Krytyczki as activists: On theatre criticism, affect, objectivism and #MeToo in Polish drama schools: Interview with Monika Kwaśniewska

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Lech, K. 2021. Krytyczki as activists: On theatre criticism, affect, objectivism and #MeToo in Polish drama schools: Interview with Monika Kwaśniewska. Critical Stages/Scènes critiques. 23.

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Authors	Lech, K.
Abstract	Monika Kwaśniewska is a Polish scholar working as Adjunct at the Theatre and Drama Chair, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland, and editor of Didaskalia. Theatre Journal. In her research she explores contemporary acting in the performative and institutional perspective, institutional critique in theatre and visual arts, and the #MeToo movement in the theatre. In the interview below, she discusses how Polish krytyczki—a feminine and plural form of critic—played an active role in creating a platform for #MeToo in Polish theatre. The interview focuses on the most recent events in Poland that led to an unprecedented avalanche of callouts from Polish state drama schools’ students and graduates. The callouts named leading figures in Polish theatre and film. In exploring Polish theatre training, its system, its complex relationship with the past masters and its response to #MeToo, the conversation tries to signal potential answers to: what do we do now?
Keywords	Affect; Acting training; Women; Poland; #MeToo; Drama schools
Year	2021
Journal	Critical Stages/Scènes critiques
Journal citation	23
Publisher	International Association of Theatre Critics
ISSN	2409-7411
Official URL	https://www.critical-stages.org/23/interview-with-monika-kwasniewska/
Print	Jun 2021
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Deposited	15 Sep 2021
Accepted author manuscript	Lech.Kwasniewska.Krytyczka as Activist.pdf License CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 File Access Level Open
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