Schedule (Subject to Change)
Date
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Topic
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Due In Class
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Group Presentation
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Section I: Defining Performance Studies
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1/5/16
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What is Performance Studies?
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1/7/16
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Aesthetic Texts
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Pelias & Shaffer Ch. 2&8
Signed/initialed copy of syllabus to be handed in |
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1/12/16
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Subjectivity
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Radiolab, “Yellow Rain” (Abumrad & Krulwich) + Prepare Argument for Debate
Sign up for Group Presentations |
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1/14/16
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Exploring Aesthetic Texts: The Cut-Up
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Section II: Performance as Pedagogy
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1/19/16
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Ethnography & Dramatism
[Guest lecture by Santhosh Chandrashekar] |
Cut-Up Assignment Due
Pelias & Shaffer Ch. 1 & 4 | |
1/21/16
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Embodied Learning
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1/26/16
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Empathy & Critique
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Pelias & Shaffer Ch. 10 & 12
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Critical Poetic Response (Alexander)
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1/28/16
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Empathy & Embodiment
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Pelias & Shaffer Ch. 7
Peer Critique
Body/Posture/Gesture Assignment (in-class)
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Section III: Performing Identities
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2/2/16
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Performativity Theory
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2/4/16
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Power & Authority
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Pelias & Shaffer Ch. 6
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2/9/16
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Othered Identities
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2/11/16
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Queering Roles/ Flipping the Script
[Guest lecture by Kristen Powell] |
Vocal Analysis Assignment
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Section IV: Mediated Performances
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2/16/16
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Performing with Technology
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2/18/16
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Performing with Media
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2/23/16
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Media Techniques
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2/25/16
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Intermedia Performances
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Intermedia Performances
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Section V: Performing Activism
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3/1/16
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Artivism
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3/3/16
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Activist Methodologies
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Final Performance Topic
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3/8/16
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Final Activist Performances
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Final Performances
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3/10/16
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Final Activist Performances
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Final Performances
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