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Performance and Performativity

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WELCOME to Lori Shyba's Performance and Performativity class Wiki for Fall 2008

In this course you'll be introduced to the study of performative communication in verbal, physical, visual, and emotional textual modes. You will learn to analyse the relationship between cultural performances and their social effects and creative process within the scope of play and ritual, live and digital games, fashion, and interactive activist theatre.


Here is the Course Outline Wiki format |  Download the pdf file (easier to print).  v1_CMST2G03.pdf

 

Assignment Descriptions

There are three assignments and a final exam. Read about them here. 

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Your Performance Sandboxes for presentations ppts/wikis and fun and games.

September 2008 | October 2008 | November 2008

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Xtra Readings and Media

Check this out for pdf downloads and video clips.

 

Thank you for taking this course and I look forward to working with you.

Comments (23)

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Laura said

at 10:19 pm on Sep 4, 2008

Hello this is Laura Wagner, the pictures on this site are neat. i've actually never heard of wiki but it seems cool. one thing is it wouldn't let me post a comment on front page? strange...

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Lori Shyba said

at 11:16 am on Sep 5, 2008

Hi Laura. You've commented in the right spot anyway. Kudos for being first in your class! L

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Hana Smith said

at 5:15 pm on Sep 5, 2008

Just wondering if the pdf file for the course outline is up, or are my computer skills not up to par?

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Lori Shyba said

at 8:16 pm on Sep 5, 2008

Try now.

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Hana Smith said

at 8:38 pm on Sep 5, 2008

Perfect, thanks so much

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VIvian Kam said

at 9:37 am on Sep 6, 2008

Hi Lori, I tried to download the PDA format course outline be it said that the file is damaged. I tried several times downloading it but the same problem occured. I was wondering if it works for you or is my computer's failure?

Thanks!

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Lori Shyba said

at 10:26 am on Sep 6, 2008

This file has now been compressed and made compatible with earlier versions of Acrobat. Hopefully it will open for all. If you have problems with it, you can print out the wiki page too by clicking on "printable version" in the lower right corner of the screen.

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Souzan said

at 3:30 pm on Sep 6, 2008

Hello! I would just like to say that I first thought this class would be similar to a drama class, however now I'm really interested to see how performance studies can be so "digital", especially seeing as how digitally interactive this course material is (wiki, facebook). And nice to meet you Lori!

Souzan

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VIvian Kam said

at 8:50 am on Sep 7, 2008

Thanks Lori! iit works fine now.

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Jessica Wooder said

at 2:03 pm on Sep 7, 2008

i agree with Souzan, whenever i think of preformance i think of stage preforming, acting or sports. i never considered that it could be digital. im intrested in expanding my heriozin, and learn different forms of preformance. im sure there will be other things that i never would have associated with preforming. should be intresting!

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Nicola said

at 3:57 pm on Sep 7, 2008

Having already taken the 'gender and performance' course. I'm really looking forward to what this course entails and how the two relate. What I will continue to enjoy is how valued our personal opinions are and how expressive these courses allow us to be.

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Laura said

at 10:34 am on Sep 8, 2008

i was thinking more about our mid term over the weekend, im not really sure why when its sorta far away but i think the idea that you said with a common theme/objective and have some sorta of interactions could be really fun to do. hope you bring it up again.

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Lori Shyba said

at 10:43 am on Sep 9, 2008

Thx for your comment Laura. I am adding a page to the wiki that is called "Operation Midterm." Let's get some ideas going about this on Thursday during class. We have a chance to make some art here, people. Or we could have a multiple choice exam. We'll figure this out soon enough.

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Laura said

at 6:33 pm on Sep 29, 2008

hey lori, i had a lot of fun with those games last week! it was a good way to relax and get to know the class while learning about how performance and play relate in an out of the box context!!! thanks!!

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Laura said

at 12:19 pm on Oct 15, 2008

an answer to you poste question yes i would like an outline of tentative questions for the exam

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lokaym@mcmaster.ca said

at 2:12 am on Oct 24, 2008

does anyone have the link to the tentative final exam schedule??? i want to check out my exam time! pleeeease post it up!

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Lori Shyba said

at 9:34 am on Oct 29, 2008

Check out the sidebar. I've had it posted up there for weeks. Here it is again "Tentative time for final exam is Friday, December 5th at 12:30 pm. We have three hours."

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Souzan said

at 11:35 pm on Nov 9, 2008

Hey Lori it says on the sidebar that you wont be here for Monday - does this mean that class is cancelled?

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Lori Shyba said

at 2:03 pm on Nov 12, 2008

Nope it wasn't. Hope you went? Just meant office hours were cancelled. Hope this didn't cause too much confusion.

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Amanda said

at 3:07 pm on Dec 3, 2008

Hi Lorii... I'm not exactly sure where to hand in the essay tomorrow.. would if be okay if I just handed it in before the exam on Friday (as long as I won't lose marks) ?

lokaym@mcmaster.ca said

at 7:51 pm on Dec 15, 2008

when will we be getting our marks for the final response essay and the final exam back?

Lori Shyba said

at 9:38 pm on Dec 15, 2008

response coming to you by email

Lori Shyba said

at 1:51 pm on Dec 16, 2008

A.L., i have actually tried emailing you several times but your messages keep coming back saying cannot deliver.

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