Estudianteatrar en el ENET

Abstract

This document is a record and report about the National Meeting of Theater Students (ENET), an annual event created by and for students from various universities across the country, who are self-organized and connected to theater. During the meeting, theatrical and academic activities are integrated, resulting in an experience and space for professional development and practice for the participating students. Mariano Scovenna (2020), in his article "Estudianteatrar. A proposal to understand the teaching and learning of theater as complex processes," argues that there are certain theatrical experiences in which students participate in creating learning events and theatrical events that mutually imply and enrich each other. He calls this confluence of experiences "estudianteatrar," which he defines as the "flow of activities carried out by a subject who is learning theater and, at the same time, creating theatrical events" (p. 120). The use of this term is linked to being able to understand and name in its complexity that which it designates, and implies at least the following: exploring, inquiring, experimenting, playing, practicing, designing, elaborating, building, directing, acting, debating, creating, rehearsing, producing, writing, reading, contemplating, reflecting, imagining, conceptualizing, fantasizing, communicating, expressing, resolving, acting, undertaking, hypothesizing, celebrating, sharing, negotiating, interpreting, recreating, imitating, codifying, calculating, deducing, classifying, ordering, doubting, asking, observing, listening, collaborating, attending, understanding, participating, proposing, arguing, betting, appreciating, commenting, showing, flowing, and living. (p. 121) This report, in relation to the processes mentioned above, seeks to generate an academic record that accounts for the existence of ENET and makes explicit the experience that we, who organize and participate in it, acquired in the field of cultural, academic, and artistic management; This work transcends the academic sphere, extending into the local cultural production circuits of each delegation participating in the event. To this end, records, appendices, and remaining projects from ENET activities will be used; interviews with participating students from 2010 to 2018; and records of the ENET Bariloche Commission's activities from 2023 to the present, based on my active participation and experience as a manager and organizer. The activities that comprise the event and those necessary for its planning and execution will be detailed in depth. To this end, the report will first explain what ENET is and how the theater programs of the National University of Río Negro come to participate in this event, and will delve into its activities. Secondly, the objectives and practices implemented will be explained. Finally, there will be a section of conclusions drawn from the experience of participating in and organizing the event, as well as from writing this report. The report's appendix includes photographs of the event, a certificate of the practices carried out, and a transcript of the interviews.