Why study MA Performance and Culture - Interdisciplinary PerspectivesÊat Goldsmiths, University of London?Ê
The programme takes in diverse forms of theatre, including multicultural and street theatre, and practices such as:
- performance art
- dance
- ritual
- site-specific performance
- a wide range of hybrid forms
You will explore performance as a sociocultural process, using analytical principles from sociology, cultural theory, anthropology, history, philosophy, politics and theatre and performance.
We have numerous links, locally and internationally, with a wide variety of theatres, companies and performers, all of which enhance your research possibilities.
The programme will provide you with the appropriate categories of thought and methodological procedures for analysing, understanding and explaining performance processes as sociocultural practices: how and why they emerge from specific sociocultural and historical time place and space.
Skills
You will develop writing and oral skills at a high academic level, demonstrating the ability to think and work in an interdisciplinary manner using a range of methodologies. your ability to work collaboratively and to facilitate and participate in group discussions will be enhanced.
You will also develop skills in identifying the socio-cultural, historical and political issues and pressures specific to varied types of performance.
Careers
This programme provides a strong grounding in the principles of research and of learning through independent research. It is particularly suitable if you wish to pursue further academic work in creative, performative fields.
