The deadline for the following panel has been extended
until 24 April 2002.
Nation, community and the construction of place in
contemporary theatre
Both ‘community’ and ‘nation’ – even, or especially
in, times of ‘space-time compression’ (Harvey 1989) –
are concepts that are indissolubly tied to
representations of place. This panel seeks to discuss
how issues of place are explored in contemporary
theatrical performance. Seemingly unmediated, the
audience experiences place as tangible and ‘real’ in
the theatre and thus the staging of place is far more
than merely the background to theatrical action. How
is place constructed in plays dealing with issues of
community and nation – and how is the actual
construction of the performance space linked to the
discussion of these issues in the plays? How are
contested ideas about community and nation presented
in a theatrical framework? What role does the theatre
– both as an institution and as an art form – have in
the cultural production of place? And which role does
the localisation of plays, playwrights/companies and
performance spaces play in a more general cultural
discussion of nation and community?
Please send 100-word abstracts to:
avonrothkirch@yahoo.co.uk
This panel will be included in the Crossroads to
Cultural Studies Conference to be held in Tampere,
Finland (29/6-2/7/2002).
For more information please look at:
http://www.tampereconference.fi/crossroads/
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