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Em 2011, fomos testemunhas do início de um processo de conquista das ruas e das praças de todo o mundo pelos chamados “Novos” Movimentos Sociais. Primavera Árabe, Geração à Rasca, Indignados, movimento Ocuppy e, principalmente, os 99% são expressões recentes mas familiares e que expressam a mediatização desses aglomerados humanos, provenientes dos mais diversos contextos culturais e produto do pluralismo ideológico. Proclamando a necessidade de democracia, não apenas política, mas também económica e social e interconectados entre si através das redes sociais cibernéticas, estes movimentos têm vindo a transformar-se em produtores massivos de eventos à escala global. Manifestações, acampadas e flashmobs são, apenas, alguns exemplos das acções que, em simultâneo, têm irrompido por todo o mundo como resultado pragmático do desejo de afirmação de um direito cívico que é a demonstração do seu próprio descontentamento.
Considerando o carácter espectacular destes eventos, comprovar-se-á que muitos deles conservam em si elementos quer do teatro, quer da performance. Assim, tomando os movimentos sociais portugueses contemporâneos como estudo de caso, esta dissertação pretende analisar e sistematizar as principais acções que têm vindo a ser promovidas pelos mesmos, assim como os processos criativos que as originaram.
Esta dissertação pretende, deste modo, criar um espaço de reflexão acerca das possíveis relações entre a estrutura espectacular destes eventos e a sua eficácia política e ao mesmo tempo documentar um momento de efervescência criativa, colectiva e de origem profundamente popular. Abrindo caminho para a discussão acerca de alguns dos pressupostos que hoje dominam o discurso acerca das chamadas práticas artístico-comunitárias, levantar-se-á a questão: se a Arte pode suscitar a vontade de fazer política, da vontade de fazer política poderá emergir a Arte?
ABSTRACT - Since 2011, we have been witnessing the world’s streets and squares conquest by the so-called “New” Social Movements. Nowadays, we have become familiar with recent expressions as the Arabic Spring, Desperate Generation, the Spanish Indignados, Occupy movements, or the 99%, that expresses these movements impact on contemporary society. They have been claiming for political and economic democracy. They are connected between each other through the internet social networks and they have become massive producers of events on a global scale. Protests, street occupy-camps, direct actions and flashmobs are just a few examples of the actions which have erupted all over the world as the pragmatic result of the people’s desire in showing their indignity. Many of the events can be characterized by its spectacular level and are comprised by theatrical and performative elements. This dissertation focuses on the contemporary Portuguese social movement scene as a case study, and intends to analyse and systematise the most relevant events that emerge from them as well as its creative processes. Thus, this dissertation intends to create a space for reflexion about the potential relationships between the events spectacular structure and its political efficacy as well as to document a collective and creative effervescence moment, originated by the people’s will. In that way it will discuss some of the assumptions which characterize the speech about the contemporary artistic-community practices in order to ask the question: if one can become political through arts, can politics also give rise to art?
ABSTRACT - Since 2011, we have been witnessing the world’s streets and squares conquest by the so-called “New” Social Movements. Nowadays, we have become familiar with recent expressions as the Arabic Spring, Desperate Generation, the Spanish Indignados, Occupy movements, or the 99%, that expresses these movements impact on contemporary society. They have been claiming for political and economic democracy. They are connected between each other through the internet social networks and they have become massive producers of events on a global scale. Protests, street occupy-camps, direct actions and flashmobs are just a few examples of the actions which have erupted all over the world as the pragmatic result of the people’s desire in showing their indignity. Many of the events can be characterized by its spectacular level and are comprised by theatrical and performative elements. This dissertation focuses on the contemporary Portuguese social movement scene as a case study, and intends to analyse and systematise the most relevant events that emerge from them as well as its creative processes. Thus, this dissertation intends to create a space for reflexion about the potential relationships between the events spectacular structure and its political efficacy as well as to document a collective and creative effervescence moment, originated by the people’s will. In that way it will discuss some of the assumptions which characterize the speech about the contemporary artistic-community practices in order to ask the question: if one can become political through arts, can politics also give rise to art?
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Dissertação submetida à Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Teatro - especialização em Teatro e Comunidade.
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Arte Activismo Movimento social Performance Política Ruptura Art Activism Social movement Performance Politics Disruption
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Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa - Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema