🎭Intro to Performance Studies

Unit 1 – Foundations of Performance Studies

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1.1

Origins and development of performance studies

9 min read

1.2

Key theorists and their contributions

11 min read

1.3

Interdisciplinary nature of performance studies

7 min read

1.4

Performance as a lens for cultural analysis

9 min read

1.5

Relationship between performance and other disciplines

9 min read

Unit 2 – Ritual in Performance Studies

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2.1

Definitions and characteristics of ritual

8 min read

2.2

Ritual as performance

9 min read

2.3

Liminality and communitas

7 min read

2.4

Secular rituals

10 min read

2.5

Relationship between ritual and theater

7 min read

Unit 3 – Performance Studies: Theater & Drama

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3.1

Historical development of theater

7 min read

3.2

Major theatrical traditions

11 min read

3.3

Elements of theatrical performance

6 min read

3.4

Acting theories and techniques

10 min read

3.5

Directing and production

9 min read

Unit 4 – Everyday Performance: Life as Theater

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4.1

Goffman's dramaturgical approach

6 min read

4.2

Social roles and performativity

8 min read

4.3

Presentation of self in daily interactions

10 min read

4.4

Performance in public spaces

9 min read

4.5

Performative aspects of language and speech acts

9 min read

Unit 5 – Cultural Performances in Society

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5.1

Festivals and celebrations

8 min read

5.2

Religious performances

8 min read

5.3

Traditional dance forms

9 min read

5.4

Storytelling and oral traditions

11 min read

5.5

Cultural reenactments and historical performances

8 min read

Unit 6 – Body and Embodiment in Performance Studies

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6.1

Phenomenology of the body

7 min read

6.2

Body as a site of cultural inscription

8 min read

6.3

Movement and dance studies

9 min read

6.4

Somatic practices

10 min read

6.5

Performance and disability studies

9 min read

Unit 7 – Performance and Identity

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7.1

Gender performativity

8 min read

7.2

Race and ethnicity in performance

9 min read

7.3

Queer theory and performance

10 min read

7.4

Intersectionality in performance studies

8 min read

7.5

Performing authenticity and hybridity

9 min read

Unit 8 – Digital & Virtual Performance

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8.1

Online performance spaces

9 min read

8.2

Virtual reality and performance

7 min read

8.3

Social media as performance

12 min read

8.4

Digital storytelling

9 min read

8.5

Cyborg and posthuman performance

8 min read

Unit 9 – Performance Art: Avant-Garde Movements

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9.1

Origins of performance art

11 min read

9.2

Key figures in performance art

13 min read

9.3

Happenings and Fluxus

3 min read

9.4

Body art and endurance performances

10 min read

9.5

Contemporary trends in performance art

10 min read

Unit 10 – Ethnography in Performance Research

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10.1

Participant observation

11 min read

10.2

Performance ethnography

8 min read

10.3

Autoethnography

8 min read

10.4

Interviewing techniques

15 min read

10.5

Ethics in performance research

7 min read

Unit 11 – Politics and Activism in Performance

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11.1

Theater of the oppressed

7 min read

11.2

Protest performances

8 min read

11.3

Performance as social critique

7 min read

11.4

Guerrilla theater

7 min read

11.5

Performative aspects of political speeches and debates

9 min read

Unit 12 – Global Performance Perspectives

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12.1

Non-Western performance traditions

11 min read

12.2

Intercultural performance

8 min read

12.3

Postcolonial performance theory

7 min read

12.4

Globalization and performance

8 min read

12.5

Transnational performance practices

7 min read
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