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Interdisciplinary Topics Course (202-0-70)

Topic

Introduction to Performance Studies

Instructors

Leila Tayeb

Meeting Info

Northwestern Qatar Room G-310: Tues, Su 2:30PM - 3:45PM (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, i.e. 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 for cross-registration

  • Open for First-Year Students, sophomores and ABP Dual Enrolled students

  • Satisfies Film and Design Minor

    • Class Attributes

    Attendance at 1st class mandatory

    Enrollment Requirements

    Enrollment Requirements: NUQ: Seats are reserved for Sophomore and Freshmen only.
    Add Consent: Department Consent Required