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An in-depth account of making theatre that involves people with
intellectual disabilities, based on 18 years of experience. Written
for a growing market of theatre-makers, company leaders and
performers making contemporary theatre with an inclusive attitude.
Distinct from other books in this area by virtue of being an
insider account from a highly experienced practitioner, drawing on
the voices of his company as a whole.
An in-depth account of making theatre that involves people with
intellectual disabilities, based on 18 years of experience. Written
for a growing market of theatre-makers, company leaders and
performers making contemporary theatre with an inclusive attitude.
Distinct from other books in this area by virtue of being an
insider account from a highly experienced practitioner, drawing on
the voices of his company as a whole.
Incapacity and Theatricality acknowledges the distinctive
contribution to contemporary theatrical performance made by actors
with intellectual disabilities. It presents a close examination of
certain key theatrical performances across a variety of different
media, including John Cassavetes' 1963 social issues film A Child
Is Waiting; the performance art collaboration between Robert Wilson
and Christopher Knowles; and the provocative pranksterism of
Christoph Schlingensief's talent show mockumentary FreakStars 3000.
Tracing a global path of performances, Incapacity and Theatricality
offers an analysis of how actors with intellectual disabilities
have emerged onto the main stage, and how their inclusion calls
into question long-held assumptions about both theatre and
intellectual disability. For postgraduate students, or anyone
interested in the shifting dynamics of twenty-first century
theatre, McCaffrey's work offers a vital consideration of the
intersubjective relations between people with and without
intellectual disabilities and ultimately addresses urgent questions
about the situation and representation of the contemporary subject
caught up somewhere between incapacity and theatricality.
Incapacity and Theatricality acknowledges the distinctive
contribution to contemporary theatrical performance made by actors
with intellectual disabilities. It presents a close examination of
certain key theatrical performances across a variety of different
media, including John Cassavetes' 1963 social issues film A Child
Is Waiting; the performance art collaboration between Robert Wilson
and Christopher Knowles; and the provocative pranksterism of
Christoph Schlingensief's talent show mockumentary FreakStars 3000.
Tracing a global path of performances, Incapacity and Theatricality
offers an analysis of how actors with intellectual disabilities
have emerged onto the main stage, and how their inclusion calls
into question long-held assumptions about both theatre and
intellectual disability. For postgraduate students, or anyone
interested in the shifting dynamics of twenty-first century
theatre, McCaffrey's work offers a vital consideration of the
intersubjective relations between people with and without
intellectual disabilities and ultimately addresses urgent questions
about the situation and representation of the contemporary subject
caught up somewhere between incapacity and theatricality.
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My Bedtime Prayer (Hardcover)
Tony McCaffrey; Illustrated by Ginna Magee
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In this charming book, a young bear says his nightly prayers and
thanks God for all blessings, large and small.
Providing a solid media-philosophical groundwork, the book
contributes to the theory of alterity in Performance Philosophy,
while stimulating and inspiring future inquiries where studies in
media, art, and literature intersect with philosophy. It collects a
selective as well as productive diversity of philosophical,
literary, and artistic figures of thought, attaining an exacting
framework as a result of a clearly elaborated ethics of alterity,
innovatively opened up by way of an aisthetics of existence:
Touching upon the Aristotelian concept of aisthesis, the material,
perceptual and sensory dimensions of everyday bodily existence are
highlighted to move beyond what aesthetics in Modern Philosophy
just specializes in, namely art and the beautiful. The notion of
existence is therefore borrowed from Maurice Merleau-Ponty, who
understands it as something concrete and richly interrelated, so as
to avoid the dualisms both of psychological processes of
consciousness and of physiological mechanisms. It is thus made
explicit such that the unity of body and soul is not any
arbitrarily arranged connection between “subject” and
“object” but, rather, that it is enacted at every instant in
the movement of existence. Imaginatively then, the book puts into
writing how alterity not only can be treated theoretically but can
be also made accessible through writing as well as rendered
relatable through reading. That is why it deals with exemplary
interpersonal encounters in the lifeworld, in the arts, and in the
media, which are initially thematized as intercorporeal
experiences, so as to enable an approach for an ethics of alterity
by way of, in particular, sites located within a phenomenology of
perception oriented towards the lived body.
Are schools smart enough to detect the cognitive diversity of
students? In this book we will discuss a framework that will help
teachers identify the talents of their students.
Are schools smart enough to detect the cognitive diversity of
students? In this book we will discuss a framework that will help
teachers identify the talents of their students.
The overall purpose of the book is to present (1) the best science
on creativity and innovation in the most practical way possible and
(2) a new way of teaching called the Nonsense Method, which relies
on humans' incredible ability to create sense out of apparent
nonsense and have fun while doing it. The central theory of the
book, the Obscure Features Hypothesis for Innovation (OFH), is the
first approach to innovation that yields effective counter
techniques to all known cognitive obstacles to innovation. The OFH
states that any creative solution is built upon at least one
commonly overlooked (i.e., obscure) or new feature of the problem.
Each chapter ends with puzzles that relate to the cognitive
obstacle and counter technique discussed in the chapter. Two hints
and a solution for each puzzle are given at the book's end. The
Nonsense Method of Teaching focuses upon universal puzzles that can
be adapted to any subject. These universal puzzles situate
vocabulary words and ideas from any subject matter in situations
that need to be connected and thus made sense of.
The overall purpose of the book is to present (1) the best science
on creativity and innovation in the most practical way possible and
(2) a new way of teaching called the Nonsense Method, which relies
on humans' incredible ability to create sense out of apparent
nonsense and have fun while doing it. The central theory of the
book, the Obscure Features Hypothesis for Innovation (OFH), is the
first approach to innovation that yields effective counter
techniques to all known cognitive obstacles to innovation. The OFH
states that any creative solution is built upon at least one
commonly overlooked (i.e., obscure) or new feature of the problem.
Each chapter ends with puzzles that relate to the cognitive
obstacle and counter technique discussed in the chapter. Two hints
and a solution for each puzzle are given at the book's end. The
Nonsense Method of Teaching focuses upon universal puzzles that can
be adapted to any subject. These universal puzzles situate
vocabulary words and ideas from any subject matter in situations
that need to be connected and thus made sense of.
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