Performed ethnography and communication: Improvisation and embodied experience

D. Soyini Madison*

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Book/ReportBook

12 Scopus citations

Abstract

Performed Ethnography and Communication explores the relationships between these three key terms, addressing the impact of ethnography and communication on the cutting edge of performance studies. Ranging from digital performance, improvisation and the body, to fieldwork and staged collaboration, this volume is divided into two main sections: “Embodied technique and practice,” which addresses improvisation, devised theatre-making, and body work to consider what makes bodies move, sound, behave, mean, or appear differently, and the effects of these differences on performance; “Oral history and personal narrative performance,” which is concerned with the ways personal stories and histories might be transformed into public events, looking at questions of perspective, ownership, and reception. Including specific historical and theoretical case studies, exercises and activities, and practical applications for improvisation, ethnography, and devised and digital performance, Performed Ethnography and Communication represents an invaluable resource for today’s student of performance studies, communication studies or cultural studies.

Original languageEnglish (US)
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Number of pages202
ISBN (Electronic)9781317656203
ISBN (Print)9781138789012
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2018

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Arts and Humanities(all)
  • Social Sciences(all)

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Performed ethnography and communication: Improvisation and embodied experience'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this