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The Routledge companion to site-specific performance
No full textThis collection comprises a comprehensive overview of key themes, arguments, and practices central to the study and understanding of site-specific performance.
Its collected essays, case studies, and practitioner accounts represent a must-have resource that engages with established and emergent ideas, themes, and practices central to this performance sub-discipline. Acknowledging the interdisciplinary nature of this field emergent through the creation and presentation of performance in non-theatre spaces, the companion includes writing from scholars whose work intersects with ideas from a range of related fields including dance, theatre, dramaturgy, human geography, architecture, walking studies, and archaeology. Alongside theoretical discussions and case study examples, a section on methods and structures allows site-specific practitioners to illustrate a range of practical approaches, tasks, and modes of producing site-specific performance in a range of sites
Blending rebetiko with blues, jazz, and rock: intercultural songwriting and analysis
Get PDFThis research explores shared characteristics in approach and conception between two distinct musical styles – Greek rebetiko and Afro-American blues – with the aim of
conceiving a creative method for generating intercultural music and lyrics. These traditions both emerged in the late nineteenth century among marginalised communities: blues in
the Deep South of the USA; and rebetiko in Greek ports. The study establishes a new language, a palette of rhythms, and instrumentation by identifying tools from the mixture
of rebetiko and blues, as well as jazz and rock, leading to experimental cross-genre musical
forms, by blending them in new original songs. Jazz has evolved from blues through the
adaptation of modality, polyrhythms, complex harmonic structures of jazz, and other
melodic elements from Western contemporary music, akin to rebetiko’s diverse vocabulary
of modal scales and rhythms. Employing an autoethnographic methodology, this research
captures the experimental aspects of creative practice, supported by song transcription,
analysis, artist collaboration, interviews, and observation. Elements from established
artists, who attempted to fuse rebetiko and blues, namely Pavlos Sidiropoulos and Georges
Pilali, and the fingerstyle rebetiko guitar technique (tsibití), that was disentombed by
Dimitris Mystakidis, are integrated into my songwriting practice, seen in the accompanying
portfolio of eighteen songs. Rebetiko modes (drómoi) are collected, collated, and reimagined
from eighteen sources. The songs combine rebetiko drómoi with blues scales and
jazz modes, alternating time signatures, employing slang-infused common lyrical themes, and juxtaposing instruments typical of rebetiko, blues and jazz. Unconventional songwriting
techniques are mostly used to shape forms, rhythmical structures, and instrumentation
with unorthodox playing. In my roles as songwriter, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist,
arranger, engineer, and producer, I have developed a model for blending these genres. The
exegesis delves into the underlying thematic elements, acknowledges their different
qualities and limitations, and weaves a rich tapestry of connections through this
compositional journey
The need for inclusive relationships and sex education (RSE) to respond to ‘risky’ youth online practices: groomed with cisheteronormativity
No full textThis chapter builds on longstanding calls for reliable, relatable and relevant gender, sex and relationship education against an increasingly uncertain hostile and exclusionary media and political landscape. It challenges re-surfacing moral panics around childhood innocence in need of protection from a predatory dangerous queerness, demonstrating how such efforts to ‘protect’ children not only marginalises LGBTQIA+ youths but also contributes to making such youths vulnerable to actual grooming and sexual exploitation. Drawing on two case studies from a participatory research project in the United Kingdom – a gay male and a trans female youth – it considers how efforts to contain children’s desires are futile, resulting in young people seeking validation wherever they can find it. Critically engaging with questions of online risk, the chapter considers opportunities emerging through risky and exploitative encounters online, enabled by cisheteronormativity limiting age-appropriate opportunities for validation, information and support for safer explorations of bodies, identities and desires
Doubly-disadvantaged or even hidden away: the situation of migrant and refugee children with special educational needs and disabilities
Get PDFThis chapter is concerned with exploring the experiences of families with children who have special educational needs. It problematizes the idea of educational provision by contextualizing the situation parents and children are facing in the UK. Teachers are not aware of the broad cultural framework within which parents of vulnerable children operate if they have migrant and refugee backgrounds. Parents and teachers do not see the educational provision in identical ways. There is a lack of understanding about school processes, and therefore mistrust on parents’ part. Equally, there is misunderstanding among teachers. Children should remain at the centre of the debate at all times. This chapter concludes with some reflections about how the needs of children and young people with SEND may be addressed adequately and more holistically
Designing (for) transitions and transformations: imagination, climate futures, and everyday lives
Get PDFThe theme track ‘Designing (for) Transitions and Transformations:
