Setting out from a distinction between special events and everyday life, you will investigate fundamental kinds of performative events, including play, ritual, work and carnival, developing an understanding of culture as performance. You will learn and apply ethnographic approaches to a range of contemporary case studies.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Theatre and Performance Studies |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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12 credit points at 2000 level in Theatre and Performance Studies or (PRFM2601 and PRFM2602) |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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PRFM2606 |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Ian Maxwell, ian.maxwell@sydney.edu.au |
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