Staging Differences. Mis-en-scène and interference of human categorisation in contemporary theatre (A05)

• Subject Area: Theatre and Media Studies
• Term: since 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 442261292

The subproject focuses on human categorization in contemporary post-dramatic forms of theatre that play with the theatrical situation through self-reflection and social experimentation. In the examined theatre projects and performances, field specific categorizations of roles (e.g. spectator vs character/performer/role) are brought into play with ubiquitous human categorizations (e.g. ethnic, religious, national) and thus reflected upon. The subproject focuses on the interplay of decidedly staged interventions with concurrent pre-existing everyday practices of differentiation.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1482: Studies in Human Categorization
• Applicant Institution: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Friedemann Kreuder