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PRFM2601: Being There: Theories of Performance
2025 unit information
What if all the world really is a stage? In this unit, you will learn key theories and conceptual tools for analysing the broad spectrum of performance events that lie beyond what is conventionally associated with the term 'theatre'. You will conduct original research, focusing on how performance (re)constitutes identity and (re)forms a culture.
Unit details and rules
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Theatre and Performance Studies |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 1000 level from PRFM including PRFM1601 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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PRFM2001 |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand the contributions of some key thinkers to the development of performance studies
- LO2. apply methods drawn from the work of these thinkers in order to analyse a variety of performance events
- LO3. draw on general theories of performance as a conceptual lens for understanding some non-theatrical events in everyday life
- LO4. demonstrate an embodied understanding of, and response to, key concepts
- LO5. plan and execute a piece of independent performance research.
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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