Call for participants for CATR/ACRT Roundtable

[Wes Pearce]

Greetings from the frozen prairie!
 
I know many of you are busy making plans to attend the upcoming
CATR/ACRT conference in Fredericton and as such,I  invite you to
participate in the planned roundtable discussion:
 
Teaching Theatre in a Void: Avoiding Cultural, Geographic and
Pedagogical Isolation: (teaching theatre when there’s NO theatre in
town)

Many CATR members teach theatre in centres where there are limited
opportunities to expose students to theatre (beyond in-house, amateur,
or community productions). This roundtable asks if said isolation can be
seen as a pedagogical obstacle to providing a fully rounded and engaged
theatre student and, if so, what strategies can be employed so that 
students and faculty located in geographically (and/or culturally)
isolated institutions can witness and engage with current trends in
Canadian (or world) theatre, new aesthetics 
(performative or visual), or new understandings of performance
reception?

Participants will share ideas and pedagogical strategies and
experiences (both good and bad)
around this notion of cultural isolation and the pedagogical
implications of this seclusion. The
focus will be on creative and innovative strategies (moving away from
showing filmed plays)
with an emphasis on transferable pedagogies.

Participants will present a brief overview of their current situation
and a few
experiences/strategies/suggestions they have explored within the
classroom that address the
concerns of this roundtable. Prior to the session, participant profiles
and experiences will be
shared to facilitate a more informed, useful discussion.

Interested participants are asked to submit a paragraph or two
situating their context and
strategies/suggestions to Wes Pearce at wes.pearce at uregina.ca by March
1, 2011.
More complete responses  (along with technological requirements) will
be required from selected participants by May 1, 2011.
Participation in this roundtable does not limit your participation in
another session at the
conference.
 
Thanks, 
 
Wes

 
 
 
Wes D. Pearce
Associate Dean (Undergraduate)
Faculty of Fine Arts
University of Regina
S4S 0A2
306 585 5571
 
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