420012 SE Performance Theory (2024W)
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).
- Registration is open from Mo 09.09.2024 09:00 to Mo 30.09.2024 08:00
- Deregistration possible until Mo 07.10.2024 09:38
Details
max. 15 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes
• Donnerstag, 10. Oktober 2024, 15.00 bis 16.30 Uhr | Einführung und Organisation (UZA2-Rotunde, Raum 2H403)
• Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025 (10.00 Uhr) bis Samstag, 18. Januar 2025 (16.00 Uhr) | Retreat in Podersdorf am See, Lakeside77
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
During the semester, all students complete at least two different pieces of work (impulse presentation, reading response, feedbacks, presentation), which, together with their involvement in the discussions, result in a grade.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
All participants must find time for the preliminary meeting on 10 October from 15:00 to 16:30, and the retreat from Thursday 16 January 2025 from 10:00 in Podersdorf (organized arrival expected at 08:18 from Vienna Central Station) until 16:00 on 18 January 2025 (organized return journey expected to end at 17:45 at Vienna Central Station). The special organizational form of the seminar leaves no room for partial participation, so please refrain from such requests.
The assessment takes into account the ability to
- read academic texts from the field of performance theory accurately and in a question-led manner
- present the dissertation project in a pointed manner,
- give productive feedback.
The assessment takes into account the ability to
- read academic texts from the field of performance theory accurately and in a question-led manner
- present the dissertation project in a pointed manner,
- give productive feedback.
Examination topics
Reading list
Shepherd, Simon. The Cambridge Introduction to Performance Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Th 10.10.2024 09:06
On the one hand, the seminar follows the development of theories of performance studies on the basis of Simon Shepherd’s Cambridge Introduction to Performance Theory; on the other hand, we explore the potential of performance theory for the dissertation projects of the seminar participants.
In the joint reading of Shepherd’s volume, each group will take on one of the three parts (Part I: Definitions of Performance, pp. 1-54; Part II: The emergence of performance as sensuous practice, pp. 55-136; Part III: Theorizing performance, pp. 137-220) in order to trace lines of argumentation and formulate open questions for further discussion. In the exploration of the dissertation projects, these will be presented according to the state of work and then discussed in general as well as specifically in their affinity to aspects of performance theory.
The seminar will be held in German and English, depending on individual language skills and the composition of the group.
The special feature of the seminar is that, after an organizational meeting in October, it will be held as a block retreat with two overnight stays in January. This will take place in Podersdorf am See at Lakeside77, where a seminar room (https://www.lakeside77.at/seminarraum/) and rooms are reserved for us (https://www.lakeside77.at/galerie/). The travel costs (Vienna-Podersdorf), the two overnight stays at Lakeside77 (double room in single occupancy) and meals (breakfast and dinner, the latter without drinks, on January 17 and 18, snacks and drinks during breaks from January 16-18) will be covered by the budget of the Doc-School section "Musicology, Theater and Performance Studies". However, the assumption of costs is linked to membership of the Doctoral School of Philological and Cultural Studies (registration via ds.philkult@univie.ac.at).