I Was Never Alone or Oporniki presents an original ethnographic stage play, based on fieldwork conducted in Russia with adults with disabilities. The core of the work is the script of the play itself, which is accompanied by a description of the script development process, from the research in the field to rehearsals for public performances. In a supporting essay, the author argues that both ethnography and theatre can be understood as designs for being together in unusual ways, and that both practices can be deepened by recognizing the vibrant social impact of interdependency animated by vulnerability, as identified by disability theorists and activists.
Reihe
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Maße
Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 155 mm
Dicke: 15 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-4875-8841-0 (9781487588410)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Cassandra Hartblay is an assistant professor of Anthropology and Health Humanities at the University of Toronto, Scarborough.
About This Book
Foreword
Play Script
Cast of Characters
Setting
Time
Portrait I: Vera
Portrait II: Vakas
Portrait III: Alina
Portrait IV: Sergei
Portrait V: Rudak
Portrait VI: Anya
Photos
Ethnographer's Essay: Rituals of Vulnerability
Introduction
Background
a. Words for Disability
b. Disability in Russia
c. Defining Performance Ethnography
d. Performance Ethnography and/in Anthropology
Staging Disability: Interdependency and Crip Time
Making I Was Never Alone or Oporniki: Origins and Writing Process
Representing Russia on the North American Stage
Making I Was Never Alone or Oporniki: Casting and Rehearsing Access: Disability Theatre in Practice
Conclusion
Afterword
Appendix 1: Performance Ethnography Exercises
Appendix 2: Disability Terminology
Appendix 3: Russian and Soviet Historical References
Appendix 4: Suggestions for Reading this Work in the Classroom
Appendix 5: Prop List and Dramaturgical Note
Appendix 6: An Ethic of Accommodation
Appendix 7: Glossary and Pronunciation of Russian Words
