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The Story we share - en antropologisk studie av teaterimprovisation

Florin, Magnus LU (2022) SANK03 20221
Social Anthropology
Abstract (Swedish)
This anthropological study looks at theater improv as a social phenomena and how experienced theater improvisers explain the experience of theater improv when it is at its best. This study also relate theater improv to the anthropological tradition of performance research, the construction of narratives and navigation of self within the framework of the social structures of society.
The study shows that theater improv can be regarded as a ritual making possible for a liminal condition to appear so the improvisers experience communitas. That theater improv gives improvisers an profound experience of an alternative social structure that they relate to their everyday life and try to use as a way of living.
This study also shows that the... (More)
This anthropological study looks at theater improv as a social phenomena and how experienced theater improvisers explain the experience of theater improv when it is at its best. This study also relate theater improv to the anthropological tradition of performance research, the construction of narratives and navigation of self within the framework of the social structures of society.
The study shows that theater improv can be regarded as a ritual making possible for a liminal condition to appear so the improvisers experience communitas. That theater improv gives improvisers an profound experience of an alternative social structure that they relate to their everyday life and try to use as a way of living.
This study also shows that the way humans create narratives for meaning and knowledge is the same within the framework of theater improv as outside that framework and that theater improv creates a space for humans to train themselves in the ability to create narrative both within and outside of the framework of theater improv. (Less)
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author
Florin, Magnus LU
supervisor
organization
course
SANK03 20221
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
theater, theatre, theater improv, improvising, performance, social anthropology, social structure, story, storytelling, narratives, construction of narratives, perception of self, ritual, liminal condition, communitas, collective effervescence
language
Swedish
id
9085478
date added to LUP
2022-06-09 10:01:45
date last changed
2022-06-12 19:39:02
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  abstract     = {{This anthropological study looks at theater improv as a social phenomena and how experienced theater improvisers explain the experience of theater improv when it is at its best. This study also relate theater improv to the anthropological tradition of performance research, the construction of narratives and navigation of self within the framework of the social structures of society. 
The study shows that theater improv can be regarded as a ritual making possible for a liminal condition to appear so the improvisers experience communitas. That theater improv gives improvisers an profound experience of an alternative social structure that they relate to their everyday life and try to use as a way of living. 
This study also shows that the way humans create narratives for meaning and knowledge is the same within the framework of theater improv as outside that framework and that theater improv creates a space for humans to train themselves in the ability to create narrative both within and outside of the framework of theater improv.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Story we share - en antropologisk studie av teaterimprovisation}},
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