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and Things (2 Hour Session)</strong></p>
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Schweitzer, York University (<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
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initial;">Victorian “object lessons,” designed to teach children
to make careful observations of discrete objects and their own
surroundings through a language educed from the objects, act as
the impetus for our working group. What lessons might we learn
(as artists, scholars, educators) by closely attending to and
following the paths of physical objects and how they shape
theatre – and performance-making and research? Our session seeks
participants with a diverse range of sites and research
questions who are committed to investigating networks of, and
relationships between, physical objects, technologies, natural
and built environments, and/or human and nonhuman bodies. We
draw on methodologies and theories within and beyond theatre and
performance studies, including, but not limited to,
actor-network theory, thing theory, object-oriented ontology,
material culture, and “posthuman” studies in its various forms.
Our group will serve as a dynamic hub for those tracing the
vibrant and influential qualities of theatrical things and
querying a subject-object or nature-culture binary in
performance.</p>
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initial;">Papers might address the following questions:</p>
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51, 51); font-family: Georgia, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;
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transparent; list-style-position: outside;
background-position: initial initial; background-repeat:
initial initial;">What can a theatrical object’s production
history and circulation teach us about the movements of ideas,
languages, and bodies at specific times and places?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px;
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initial initial;">How does a thingcentric perspective
challenge critical pedagogies within theatre and performance
studies? What does it mean to<span
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initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">learn from</em><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>an object and how does
this compare with<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border:
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initial initial;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>using</em><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>an object to teach?
How might we incorporate forms of the “object lesson” into our
classrooms?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px;
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background-position: initial initial; background-repeat:
initial initial;">How do things perform? What kinds of
agencies, energies, and directions do objects enact on stages,
in site-specific environments, during artistic events, behind
the scenes, and in our research (archival, ethnographic,
performance-led)?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px;
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initial initial;">What are the stakes of analyzing an object
on its own (as a solo actor or single performance event) vs.
as part of a larger network or collection (a stage,
geographical site, festival, archive, etc.)? What are the
benefits and limitations of each approach?</li>
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methodologies are theatre and performance scholars using when
they look at things? How might we map the different
genealogies that inform thingcentric scholarship today?</li>
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initial initial;">Format:</strong><br>
We invite 500-word proposals (as MS Word attachments) that
include an abstract for your ASTR paper and how it relates to
your broader creative and/or scholarly work. Include full
contact information and organizational affiliation (if any) on
both your proposal and your email—and send your proposal to both
conveners by June 3, 2013. Following participant selection,
conveners will circulate initial discussion questions and a
working bibliography with which participants will be expected to
engage. Full 10-12-page papers should be submitted to the
conveners by October 1, 2013. Prior to our Dallas meeting,
assigned small groups will interact with one another (via email)
with the expectation that everyone will provide detailed
feedback on each group member’s paper. Conveners will distribute
a set of session discussion questions and tentative agenda by
late October. We plan to stay in touch after Dallas to discuss
future conference and publication opportunities, building a
research network.</p>
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Marlis Schweitzer
Associate Professor
Department of Theatre
York University
4700 Keele St.
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
416-736-2100 x 66274</pre>
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