Introduction to Media and Performance Studies

Catalog description

Provides a survey of the histories and key research questions of the disciplines of Media Studies and Performance Studies. These fields examine fundamental relationships between performance and culture, including traditional art forms such as music, theatre, and dance as well as a range of everyday cultural expressions such as ritual, festivals, games and sports, storytelling, fashion, and song. Drawing from insights in the social sciences and the humanities, this course explores media and performance in both theory and in practice.