OKAY Jane, consider yourself a lad for the rest of the day!
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shame i quite liked being a lad for an afternooj, Jx
--On 06 February 2008 15:25 +0000 Dr Alec Grant
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> Sorry all. I should have posted this just to two people. Alec
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> From: Performative Social Science [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Dr Alec Grant
> Sent: 06 February 2008 14:22
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> Subject: Performing the World conference, Oct 2-4 2008
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> Dear Lads,
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> (see below for context) I hope you fancy applying for this gig as much as
> I do. If you decide that you don't want to do it Liam, I think that
> myself and Nige could still go and double up for you (hope I'm not being
> too presumptuous here Nige?), but it would be great ifall three of us
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> I've attached the form which you/both need to fill in. Remember the
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> From: Performative Social Science [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Lois Holzman
> Sent: 04 February 2008 01:32
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> Subject: Re: Introducing myself and a query
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> Hello All,
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> The note from Jeff about the oral history and performance conference
> prompted me to introduce myself and another component of the performative
> movement to everyone here.
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> I'm the main organizer of Performing the World, a network/community
> worldwide that has had four conferences/festivals--in 01,03,05 and 07.
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> The next one , PTW '08, is in NYC this coming October. I invite people
> here to submit proposals and participate.
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> I've put the conference announcement at the end of this post.
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> I am a developmental psychologist/psycholinguist by training although
> nearly all of my work is practically-critical of psychology.I and
> colleagues have developed a postmodern Marxist methodology of human
> development, therapeutics, learning and community building
> Performance--being who you are and other than who you are, like babies
> and actors on stage are--is embedded in all our work. We've been
> influenced primarily by Vygotsky and Wittegenstein.
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> Ken Gergen urged me to join this list as he saw commonalities in the
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> You can visit the website in my signature to see some of what we do and
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> Sincerely,
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> fax 212.941.0511
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> www.eastsideinstitute.org
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> www.performingtheworld.org
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> Announcement and Call for Proposals
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> The conveners of Performing the World, the conference/festival of the
> growing international performance movement, are excited to announce that
> the fifth Performing the World will be held in New York City from October
> 2-5, 2008. The event will showcase innovative practice and scholarship
> and provide a rich context for learning and performing together.
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> A New Location, A New Kind of Conference
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> Performing the World '08 (PTW '08) builds on the momentum of 2007's PTW
> 4, which brought together 300 practitioners, scholars and community
> activists--educators, youth workers, researchers, psychologists and
> therapists, health and helping professionals, business people, artists
> and activists from 27 countries. PTW '08 is bringing the international
> performance movement to the streets of New York--and introducing the
> performance movement to the communities of New York City.
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> For the first time, the All Stars Project, an organization recognized for
> its highly successful performance-based outside-of-school developmental
> programs for young people and its Castillo Theatre, joins the East Side
> Institute as a co-sponsor of the conference. PTW '08 will be based out of
> the All Stars' performance and development center on 42nd Street near
> Times Square, and will be hosted by young people from around the city.
> Workshops and performances will take place there and at theatres, schools
> and other venues throughout Manhattan and other boroughs. New Yorkers
> from virtually every neighborhood will open up their homes to
> out-of-towners, not only to save on hotel costs, but also to incorporate
> the diversity of family and neighborhood into the experience of the
> weekend and to build person-to-person ties between ordinary New Yorkers
> and performance activists and scholars from around the world.
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> Proposals
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> PTW '08 invites proposals from all who are involved in performance work
> that is related to cultural, economic or psychological development,
> community-building, social justice, citizenry, individual and social
> transformation, social entrepreneurship, etc. We are looking for a
> variety of presentation types, including workshops, conversations,
> demonstrations, discussions and panels. We encourage a playfulness and
> experimentation for all presentations, especially with regard to theory
> and data.
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> This year's theme, "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow," encourages participants
> to attend to history and process--their own and that of the performance
> movement. We are particularly interested in examinations/explorations of
> the shift from a cognitive to a performative approach to understanding,
> interacting with and (re)creating the world as embodied in the work of
> the participants and/or those they with whom they work/play/ study. Also
> of interest is the performance movement's interaction with and impact on
> the "big issues" facing the world-- poverty, war and peace,
> sustainability, democracy, globalization, cultural diversity and
> creativity, the list could go on. The second day of PTW '08 will be
> devoted to "An International Celebration of Youth" and we encourage those
> interested to submit proposals relative to youth, youth performance and
> youth development for that day.
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> Fields of Interest:
> * Applied Theatre
> * Improvisation
> * Performance Studies
> * Youth Development
> * Participatory Research and Evaluation
> * Political and Community Organizing
> * Education
> * Drama in Education
> * Psychology and Psychotherapy
> * Community Development
> * Medicine and Health Care
> * Organizational Change, Business and Management
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> A sampling of conversational themes, panels, workshops and performances:
> * Performance as a Community Building Methodology
> * Postmodern Creativity and Performance
> * Knowing, Not Knowing and Performing
> * Performance and Politics
> * Performance in Daily Life
> * The Therapeutics of Performance
> * The Creativity of the Group, Ensemble and Community
> * Theatre and Community
> * The Creativity of Improvisation
> * Performing, Improvising and Learning
> * The Power of Play
> * Conflict Resolution and Performance
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> Registration Fee
> Before August 1: $195 (US)
> After August 1: $225 (US)
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> Proposals are due April 1, 2008 and should be e-mailed to Lois Holzman at
> [log in to unmask] The subject headline should be PTW Proposal.
> If you can't e-mail, then mail or fax to:
> Lois Holzman, Director
> East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy
> 920 Broadway, 14th Floor
> New York, New York 10010
> U.S.A.
> Fax: 212-941-0511
> Tel: 212-941-8906
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> [Image: ] Watch Clip from Past PTWs!
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> PTW '08 is sponsored by the All Stars Project, Inc. (www.allstars.org)
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> As as faculty in dance at Rutgers University, specializing in oral history
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> If you are interested, the Mid-Atlantic Oral History Association in the
> U.S. is producing a 2 day conference on oral history and performance at
> Columbia University in New York City on March 14 and 15, 2008.
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> You will find program information, registration materials and a
> description of over 80 presenters from all over the U.S., Canada, and
> Europe. Many of these presenters are offering performative papers with
> excerpts from performance works. An informal performance event on Friday
> evening the 14th will focus on 3 selected works. We are hoping to publish
> an on-line proceedings with video and print text presentations in the
> future... Please let me know if you have questions or comments.
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> On another note, if you are interested in an overview of this sort of
> work, in addition to Saldana's recent book, I published a chapter in the
> Oral History Reader (Altamira Press, 2006) that covers converting oral
> history materials into not only theater, but dance and sound art. There
> is also a brief theoretical framework historicizing my case studies.
> Regards dance in particular, you can also check out my article in the
> British Oral History Society's journal from 2005 titled Muscle Memory,
> generated from a plenary performance at University of Bournemouth.
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> From: Performative Social Science [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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