Universität Wien

420006 SE Methods of Performance Studies in Musicology and Theater Studies (2024S)

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 42 - Philologisch-Kulturwissenschaftliches Doktoratsstudium
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 20 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

13.03.2024: 16:45-18:15; 10.04.2024: 16:45-20:00; 24.04.2024: 16:45-20:00;
22.05.2024: 16:45-20:00; 29.05.2024: 16:45-20:00; 19.06.2024: 16:45-20:00; Ort: Instiut für Musikwissenschaft, Seminarraum 1

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Transdisciplinary performance studies understand culture as something produced through actions and interactions. Reciprocal effects are usually assumed, as Dwight Conquergood succinctly put it: "Culture performs and articulates us as much as we enact and embody its evanescent qualities". Artistic performances such as concerts and performances of all kinds, but also social, political and religious events such as sporting events, ceremonies or rituals are thus among the favoured areas of investigation, alongside questions of identity linked to sensory and physical action, which are usually questioned using a mixture of research methods.
The seminar will discuss basic positions of performance studies and selected methodological reflections on the one hand, and the use of corresponding theories and methods in the context of cultural studies dissertation projects on the other.
The seminar also serves as a networking opportunity for doctoral students who will gather in the Music, Theatre and Performance Studies section of the faculty's Doc School during the summer term, opening up a range of new spaces for doctoral students (workshops, guest lectures, peer groups, etc.).

Assessment and permitted materials

During the semester, all students provide at least two different pieces of work ( impulse talk, reading response, presentation), which together with the commitment in the discussions result in the grade.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Regular and active attendance in the course as well as two partial achievements are prerequisites for the positive completion of the seminar.

Examination topics

Reading list

- Research Methods in Performance Studies, ed. by Craig Gingrich-Philbrook and Jake Simmons. Abingdon, Oxon: New York : Routledge, 2023.
- The Cambridge Guide to Mixed Methods Research for Theatre and Performance Studies, ed. by Tracy C. Davis and Paul Rae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024.
- Conquergood, Dwight. "Performing Cultures. Ethnography, Epistemology, and Ethics", in: Conquergood, Dwight. Cultural Struggles. Performance, Ethnography, Praxis, ed. and with a critical introduction by Patrick Johnson. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2013, pp. 15–25.
- Conquergood, Dwight. "Performance Studies. Interventions and Radical Research", in: Conquergood, Dwight. Cultural Struggles. Performance, Ethnography, Praxis, ed. and with a critical introduction by Patrick Johnson. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2013, pp. 32–46.
- Shepherd, Simon. The Cambridge Introduction to Performance Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016.
- Waterman, Ellen. "Performance Studies and Critical Improvisation Studies in Ethnomusicology", in: Theory for Ethnomusicology. Histories, Conversations, Insights, ed. by Harris M. Berger and Ruth M. Stone. New York et al.: Routledge, 2019, pp. 141–175.

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