Imagination, Climate Futures, and Everyday Lives’ at DRS 2024 includes 21 papers
covering a wide range of approaches to design’s role in transformative change in the
pursuit of sustainable, just and resilient futures. In this editorial, we present a variety
of perspectives from conveners of this track in which we highlight what we each found
interesting or noteworthy about the papers we read and how these affected our
position towards the design, transitions and transformations field, but also the wider
trends and calls for further work or different directions. Moreover, we reflect on our
own perspectives on this emerging landscape, questioning how each of us uses
design/transition methodologies in our own work, why we find these useful and which
topics or themes we focus on
The structure of writing through: handling grief as a creative methodology
No full textMy PhD thesis, Writing Through (2022), was envisaged as a critical and creative inquiry into the process of writing through grief. My intention was to write through rather than simply about the loss of my father in 2015 and to then explore the structure of this writing, yielding insights for other practitioners. The four-year process of research resulted in the production of a creative component over three parts – an original television screenplay, a work of nonfiction and a bridging piece of prose in various ways drawing on a personal experience of grief – alongside a contextual component: ‘The Structure of Writing Through.’ This component is abridged and its opening part, on ‘Handling Grief as a Creative Methodology’, introduced and established here
Revive and thrive: enhancing wellbeing and value through repair workshops in circular fashion
No full textThe fashion industry has long been characterised by fast production cycles and disposable consumption
patterns, leading to significant environmental and social challenges. The intersection of circular fashion,
consumer wellbeing, and skill-based therapeutic interventions presents a novel approach to sustainable
fashion. This study explores how therapeutic repair workshops in circular fashion not only promote
sustainability but also enhance consumer wellbeing and create additional value. By integrating the
concepts of circular economy and mental health, this research offers insights into the multifaceted
benefits of repairing skills within the fashion industry. The "Creative Denim Redesign and Repair
Workshop Series" emerges as a response to the growing need for sustainable fashion practices. With a
commitment to fostering conscious consumption, this initiative aims to empower individuals with
practical skills that not only breathe new life into their wardrobes but also contribute to a more
sustainable and mindful approach to style as well as enhancing their well-being and values
An exploration of the cognitive and affective processes for anaesthetists when performing an emergency front of neck airway
No full textEmergency front of neck airway (eFONA) is a potentially lifesaving but very high-stress procedure. We explored the cognitive and affective processes involved via semi-structured interviews with 17 UK anaesthetists who had attempted eFONA within the previous two years. Thematic analyses generated two meta-themes: ‘Making the decision is the hardest part; the doing is easier’ and ‘What helps make the decision?’. We found concerns around scrutiny, lack of a flat hierarchy, unfamiliarity with the situation and the lack of a model for transitioning to eFONA. Culture change, using a shared mental model, priming and emotional disengagement, assisted with eFONA decision-making. Conclusions and implications for practice are presented
Measuring collective action intention toward gender equality across cultures
Get PDFCollective action is a powerful tool for social change and is fundamental to women and girls’ empowerment on a societal level. Collective action towards gender equality could be understood as intentional and conscious civic behaviors focused on social transformation, questioning power relations, and promoting gender equality through collective efforts. Various instruments to measure collective action intentions have been developed, but to our knowledge none of the published measures were subject to invariance testing. We introduce the gender equality collective action intention (GECAI) scale and examine its psychometric isomorphism and measurement invariance, using data from 60 countries (N = 31,686). Our findings indicate that partial scalar measurement invariance of the GECAI scale permits conditional comparisons of latent mean GECAI scores across countries. Moreover, this metric psychometric isomorphism of the GECAI means we can interpret scores at the country-level (i.e., as a group attribute) conceptually similar to individual attributes. Therefore, our findings add to the growing body of literature on gender based collective action by introducing a methodologically sound tool to measure collective action intentions towards gender equality across cultures
A creative deconstruction of the cultural strands in the multiple timelines of 'The Flash' (2023): introduction to the online resource “Multiversal Spaghetti”
No full textThis chapter supplements a digital hypertext that suggests multiple different but overlapping theories surrounding 2023’s The Flash. These ruminations interlink giving distinctly different insights into the philosophy of the filmmakers, the industry environment, and the conventions of the medium. Rather than producing one superstructural answer to the film then, the online text suggests multiple avenues for the reader to hold simultaneously, a multiverse of conceptual possibilities. This chapter provides surrounding context to the creative decisions in creating the work and a key to approaching its structure