courses /winter 09 /danm 247

DANM 247 Performances/Performativities

(cross-listed as HisCon247)

Performance acts and theories of performativity in visual culture from modernity to present. Major theoretical positions subtending the emergence of performances/performativities: subjectivity, identity, temporality, media, ritual, the event, the body and embodiment, collaboration, and politics. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Qualified seniors accepted with permission of instructor.

Meeting

• Porter 245
• Mondays 2pm to 5pm
• Instructor: Catherine Soussloff