Under the Skin: A Theatrical Exploration of Art, Politics, and Fieldwork Dynamic












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            Abstract

            Under the Skin is a play that explores art production in state-socialist Czechoslovakia du
            the normalization period. It investigates the slippery meaning of the word politics in rel
            totalitarianism and performance art, and discusses how internalized taken-for-granted soci

            be made evident through artistic inquiry. The script offers insights into the improvisatio
            fieldwork, and invites producers and consumers of ethnographies to reflect on the ethical 
            dimensions of anthropological labour and knowledge production.

            Keywords: ethnographic drama; Czechoslovakia; performance art; state-socialism; censorship
            Maruška Svašek [ URL "LM-1236.html "]


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