„Ebben a tóban biztosan sok a hal”. Egy ökológiai színházszemlélet felé
“There Must Be a Lot of Fish in That Lake”: Toward an Ecological Theater
Author(s): Una ChaudhuriContributor(s): Yvette Jankó Szép (Translator)
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Environmental Geography
Published by: Játéktér Egyesület
Keywords: Una Chaudhuri;ecology;ecological theatre;theatre;crisis of values;realist-humanist drama;nature;ecological disaster;
Summary/Abstract: In this seminal essay from 1994 Chaudhuri discusses the prospects of a possible ecological theater in the shadow of the then approaching millenium. Starting from the deconstruction of the shallow, anthropocentric environmentalism of the realist-humanist drama tradition, Chaudhuri calls for a new ecological theatre practice that participates in the discussion of the crisis of values faced by humanity. Instead of the metaphorical exploitation of nature that may misrepresent the actual ecological issues at hand, she proposes a programmatic resistance to the universalization and metaphorization of nature, so that the arts and humanities could play a role in raising awareness of the imminent ecological disaster.
Journal: Játéktér
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 3-13
- Page Count: 11
- Language: Hungarian
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