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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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In the seminars, we will discuss texts dealing with the performative and theatrical aspects of the protest performances. We will analyse examples of contemporary and historical events and focus on different elements of performance: script, acting and spectatorship, choreography, atmosphere, the performativity of the police, tactics of weak and strategies of strong actors, means of symbolic production, and more. Examples will be selected mainly from the new social movements of the 1960s, the anti-globalist movement of the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, and the contemporary environmental movement. Block 1 (Weeks 1-3): Theoretical Foundations and Analytical Frameworks Block 2 (Weeks 4-6): Historical and Contemporary Protest Performances Block 3 (Weeks 7-9): Artistic Activism, Prefigurative Politics, and Field Experience Block 4 (Weeks 10-12): Synthesizing Themes and Final Projects
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Observation, Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization), Group work
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to introduce students to current theories and concepts dealing with protest culture and protest performances. Students will be introduced to the history of the tactical repertoire of social movements and the methods of its analysis. We will discuss examples of artistic activism, radical theatre and prefigurative politics. Emphasis will be placed on the performative and theatrical aspects of these events and their wider cultural context.
After completing the course, students will be able to apply basic theoretical concepts dealing with the performativity of protest. They can identify the significance of protest events in historical perspective and contemporary culture. Students will be able to analyse tactical repertoire events as cultural performances.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Final project
Assessment: presentation of the group project, based on literature and field work. Requirements / Assessment 1. Regular and Active Seminar Participation Weekly Readings and Discussions 2. Field Trip Attendance and Reflection Visit to a Cultural Protest Performance Reflective Report 3. Project and Final Presentation Research / Creative Task Presentation and Discussion
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Recommended literature
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de Certeau, Michel. (1984). The Practice of Everyday Life. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
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KERSHAW, Baz. (1992). The politics of performance: radical theatre as cultural intervention. New York: Routledge.
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RAI, Shirin, Milija GLUHOVIC, Silvija JESTROVIC a Michael SAWARD. (2021). The Oxford handbook of politics and performance. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
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