Abstract

CONTRERAS-SALINAS, Sylvia  and  RAMIREZ-PAVELIC, Mónica. Intercultural relations: The circus experience and its uniqueness. Comunicación [online]. 2020, vol.29, n.2, pp.43-50. ISSN 1659-3820.

This article gives an account of some key elements of a research focused on members of a Chilean family circus. The study seeks to appreciate the construction of intercultural relations from a critical perspective. In this regard, the circus serves to clarify issues that often remain in abstraction, thus preventing communicative action and impacting the generation of social worlds. The objective was to describe the communicative actions and citizenship practices that build the members of the Markoning circus. The methodology used corresponds to the qualitative approach, specifically a case study, which was approached utilizing discourse analysis. The main findings illustrate the challenges in the field of social sciences and point to an appropriate scenario to inquire how intercultural relations are constructed at a local, situated, and daily level. We conclude that communicative action allows to recognize the distinctive social capital of the circus, while citizenship practices reaffirm their option of not appearing in the public space.

Keywords : Circus; performing arts; cultural pluralism; practices; nomadism; dialogue; cultural diversity.

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