Seminar CFP: Pedagogies of Canadian Theatre, CATR2013

[Robin C. Whittaker]

/Seminar Call for Participants, CATR2013, Victoria B.C./

(Apologies for cross-posting)

Pedagogies of Canadian Theatre, or "Professor, There's a Country in My 
Discourse!"

Organizer: Robin C. Whittaker, Assistant Professor, St. Thomas University


Most universities in Canada offer a dedicated course on "Canadian 
Drama/Theatre." Indeed, "Canadian" is the most commonly professed 
specialization among drama, theatre, and performance scholars across the 
country, after "Shakespeare" (Whittaker /TRiC/ 32.1). But what are we 
teaching, how, and to what end? What constitutes the pedagogy of 
Canadian Drama/Theatre in the undergraduate and graduate classroom, both 
here in Canada and abroad?


This seminar will wade into the collective consciousness of 
post-secondary Canadian theatre instruction in order to generate guided 
and meaningful discussion among those who teach Canadian plays, theatre 
histories, and/or practices. We might consider: What plays, playwrights, 
theories, and histories are being taught? What similarities and 
differences exist in how these courses are structured? What approaches 
are being applied in the classroom, studio, and beyond? And what 
approaches may be unique to the teaching of Canadian drama/theatre?


Each interested participant is asked to submit a proposal that includes:

(a) a 300-word "Locative Statement" that describes her/his past 
experiences and/or future plans for teaching Canadian theatre, and 
her/his interest in being involved in "Pedagogies of Canadian Theatre";

(b) a real or hypothetical Course Outline for a Canadian Drama, Theatre, 
and/or Performance course s/he has taught or would like to teach; and

(c) a 300-word "Statement of Pedagogy" providing a rationale for the 
choice of texts, assignments, and approaches in this Course Outline.


A few months before CATR2013, selected seminar participants will share 
their statements and syllabi with each other online to develop a set of 
questions and findings pertaining to the teaching of Canadian 
Drama/Theatre, using the accepted statements and course outlines as our 
springboard. These questions and findings will be used to frame our 
three-hour seminar in Victoria, in which we will develop and present to 
the seminar participants and auditors a series of new 
exercises/assignments for discussion.


Please email inquiries and proposals to the seminar organizer, Dr. Robin 
C. Whittaker (rwhit at stu.ca <mailto:rwhit at stu.ca>), by 14 January 2013. 
All scholars of English- and/or French-Canadian drama, theatre, and/or 
performance (including graduate students and early-career scholars) in 
Canada and abroad are encouraged to submit.


NB: All accepted participants are required to join CATR. For more 
information on CATR and to join or renew your membership please visit 
http://www.catr-actr.ca .

-- 
Robin C. Whittaker, PhD
Assistant Professor, Drama
Department of English
St. Thomas University
Fredericton, NB E3B 5G3 Canada
rwhit at stu.ca

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