we are a group of interdisciplinary researchers based at the university of otago, dunedin. psychoanalysis / performance studies / mediations / criticality
Commentators have noted that during the 20th and the 21st century there has been an increasing tendency for artists and performers to try to make their work more authentic, more gritty, or otherwise more connected to the true nature of “the real” than those works which have gone before. Simultaneously, media organisations are seeking increasingly to shape and transform the “real” nature of events
02/11/2023
Our keynote speaker from Social Anthropology - University of Otago Ruth P Fitzgerald PhD FRAI has shared a teaser for her talk.
If you'd like to join us for our 2024 conference, submit your abstracts by November 7th! Find more info in the comments.
29/10/2023
📣We've extended the deadline! You now have until November 7th to submit your abstract for our 2024 conference: Performing Care and Carelessness.
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Performing Care and Carelessness | University of Otago An interdisciplinary conference hosted by The Performance of the Real Research Theme at the University of Otago, focusing on care as both an affective orientation (i.e. ‘caring about’) and a practice (i.e. ‘caring for’, or ‘taking care of’).
24/10/2023
🎉We're so excited to share our keynote speakers for our 2024 hybrid conference: Performing Care and Carelessness.
Abstracts are due next week on October 31st, so submit soon!
Find more details below:
https://www.otago.ac.nz/performance-of-the-real/news/performing-care-and-carelessness
18/10/2023
📢 Just two weeks left to submit your abstract for our February 2024 hybrid conference! Find more details at the link below.
https://www.otago.ac.nz/performance-of-the-real/news/performing-care-and-carelessness
26/03/2023
The team was honoured to receive nominations for THREE different awards at the Dunedin Fringe Festival, for 'Cartographies of a A Future', including:
-The Visual Art Award
- The Dance/Physical Theatre Award (for "Traces")
- Outstanding Technical Achievement
A big thank you to our whole wonderful production team, and to all who came through and saw the installations
We are proud to present, in this season of the Dunedin Fringe Festival, an interactive performance installation entitled 'Cartographies of A Future'
https://www.dunedinfringe.nz/events/cartographies-of-a-future
28/02/2023
We are proud to present, in this season of the Dunedin Fringe Festival, an interactive performance installation entitled 'Cartographies of A Future'
https://www.dunedinfringe.nz/events/cartographies-of-a-future
18/09/2022
Just in case you are umm-ing and ahh-ing about putting in an abstract by our (extended) Friday deadline... here is a sneak peak at some of our excellent keynote speakers.
15/09/2022
DEADLINE EXTENDED for submitting abstracts to our 'Performing Global Crises' Conference.
31/08/2022
Introducing our keynotes for the "Performing Global Crises" conference; 30 Nov - 2nd Dec.
- Professor Lilie Chouliaraki
(Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences, England)
- Associate Professor Robert Huish
(International Development Studies at Dalhousie University, Canada)
- Associate Professor James Headley
(Politics and International Relations at University of Otago, New Zealand)
The Call for Papers is open till 16th September... still time to submit an abstract!
Performance of the Real News and events, Performance of the Real, University of Otago, New Zealand News, workshops and conferences for the Performance of the Real research theme at the University of Otago.
04/07/2022
CALL FOR PAPERS - Performing Global Crises
Call for Papers for an interdisciplinary conference themed around "Performing Global Crises", 30th November- 2nd December 2022.
Please submit abstracts by 16 September 2022.
05/08/2021
CALL FOR PAPERS - Performing Childhoods
PoTR has extended the call for papers for our November Conference 'Performing Childhoods' until August 31st. For more information on the conference and how to submit your abstract click below.
Performing Childhoods Conference An interdisciplinary conference hosted by The Performance of the Real Research Theme and Childhoods Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand.