The Cambridge Guide to Mixed Methods Research for Theatre and Performance Studies

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-009-29488-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

We often know performance when we see it – but how should we investigate it? And how should we interpret what we find out? This book demonstrates why and how mixed methods research is necessary for investigating and explaining performance and advancing new critical agendas in cultural study. The wide range of aesthetic forms, cultural meanings, and social functions found in theatre and performance globally invites a corresponding variety of research approaches. The essays in this volume model reflective consideration of the means, processes, and choices for conducting performance research that is historical, ethnographic, aesthetic, or computational. An international set of contributors address what is meant by planning or designing a research project, doing research (locating and collecting primary sources or resources), and the ensuing work of interpreting and communicating insights. Providing illuminating and necessary guidance, this volume is an essential resource for scholars and students of theatre, performance, and dance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davis, Tracy C

Rae, Paul

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: mix and stir Tracy C. Davis; Part I. Planning: 1. Difference Brandi Wilkins Catanese, Nicola Marie Hyland and Ben Spatz; 2. Planning a research project: early steps Maggie B. Gale; 3. Interdisciplinary acts: learning about theatre from the social sciences Michael McKinnie; 4. Mixing methods in a multi-sited, collaborative project: researching migration, working with variation Emine Fisek; 5. Ethics Natalie Alvarez and Patrick Anderson; Part II. Doing: 6. You're already a digital humanist: why aren't you thinking like one? Derek Miller; 7. Analyzing immersive performance through lived bricolage Julia M. Ritter; 8. Talking theatre in an oral culture: audience research in Ghana Awo Mana Asiedu; 9. Painful fieldwork? Radical empiricism and ritual performance in the Philippines Julius Bautista; 10. Fieldwork as method in theatre and performance studies Jonas Tinius; Part III. Interpreting: 11. Archives and embodiments Adrian Curtin, Prarthana Purkayastha and meLê yamomo; 12. Methods to research marginalized early-modern practices: Más Saber Baylar Anke Charton; 13. Taking your time: research in learning-disabled theatre Tony McCaffrey; 14. Not here for the disciplines: researching with and for the Pacific Katerina Teaiwa; 15. Complexity Ruthie Abeliovich, Leo Cabranes-Grant and Soo Ryon Yoon; Conclusion: the aesthetics of performance research: appearance, conduct, design Paul Rae; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Rae, Paul
Paul Rae is Professor of Theatre Studies and Head of the School of Culture and Communications at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of Theatre & Human Rights (2009) and Real Theatre (2019), and a former editor of the journal Theatre Research International. He researches and publishes widely on contemporary theatre and on the performance cultures of the Asia-Pacific region.

Davis, Tracy C
Tracy C. Davis is Barber Professor of Performing Arts at Northwestern University. She has published over a hundred articles in arts, humanities, and social sciences journals; has edited and authored a dozen monographs on theatre history and historiography, the history of the book, and cultural studies; and has wide experience in editing book series and advising doctoral students.