História do Espectáculo Mediático (not translated)
Code
722011123
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Ciências da Comunicação
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Cláudia Guerra Madeira
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
The course approaches the relations between mediation and the spectacle throughout the 20th century, by analysing the transformations, remediations and innovations that occurred during that period. Attention is drawn to the relations between presence and mediation, between theatre and cinema. Objects like the music show, radio and tv theatre, photo-performance, vídeoperformance, digital performance or massive production of performing arts (such as dvd), are also approached. The seminar has the following objectives:
1. to approach spectacle and mediation in an historical perspective;
2. to recognize the variety of remediated forms throughout the 20th century;
3. to recognize emerging objects based on mediation and analyse its consequences;
4. to encourage students to develop their own autonomous and critically informed research.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. Spectacle and mediation
2. Mediation and re-mediation
3. The relations between theatre and cinema: an historical survey
4. Radio theatre
5. Tv and theatre (English and Portuguese examples)
6. Presence and mediation
7. Vídeo-performance, photo-performance
8. The market for the era of the media: spectacle and stand-alone media (dvd, cd-rom)
9. Global performance and digital culture.
Bibliography
Auslander, Philip, 1999, Liveness. Performance in a mediatized culture. Londres e Nova Iorque, Routledge.
Bolter, David & Grusin, Richard, 2000, Remediation. Understanding new media. Cambridge (Mass) e Londres, The MIT Press.
Brewster, Ben & Jacobs, Lea ,1997, Theatre to cinema. Stage pictorialism and the early feature film. Oxford / Nova Iorque, Oxford U. P.
Chapple, Freda & Kattenbelt, Chiel (eds.), 2006, Intermediality in theatre and performance. Amesterdão e Nova Iorque, Rodopi.
Crary, Jonathan,1999, Suspensions of perception. Attention, spectacle, and modern culture. Cambridge (Mass) e Londres, The MIT Press.
Dixon, Steve, 2007, Digital Performance. A History of New Media in Theater, Dance, Performance Art, and Installation. Cambridge (Mass) e Londres, The MIT Press.
Lambert-Beatty, Carrie, 2008, Being watched. Yvonne Rainer and the 1960s. Cambridge (Mass) e Londres, The MIT Press.
Phelan, Peggy, 1993, Unmarked. The politics of performance. Nova Iorque/Londres, Routledge.
Teaching method
In this seminar students are expected to do a lot of investment in readings and in visioning documents in order to prepare for theoretical discussion in classes. In addition to theoretical classes, students are expected to lead debates, to do oral presentations and write critical essays and to actively participate in classes.
Evaluation method
By the end of the semester an essay will have to be written. This essay is mandatory and will allow the diversification of perspectives and the enrichment of the seminar´s objectives.
Attendance is essential.