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    STUDIA SOCIOLOGIA - Issue no. 2 / 2013  
         
  Article:   PERFORMATIVE ANTHROPOLOGY. THE CASE OF THE PATA-RÂT GHETTO.

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  Abstract:  Developed within the larger domain of engaged anthropology, performative anthropology uses Boal’s notion of spect-actors (Boal, 2008) and creates experiences of contradiction (sometimes intensified by artistic endeavours) that reveal deeply embedded social inequities. As compared to linear discourses, it stipulates more concisely and strikingly social and political agendas, and furthers participatory research and activism projects. The article describes the method with the help of three illustrative public street performances organized by the civil society organization gLOC in Cluj-Napoca, aiming to raise awareness and strengthen the political voice of underprivileged Roma living near the landfill of Pata-Rât.

Keywords: performative anthropology, engaged anthropology, activism, spect-actor, democracy

 
         
     
         
         
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