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https://doi.org/10.38003/ccsr.2.1-2.9
Politics of Fear and Solidarity Mechanisms in Documentary Theatre Staging Asylum: Žiga Divjak’s 6
Katja Grcić
Abstract
In the context of the ongoing refugee crisis in Europe, contemporary documentary
theatre still has a potential to serve as a sophisticated political agon for an in-depth
analysis of structural injustice and its causalities. Through the comparative analysis
of the performance 6 by the Slovenian director Žiga Divjak and the cult film by Lars von
Trier, Dogville, I examine the motive of a refugee in two different media by juxtaposing
emotions of fear and solidarity. Both phenomena are ideologically highly potent: the
first contributes to the rise of racism, xenophobia and restrictive politics, the latter
however, if not precisely conceptualized, can further reinforce the neoliberal spectacle
of suffering. The aim of this research paper was to provide theoretical framework for
the use of solidarity and reflexivity when staging and dramatizing political narratives.
Keywords
refugee crisis, documentary theatre, politics of fear, solidarity, Žiga Divjak, Dogville
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Publication date:
1.1.2020.
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