Definitions of ‘performance’ abound. Some of the principal reasons for anthropologists’ continued interest in the subject of performance are the reflexive, relational, and embodied…
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In their introduction to Anthropology, Theatre and Development: The Transformative Potential of Performance, Alex Flynn and Jonas Tinius do an admirable job of lending…
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I recently had the challenging pleasure of reading Julie Billaud’s Kabul Carnival on my first visit to Afghanistan. As a hybrid practitioner-academic who has…
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In this short piece, I would like to consider a performative site that is often overlooked: that of the press conference. In particular, I…
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People have been trickling into the top of Trafalgar Square since noon. By five darkness has launched its steady discolouration of the world and…
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