Module Information
Course Delivery
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Written Essay 2,500 words | 50% |
| Semester Assessment | Performed Essay: 15 minutes Reconsideration and rearticulation of the material presented in the written essay in a different spatial or temporal context, as a lecture/presentation: requiring the creative application of dramaturgical procedures in the rearticulation of essay material commensurate with the subject matter and location of exposition; the performative reworking of personal intellectual argument. This may be done live, on video or through any other medium. | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Written Essay 2,500 words | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Plan for Performed Essay | 50% |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. demonstrate a detailed awareness of the repercussions of social and cultural context upon the form and function of performance;
2. demonstrate an appropriate understanding of key theoretical frameworks and methodologies relevant to the analysis of context in the study of performance;
3. formulate and employ personal research strategies in the examination of the relationship between a specific context and performance practice;
4. analyse reflexively - and rework performatively - personal intellectual argument, demonstrating communication and oral presentation skills
Aims
1. To provide a non-chronological and non-canonical approach to the identification and description of performance behaviours, practices and genres, and to performance-like activities
2. To identify a number of contexts in which different types of performance may be negotiated: and the social, cultural and environmental implications of those contexts on the nature, form, function and placement of performance
3. To examine these contexts in a comparative and interdisciplinary manner, drawing from history, anthropology, human geography, sociology and politics, rhetoric and aesthetics
Brief description
This module introduces students to a number of contexts in which different types of performance may be nogotiated. It explores the social, cultural and environmental implications of those contexts on the nature, form, function and placement of performance. Contexts in question include landscape, border, carnival, feast or globalisation. They are examined in a comparative and interdisciplinary manner, drawing from history, anthropology, human geography, sociology and politics.
Content
1. Landscape - performance and rurality
2. City - performance and urbanity
3. Performance and the Body: Abjection
4. Performance and Presence
5. Nation - performance and politics
6. Border - performance and identity
7. Globalisation - performance and economy
8. Network - performance and organisation
9. Performance and Architecture
10. Performance and Environment
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | This element is not assessed. |
| Communication | The ability to communicate ideas effectively in written and oral form is assessed directly through Assessment 1 and 2. |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Self-regulation, motivation and time-management skills are developed through the module and are demanded for the successful completion of its assignments. These skills are directly assessed through Assessments 2 and 3. |
| Information Technology | The ability to utilize information technology both in the research for and delivery of assignments is assessed directly in Assessments 1 and 2. |
| Personal Development and Career planning | Transferable skills (managing personal workloads and meeting deadlines, designing and realizing research project) are developed through the completion of assessment tasks 1m 2 and 3. Career's awareness does not of itself constitute an assessed element of this module, however. |
| Problem solving | Analytical problem solving, outcome recognition and the identification of appropriate strategies and procedures are encouraged and assessedd. |
| Research skills | Appropriate personal research and the development of effective personal research practices are directly assessed through Assessments 1 and 2. |
| Subject Specific Skills | See QAA Dance, Drama and Performance Subject Benchmark Statement (Version 2002). |
| Team work | Effective group work through negotiating ideas and opinions is addressed through the seminars. Seminar discussions demand the application of skills necessary to conduct collaborative activity. These skills are directly assessed through Assessment 3. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 5