They Are the Future. Hope and a Call for Action

• Authors: Agata Siwiak

Abstracts

EN

The text discusses two theatre performances, h. directed by Daniel Stachuła and To my jesteśmy przyszłością (We Are the Future) directed by Jakub Skrzywanek. Both productions are primarily addressed to teenage audiences and represent engaging theatre. Their main subject is violence suffered by young people due to their psychosexual orientation and gender. The author of the article notes the efficiency (effectiveness) of the two projects, which she associates with the concept of ‘performance of possibilities’. Performative ethnography, but also experimental pedagogy, feminism and studies of homophobic violence provide the research framework for the text.

Keywords

EN

theatre; ethnography; homophobia; pedagogy; violence

• Publisher: Instytut im. Jerzego Grotowskiego we Wrocławiu
• Journal: Didaskalia. Gazeta Teatralna
• Year: 2021
• Issue: English Issue 2021
• Pages: 113-140

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Agata Siwiak

• Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

• https://orcid.org/0000000318300493

translator

Robert Gałązka

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• Agata Siwiak’s conversation with Anastazja, Ania, Bartek, Kamil, Kinga, Kuba, Oliwia, Sandra, Zuza – students of the Dr. Franciszek Witaszek Primary School No. 9 in Poznań – and with Joanna Jaźwińska, a Polish teacher, held on 20 February 2020.
• Agata Siwiak’s conversation with Anna Kicińska, principal of the Dr. Franciszek Witaszek Primary School No. 9 in Poznań, held on 20 February 2020.
• Agata Siwiak’s conversation with Daniel Stachuła, author of the concept and director of h., held on 4 February 2020.
• Agata Siwiak’s conversation with Joanna Jaźwińska, a Polish teacher at the Dr. Franciszek Witaszek Primary School No. 9 in Poznań, held on 9 March 2020.
• Agata Siwiak’s conversation with Joanna Żygowska, a theatre pedagogue who led the workshop after the performance of h., held on 16 May 2020.
• Agata Siwiak’s conversation with Michał Kurek, the actor playing Franek in h., held on 12 February 2020.
• Agata Siwiak’s conversation with Aga, Eryk, Martyna and Patrycja, performers in We Are the Future, held on 29 February 2020.
• Agata Siwiak’s conversation with Jakub Skrzywanek, author of the concept and director of We Are the Future, held on 19 March 2020.

Identifiers

DOI

10.34762/e3ah-tb41

Biblioteka Nauki

1955924