Dear Kip, Kim and others,
Firstly, thanks for this list, which I find a valuable link to ideas,
articles, journals and just people working and thinking in realms
somewhat different from my own - although similar enough to tweak my
own horizons.
I stumbled across you while researching my PhD which was concerned
with linking the process, practice and performance of theatre with
the building of social capital. I work in the Theatre Studies
discipline in a small regional university based in Armidale, northern
NSW, Australia (The University of New England). Prior to this
existence I worked in community arts development and theatre as well
as spending many years teaching drama to people with disabilities.
Living and working in regional Australia gives added impetus to my
strongly held belief that both the process and practice of the arts
have an important role to play in the performance of sustainable
communities.
Maybe those of us in the Antipodes need to be more assertive in our
postings of events, journals, etc of interest to ourselves and not
assume that these will have a lack of relevance elsewhere.
Best regards
Ruth
>Dear Kim and others,
>The list was begun for a UK group who first gathered around the
>performative in soc sci about three years ago and wanted to keep up
>with activities. Because this all started in a more formal way in
>the UK (and I am in the UK, at least for now) it is natural that
>information comes from here. Still the USA has the most subscribers
>now.....
>
>There is no problem with posting announcements that happen to be
>local to another geographic area and it is quite easy to post them.
>This is one way that we can be aware of what is developing elsewhere.
>
>This is not a discussion list in the sense of long threads on
>subjects; most prefer to be informed but not inundated with lots of
>emails. At least that is the feedback that I get back from time to
>time. Taking a 'conversation' off list often works best,
>particularly when it becomes quite limited to only a few people.
>
>Many on the list have benefited from the information posted over the
>past three years, including getting articles accepted, making
>conference presentations, making links with others doing similar
>work, finding support for grant applications and tenure and so on.
>
> I hope to maintain this as the main purpose of the list. There are
>other lists that are more conversational, if that is what some are
>looking for.
>
>Cheers,
>Kip
>
>Dr Kip Jones
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>From: Performative Social Science [[log in to unmask]] On
>Behalf Of Kimberly Dark [[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: 02 December 2008 20:09
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>Dear Performative People,
>
>This thread, prompted by Kim, is very interesting. (And, as usual, I
>really appreciated John's input. I'm not sure I ever thought there
>was a unified purpose, other than to be somehow enriched and
>inspired by each other's work.)
>
>I never thought about most of the opportunities for events and
>involvement being focused on the UK; I just thought they were
>generating more opportunities and events! (And I feel inspired and
>heartened by that.) I must say, I paused before posting the release
>of my new audio CD last month, but then considered that it was
>appropriate as one manifestation of performative work. And it's
>available worldwide via cdbaby.com. (Though now that I think from
>that angle, I don't post my work that is only regionally available,
>but Kip often does. Hmmm.)
>
>I wonder if I (and others) am being too timid at offering up
>ideas/concepts/work that might provide good fodder for discussion.
>Perhaps this is one of the places we learn to discuss performative
>work because we've had little practice elsewhere!
>
>One of the things I've become very interested in, for example, is
>the carbon footprint of the touring artist. And, attendant to that,
>the various "performative" ways that people who book touring artists
>(i.e. universities, theatres, festivals) construct that issue as not
>belonging to them, even though we (the artists) must often react to
>other's schedules. I'm writing a brief (non-academic) article about
>this issue now for the Green Theatre Initiative in New York. Is
>this an appropriate forum in which to raise issues related to
>performativity and performance? (Or am I, ironically, to embedded
>in the performance world for my themes to be of interest to a
>performative social science group! ~wink)
>
>What are we doing here? And why aren't we doing more of it?
>
>In partnership,
>Kimberly Dark
>www.kimberlydark.com
>619-708-8115
>
>
>
>On Dec 2, 2008, at 7:50 AM, Elaine Bliss wrote:
>
>Dear List members
>
>I guess am one of the 'Kiwi 5'! I agree with some of Kim's comments
>about relevance to the antipodes. Tahnks Kip and others for your
>input.
>
>I and suggest that we, antipodeans, form a little sub group of
>interest. I am happy to coordinate this in the first instance. We
>can see where it goes from there.
>
>I am a Senior Tutor and PhD student in the Department of Geography,
>Tourism and Environmental Planning at the University of Waikato,
>Hamilton, New Zealand. The topic of my thesis is around digital
>storytelling as a research method. I am also looking at digital
>storytelling in the context of emotion, place and memory as a sub
>theme.
