Performing metaphors into a physical space. The role of participatory theater in promoting social coexistence between citizens and newcomers
Year: 2018
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Negative portrayals of migrants shown by media not only neglect reporting the impact of \nmigration on communities. They are also transformed into outsiders and different to \nEuropeans, subjects and objects of fear, experiencing the fear of being rejected, and inspiring \nfear in the resident populations. While discussing the link between media logic, theatrical \nperformance and moral imaginary, the paper will shed light on how the theatrical metaphor \nof cosmopolitan solidarity is challenged by the physical proximity of the ‘other’. It specifically \nanalyzes how Cantieri Meticci – a theater company based and active in Bologna (Italy) \ninvolving asylum seekers, refugees, migrants, and Italian citizens – use participatory theatre \nto resist, rework, or disrupt the mainstream logic of the border spectacle while also promoting \nsocial coexistence between citizens and newcomers. As such, the analysis of their artistic \npractices and social interventions provides an insight into other methods of being political \nsubjects ‘before and beyond the law’
Author: Pierluigi Musarò
Language: English
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3216196960