Identity, Culture, and the Science Performance, Volume 1 - From the Lab to the Streets

Identity, Culture, and the Science Performance, Volume 1: From the Lab to the Streets is the first of two volumes dedicated to the diverse sociocultural work of science-oriented performance. A dynamic volume of scholarly essays, interviews with scientists and artists, and creative entries, it examines explicitly public-facing science performances that operate within and for specialist and non-specialist populations. The book’s chapters trace the theatrical and ethical contours of live science events, re-enact historical stagings of scientific expertise, and demonstrate the pedagogical and activist potentials in performing science in community settings. Alongside the scholarly chapters, From the Lab to the Streets features creative work by contemporary science-integrative artists and interviews with popular science communicators Sahana Srinivasan (host of Netflix’s Brainchild) and Raven Baxter (“Raven the Science Maven”) and artists from performance ensembles The Olimpias and Superhero Clubhouse. In exploring the science performance as a vital but flawed method of public engagement, it offers a critique of the racist, ableist, sexist, and heteronormative ideologies prevalent across the history of science, as well as highlighting science performances that challenge and redress these ideologies. Along with its complementary volume From the Curious to the Quantum, this book documents the varied ways in which identity categories and cultural constructs are formed and reformed through science performances.

General

Imprint:	Methuen Drama
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Performance and Science: Interdisciplinary Dialogues
Release date:	March 2024
Editors:	Vivian Appler • Meredith Conti
Series editors:	John Lutterbie • Nicola Shaughnessy
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-1-350-23411-6
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-350-23411-7
Barcode:	9781350234116

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