>
>I would be very keen to hear from some local people and talk further
>and deeper about our mutual interests, and how we can perhaps
>collaborate, or at least exchange ideas, in a more localised forum.
>I have recently presented a paper at a local conference on one
>aspect of my work and am happy to share it with interested people.
>
>Best wishes
>Elaine Bliss
>
>________________________________
>From: Performative Social Science on behalf of Kip Jones
>Sent: Wed 3/12/2008 4:12 a.m.
>To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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>Further to conversation on global spread of participants in this list:
>There are now 284 members worldwide.
>
>Country Subscribers
>* ------- -----------
>* Australia 21
>* Belgium 3
>* Canada 22
>* China 1
>* Czech Republic 1
>* Denmark 3
>* Finland 1
>* Germany 9
>* Greece 1
>* Ireland 4
>* Israel 2
>* Italy 1
>* Netherlands 1
>* New Zealand 5
>* Slovenia 1
>* South Africa
> 1
>* Sweden 1
>* United Kingdom 92
>* United States 113
>* ??? 1
>
>The mystery country ??? at the bottom usually gets a response from someone!
>
>As far as NZ goes, you only are five, so I suggest getting to know
>one another!
>
>As far as I am concerned, a former lover of mine has recently
>returned to his native NZ recently after a life in show biz in the
>UK and is living in a shack on the North Island. When things get
>too tough here (and they do!), I think, would he accept me as at
>least a lodger??? I could then lie around on a beach somewhere and
>pontificate on things performative!
>
>Never know!
>
>Cheers,
>Kip
>
>Dr Kip Jones
>Reader in Qualitative Research
>Centre for Qualitative Research
>Leader, Performative Social Science Group
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>School of Health & Social Care and The Media School
>Bournemouth University
>Bournemouth, UK
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>--- On Tue, 2/12/08, JENNY ELLIOTT <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>From: JENNY ELLIOTT <[log in to unmask]>
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>Date: Tuesday, 2 December, 2008, 12:03 PM
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>Hi All
>
>Thanks to you Heather and others for sharing about your work from
>the other side of the globe with us today. I have just sourced your
>MIECAT site, Heather as you suggested and found some very
>interesting, inspirational research texts that have proved
>invaluable for queries around movement and lived experience that I
>happen to be working on in my Dance Studio located in a psychiatric
>setting in Belfast, N.I. this very morning!!!!
>
>Just goes to prove how invaluable a site like this can be. So let's
>maximise and utilise our shared creativity. I work as a
>dancer/researcher primarily using performance as a democratic
>voice/research experience in health. I am also Artistic Director of
>two integrated Dance Companies that have evolved from Healthcare
>Environments.
>
>Keep the knowledge creatively circling the globe!
>Kind regards
>Jenny Elliott
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>--- On Tue, 2/12/08, Heather Hill <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>From: Heather Hill <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: PSS list: to change your subscription
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>Date: Tuesday, 2 December, 2008, 10:58 AM
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>Hi all!
>I haven't been long on this listserve so don't really know what its
>purposes are, whether it's mainly sharing information or discussing
>issues - or both. I'm wondering if members have introduced
>themselves and their interests? Perhaps Kim's comment is a challenge
>for us to come out of the woodwork and be seen!
>
>So me, I am Kim and Jean's "neighbour" living and working in
>Melbourne, Australia, though I also have been a social worker in New
>Zealand. I have absolutely no sense of being "in the colonies" -
>there's some great work happening at this end of the world! It's
>up to us to share it not only with the world but with each other.
>For that reason and like Jean, I'm happy to hear of the existence of
>others with similar interests who are not on the other side of the
>world - and happy to converse.
>
>After working for more than 20 years as a dance therapist
>(particular working with people with dementia), I now lecture at the
>Melbourne Institute for Experiential and Creative Arts Therapy,
>where we teach a form of inquiry which is multi-modal and can be
>applied in therapeutic, educational or research contexts. Check out
>our websitewww.miecat.org.au<http://www.miecat.org.au/>
>
>So Kim, maybe your message will spur others on this side of the
>world to network, which I think would be very positive. And of
>course also network across the world.
>
>Kind regards!
>Heather
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