Abstract

BORGES, Vera  and  CAEIRO, Célia. Teatro aberto in Lisbon: Fieldwork notes on an experience of cultural participation. Forum Sociológico [online]. 2020, n.37, pp.27-37.  Epub Aug 05, 2021. ISSN 0872-8380.  https://doi.org/10.4000/sociologico.9456.

This article takes an exploratory approach and seeks to describe the experience of a cultural “encounter” with theatre audiences. Inspired on the recent debates around cultural participation and the assumptions of the European Be SpectACTive! program, this experience staged a frame of interaction between a set of individuals with heterogeneous profiles and professionals from the theatre company Novo Grupo - Teatro Aberto in Lisbon. The history of this theatre and the specific characteristics of its artistic work were shared over the course of this “encounter”. We conclude that encounters with the public provide micro-moments of dialogue and cultural participation that may integrate both into the missions, objectives and current activities of theatrical organisations and into the practices and motivations of their leaders. This article deploys fieldwork notes, the declarations of those responsible for the theatre and a sequence of photographs that illustrate the path taken by these participants when backstage in the theatre.

Keywords : theater; encounters; cultural participation; cultural democracy.

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