Spectrum of participation : using frames to create museum theatre

Museum theatre is being utilized more as education departments in museums are looking for new meaning-making opportunities that seek to place visitors at the center of the museum experience. Looking at a performance called Blurred Memories created by a university student ensemble and performed at a local museum in Austin, Texas over three different performance sessions, this MFA thesis document explores the research question: What factors shape how an audience responds to a participatory museum theatre performance? The reception of the performance by a mixed-aged family audience was documented through participant observation tools, pre-post surveys, interviews, and reflective practitioner field notes. My mixed-methods research design primarily uses narrative thematic analysis to construct two individual audience member case studies as a way to make meaning from my data collection. The thesis concludes with limitations about the study and the research tools, and recommendations for the field of museum theatre.Theatre and Danc

Et tiår under sol og måne

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Fattigjord – er der ingen, der vil betale? Overvejelser vedrørende betaling for ubemidledes gravsted

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Den indviede jord - Eller hvilken jord skal jeg ned i? - overvejelser over begrebet indviet jord.

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Forord: Hvad er en Kirkegård?

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Et gravminde bliver til: Jørn Larsens arbejde med et gravminde over Johannes Jensen på Gjellerup Kirkegård

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Erindringens intensitet: Anmeldelse af Levende Stene. Laila Westergaards kunst

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The Jacket of Life or Death

The recent art installations by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei have attracted a lot of attention. Consisting primarily of thousands of life jackets worn by refugees arriving in Europe after a dangerous voyage crossing the Mediterranean Sea, Weiwei’s art installations have drawn focus on the deaths and disappearances of thousands of refugees. This paper discusses the symbolism of the life jacket, both seen as a fatal anchor and a life preserver. Analysing the art piece Soleil Levant, I will argue that Weiwei’s art is a work of mourning and is offering a temporary space in the contemporary city for negotiating the complexities and ambivalences of mourning and the impossible task of keeping the dead alive. As a symbol hovering between life and death, the life jacket is thus an emblematic illustration of mourning

Det skal være smukt: Nogle overvejelser om kirkegårdskultur syd for Alperne

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Forord

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