Interdisciplinary Topics Course (202-0-71)
Topic
Introduction to Performance Studies
Instructors
Leila Oum Kulthoum Tayeb
Meeting Info
Northwestern Qatar Room G-310: Tues, Su 10:00AM - 11:15AM (AST)
Overview of class
Through a broad exploration of performance, both on stage or screen and in everyday life, this course offers an introductory grounding in the (inter)discipline of performance studies. We look at music, theater, dance, sporting events, gender, race, political action, and beyond not as separate domains but rather as related acts of human communication, ie performance. In addition to exploring what performance is, the course also explores what performance does. Through a combination of written assignments and staged performance projects, students engage in embodied and collaborative learning. We further take up performance as concept, analytic, and method to understand the social world, paying particular attention to Global South contexts. Students should leave the course able to differentiate the key concepts of performance and performativity, and apply these to a wide range of phenomena.
Registration Requirements
- Prerequisites: None
- Open to first-year students and sophomores
- Open for CrossâRegistration
- Satisfies Film and Design Minor
Enrollment Requirements
Enrollment Requirements: NUQ: Seats are reserved for Sophomore and Freshmen only.