child care and education. Meanwhile, the public role of economy has undergone adjustments, such as working from home, losing customers or jobs. To be able to survive, adjustments to household expenditure patterns were carried out, namely: increasing the cost of kitchen expenditures, and increase in electricity costs and telephone pulses as the implication of all family members are WFH/SFH online. Reduced expenses: spending on clothes / shoes / bags, cosmetics, and recreation. The social role of the public in this Covid situation is to participate in distributing food to the poor.


2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Kontowski ◽  
Madelaine Leitsberger

European universities responded in different ways to the ‘refugee crisis’ of 2015. Some subscribed to the agenda of higher education (HE) as a universal human right, while others stressed different long-term benefits of offering access to it. Yet, the unprecedented sense of moral urgency that guided immediate declarations of support and subsequent actions has largely remained unaddressed. With the crisis becoming a new reality for many countries, HE has a role to play in the social inclusion of refugees, even in countries that were not attractive destinations for refugees in the past. In this article, we provide an overview of the reasons why HE institutions supported refugees, and present the results of an empirical study of Poland and Austria during the 2015–2016 academic year. We then evaluate those first responses utilizing parts of Ager and Strang’s framework of integration, and discuss issues of institutional readiness, capabilities and the public role of HE stemming from this comparison. Our findings suggest that reasons such as acknowledgement of basic rights, or utilizing social capital are insufficient to explain and understand strong integrative support measures. We propose that refugee support by HE institutions is both better understood and promoted through the language of hospitality.


2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Ustadi Hamsah

A discourse of women empowerment has been understood to be based on social capital , from the existence and the role of women themselves. This article is an attempt to enrich the discourse of women empowerment based on mosque. The function and the role of mosque will be socially linked to the patterns of women’s empowerment in creating food security i.e. rice barns. So far, the function of mosque is seen limited to a place for religious rituals that have a limited implication on its social role. Similarly, the function and the role of women in the village in particular, are also limited in the public sector. By using the constructive theory of Peter L. Berger, the analysis argues that the “culture” of the mosque provides an affinity for village women to develop empowerment models in the form of rice granaries with the patterns of participation and local organizational capacity. Supported by theological values of the mosque’s function and role, both patterns allow women to play their social functions and roles to be more wider.[Wacana pemberdayaan perempuan yang selama ini dipahami merupakan wacana yang berbasis social capital dari eksistensi dan peran perempuan itu sendiri. Artikel ini merupakan upaya untuk memperkaya wacana men- genai pemberdayaan perempuan yang berbasis masjid. Fungsi dan peran masjid secara sosial akan dikaitkan de- ngan pola-pola pemberdayaan perempuan dalam menciptakan ketahanan pangan yakni lumbung padi. Hal yang menarik adalah wacana bahwa masjid difungsikan sebatas pada tempat ritual keagamaan yang berimplikasi pada peran sosialnya yang sangat terbatas. Kemudian perempuan di desa, khususnya, juga dilihat fungsi dan perannya secara terbatas di sektor publik. Analisis dari persoalan ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan teori teori konstruk- sionisme Peter L. Berger. Dari analisis itu dapat dikemukakan bahwa “culture” masjid memberikan afinitas bagi perempuan desa untuk mengembangkan model pemberdayaan dalam bentuk lumbung padi dalam dengan pola par- ticipation dan local organizational capacity. Kedua pola itu memungkinkan perempuan memainkan fungsi dan peran sosialnya yang lebih luas dan didukung oleh values teologis dari fungsi dan peran masjid.]


2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Elizabete David Novaes

<p><strong>Resumo:</strong> O presente artigo busca evidenciar o papel social das mulheres nos movimentos sociais promovidos no decorrer da história. Para cumprir com tal propósito, discute o caráter patriarcal da ciência cartesiana; apresenta uma reflexão acerca da articulação entre o público e privado; elabora uma revisão teórica acerca da historiografia da mulher, ressaltando a ação da mulher em diferentes momentos da história, buscando evidenciá-la como sujeito ativo, capaz de integrar o público e o privado, participando da conquista de direitos. Para enfatizar as articulações existentes entre as dimensões pública e privada, este artigo defende que historicamente a mulher politiza vias não políticas do cotidiano, atuando em movimentos sociais promotores de reivindicações e manifestações sociais, de modo a superar limites ideologicamente traçados pelo viés patriarcal da ciência moderna, de base cartesiana, atuando na luta por direitos e participação política na história.</p><p><strong>Palavras-chave:</strong> gênero; historiografia; público e privado; movimentos sociais; direitos.</p><p><strong>Abstract:</strong> This paper describes evidences of the social role of the women inside different social movements occurred during our history. It began with a discussion the patriarchal character of Cartesian science, presents reflections about the public and private articulation, a theoretical review of the women´s historiography, emphasizing their action at different times in history and trying to emphazise them as active subject which is capable to integrate the public and private, participating of the conquer their rights. To emphasize all the previous articulations between the public and private dimensions, this manuscript argues that historically women politicize daily non-political pathways. Their actuations in social movements promote the demands and social manifestations in order to ideologically overcome the limitations set by the the patriarchal bias of modern science, acting in the the fight (ou struggle) for rights and political participation in history.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> gender, historiography, public and private; social movement; rights.</p>


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