Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Yuji Sone
Contact via yuji.sone@mq.edu.au
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
12cp
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Performance exploration in this course focuses on the cultural practice of everyday 'acting/performing' with a view toward a broader spectrum of performance. This unit examines the practices of performance work, identifying social and cultural issues (relating to gender, femininity, masculinity, and ethnicity) and artists' strategies. The key question for this unit is: How do everyday social and personal performances differ from acting/performing in film or theatre, or in non-drama TV programs? The time spent in class consists of approximately equal time for workshop exercises and theoretical study.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Contribution to discussion | 10% | Week 3, 4, 5 |
Individual report (1) | 20% | 07 April |
Group performance project | 35% | Week 7-12 |
Individual report (2) | 35% | 13 June |
Due: Week 3, 4, 5
Weighting: 10%
Each student selects a topic from the lecture materials in week 3-5, and performs the role of respondent in a tutorial.
More detailed information will be provided in class and available from iLearn.
Due: 07 April
Weighting: 20%
Each student discusses, in a short speculative report, the findings from his or her own research in relation to class discussion and the issues raised in lectures.
More detailed information will be provided in class and available from iLearn.
Due: Week 7-12
Weighting: 35%
Weight: 35% (10% as group + 25% as individual)
Students will work together to produce a short group performance experiment in Week 11. The theme of the experiment is the issue of stereotype (of gender, sexuality, ethnicity and other social and cultural constructions that affect human behaviour) and inter-personal communication.
More detailed information will be provided in class and available from iLearn.
Due: 13 June
Weighting: 35%
On the basis of discussion in Week 12, students write up an observational report examining differences between proposal and actuality. Students' ability to critique and discuss another group's project and own project, highlighting issues in a logical and scholarly manner against proposals, will be assessed.
More detailed information will be provided in class and available from iLearn.
Classes
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On-Campus Sessions
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Location |
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Session 1 |
Tuesday class Wednesday class Thursday class |
10am-12pm 10am-12pm 10am-12pm |
Y3A 187 Y3A 187 Y3A 187 |
Required Reading
There is no Unit Reader for CUL230. A list of recommended readings are available on eReserve.
Recommended books
Gauntlett, David. 2008. Media, gender and identity: an introduction (2nd edition). London and New York: Routledge. Reference Number: P96.S45 G28 2008
Barker, Chris. 2008. Cultural studies: theory and practice (3rd edition). London and Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. Reference Number: HM623 .B37 2008
Schechner, Richard. 2006. Performance Studies: An introduction (2nd edition). London and New York: Routledge. Reference Number: PN2041.A57 S34 2006
Technology Used and Required
The unit uses the following technology: iLearn and Turnitin
Week 1 |
Overview of Unit: structure, assignment, assessment. Lecture: Performing and Performance *Forming student groups & scheduling of tutorial group presentations Workshop Personal behavioural manner, body language Suggested Readings (More available in eReserve) Schechner, Richard. 2006. Performance Studies: An introduction. New York: Routledge. 28-51. Goffman, Erving. 2003 (1959). 'Introduction to The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life' in Philip Auslander (ed.), Performance: Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies Volume 1. London and New York: Routledge. 97-107. |
Week 2 |
Lecture & tutorial topic Actor-related visual signs Workshop Appearance as performance, Gestural performance Suggested Readings (More available in eReserve) Kirby, Michael. 2002 (1984). 'On Acting and Not-Acting' in Philip Auslander (ed.), Performance: Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies Volume 4. London and New York: Routledge. 309-323. |
Week 3 |
Lecture & tutorial topic Feminist Performance/Theory *Tutorial respondent Suggested Readings (More available in eReserve) Wynter, Vivienne. 2006. 'Feminism is passe because it worked'. The Australian, Higher Education (August/09). 37. Butler, Judith. 2003 (1988). 'Performative Acts And Gender Constitution: An essay on phenomenology and feminist theory' in Philip Auslander (ed.), Performance: Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies Volume 4. London and New York: Routledge. 97-110. |
Week 4 |
Lecture & tutorial topic Performing Masculinity and Queerness *Tutorial respondent Suggested Readings (More available in eReserve) Connell, R. W. 2003. 'Introduction: Australian masculinity' in Tomsen, Stephen and Mike Donaldson (eds.), Male Trouble: Looking at Australian Masculinities. North Melbourne: Pluto Press Australia. 9-21. Meyer, Moe. 1994. 'Introduction: Reclaiming the discourse of Camp' in The Politics and Poetics of Camp. London and New York: Routledge. 1-22. |
Week 5 |
Lecture & tutorial topic Performing Ethnicity in a Multicultural Australia *Tutorial respondent Suggested Readings (More available in eReserve) Gilbert, Helen and Jacqueline Lo. 2007. 'Introduction: Performing Cosmopolitics' in Performance and Cosmopolitics: Cross-Cultural Transactions in Australia. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire and New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 1-20. Lewis, Lee. 2007. Chapter 1 & 2 of 'Cross-Racial Casting: Changing the face of Australian theatre'. Platform Papers 13: 1-23. Abdel-Fattah, Randa. 2007. ‘Veils and Vegemite’. Good Weekend, SMH, February 17. 51-52. |
Week 6 |
Workshop Analysing TV drama, Performance making *Individual analytical report (1) is due on Monday 14 April. |
Mid-term Break |
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Week 7 |
Production exercise: Forming groups, Draft proposal |
Week 8 |
Production exercise: Exploring ideas |
Week 9 |
Production exercise: Finalising ideas, Final proposal |
Week 10 |
Production exercise: Dress rehearsal (Final check through video recording) |
Week 11 |
Production exercise: Performance *Each group will present their performance experiment. |
Week 12 |
Production exercise: Post-performance discussion *Each group will present their oral analysis and discussion. |
Week 13 |
(Individual study week) *Individual analytical report (2) is due on Friday 13 June. |
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