Theatre’s heterotopia. Invading urban space: The FairyBus by the Wrocław Puppet Theatre

Abstract

Heterotopias, according to Michel Foucault, are perceived as “other spaces”, real places existing in the society (rather than that on the suburbs), which is easy to notice in the case of the FairyBus – the concept of a theatre packed onto a bus, conceived by the Wrocław Puppet Theatre. This article is an attempt at a critical approach to the reality in its cultural dimension. The paper intends to find, expose, and explain the relations between the activity of the FairyBus, the transmission of cultural capital (by Pierre Bourdieu), and the location of individuals in the social stratification. In this process, the FairyBus is seen as an example of both a new (and a desirable?) social practice and a way of motivating individuals to reflect critically.

English translation: Anna Moroz-Darska

Modernisation of the journal's operations and translation into the English language of articles published in Ars Educandi in 2012-2017 were financed with funds from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education as a part of the task Science Promotion Activity (pl. DUN).

The task ‘The implementation of the editorial module on the platform of Uniwersyteckie Czasopisma Naukowe – a system facilitating the editing and management of the academic journal Ars Educandi‘ was financed as a part of contract 661/P-DUN/2018 of 12.06.2018 from funds of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education designated for the promotion of science.

The task ‘The creation of a modern online version of the academic journal Ars Educandi through the implementation of the publication module on the platform of Uniwersyteckie Czasopisma Naukowe and the handling of international indexing databases’ was financed as a part of contract 661/P-DUN/2018 of 12.06.2018 from funds of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education designated for the promotion of science.

The task ‘Preparation of the English language version of the last 6 annual issues (2012-2017) of the academic journal Ars Educandi and their publication online’ was financed as a part of contract 661/P-DUN/2018 of 12.06.2018 from funds of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education designated for the promotion of science.