Description
[Social Practice minor] This class explores the relationship between performance, anthropology and social practice through studio assignments and seminar discussions. Taking from the histories of performance art and anthropological studies, students will explore performance as a way of thinking about how humans expressively and aesthetically create cultural worlds through actions and/or interactions with others. We will address questions of audience participation, identity construction, the use of the body, the employment of media, appropriate venues, and considerations of documenting performance/social practice work. We will also study performance as an aesthetic practice that acts as an agent for social and cultural change.