Theatre and Globalization
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There are 6 modules in this course
Learn how theatre and globalization have affected each other over the past century, and how to conduct your own research on global theatre histories.
Introductions with definitions of "theatre" and "globalization"; conceptualizing 'global theatre histories'; overview of online resources for researching the history of theatre during the late 19th and 20th centuries.
What's included
6 videos5 readings1 peer review
6 videos•Total 26 minutes
- Introduction to Global Theatre Histories (GTH)•4 minutes
- Globalization•4 minutes
- Deterritorialization, Modernization, and Connectivity •4 minutes
- Methodology •6 minutes
- Course Outline •3 minutes
- Resources for Global Theatre Histories•6 minutes
5 readings•Total 50 minutes
- Syllabus•10 minutes
- About Us•10 minutes
- Grading and Logistics•10 minutes
- Definitions, Methods, and Resources for Writing Global Theatre Histories•10 minutes
- Historical Newspapers Online•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
- Researching Digital Newspaper Archives•60 minutes
How we can relate migration and mobility to the dissemination of theatre.
What's included
6 videos2 readings
6 videos•Total 33 minutes
- Introduction - Deterritorialization and Modernization •6 minutes
- Mobility •3 minutes
- Theatre on the Move •5 minutes
- Touring •1 minute
- The Exhibitionary Complex •12 minutes
- Mei Lanfang - Interview with Catherine Yeh •6 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
- Theatre on the Move•10 minutes
- Resources for Module 2•10 minutes
Actors, Managers, and Theatrical Agents; with a focus on the people who organized the global migration of theatre.
What's included
7 videos2 readings1 assignment
7 videos•Total 42 minutes
- Global Players - Introduction •1 minute
- Sarah Bernhardt•4 minutes
- Connecting the World. Newspaper Networks •7 minutes
- Daniel Bandman•4 minutes
- Kawakami Otojirō and Sadda Yacco•8 minutes
- Theatrical Management•9 minutes
- Theatrical Agents •9 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
- Global Players: Actors, Managers, and Agents•10 minutes
- Resources for Module 3•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Midterm•30 minutes
Theatre Buildings as 'Cultural Hubs' and 'Contact Zones'; methodologies and concepts for approaching theatres as places where different people, languages, and cultures met and interacted.
What's included
6 videos2 readings1 peer review
6 videos•Total 31 minutes
- Global Hubs and Local Theatres- Introduction •2 minutes
- Cairo •6 minutes
- Bombay •5 minutes
- Manila •4 minutes
- Shanghai •11 minutes
- Theatres and Modernization - Assignment •3 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
- Global Hubs and Local Theatres•10 minutes
- Resources for Module 4•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
- Researching Local Theatres•120 minutes
Theatre and the Cold War; theatre as a site of the rivalry between East and West.
What's included
10 videos2 readings
10 videos•Total 45 minutes
- Theatre and the Cold War •2 minutes
- The Iron Theatrical Curtain •2 minutes
- Cultural Diplomacy •4 minutes
- The Stanislawski System •4 minutes
- Interview with Dr. Li Yinan •5 minutes
- Porgy and Bess in the Soviet Union •9 minutes
- Theatrical Public Goods •4 minutes
- The Cost Disease •2 minutes
- Interview with Prof. Stephen Wilmer •7 minutes
- Decolonizing the Stage: Theatrical Interweaving •5 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
- East versus West: Cold War Rivalries•10 minutes
- Resources for Module 5•10 minutes
Festivals, Megamusicals, and Livestreaming; how contemporary types of theatre reflect globalization and new technologies.
What's included
9 videos2 readings1 assignment
9 videos•Total 51 minutes
- Introduction •2 minutes
- Theatre Festivals•5 minutes
- Megamusicals •4 minutes
- Interview with Christina Lagao •11 minutes
- Interview with David Savran •10 minutes
- New Theatre Buildings •4 minutes
- Transmedia Storytelling•3 minutes
- Theatrical Global Media: Livecast •9 minutes
- Wrapping Up •4 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
- Festivalization, Megamusicals and Theatrical Global Media•10 minutes
- Resources Module 6•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Final•30 minutes
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Reviewed on Aug 19, 2021
I enjoyed the course. I have been a Theatre Educator since 1997, and it was nice to get a different perspective on the art.
Reviewed on Nov 18, 2020
Thank you for this inspiring course! It is nice to combine the discussion of theatre history and the context of globalisation, which also allows me to observe some cross-cultural theatre practice.
Reviewed on Apr 27, 2019
Theatre and Globalization should be core module in any Theatre Studies Programme.
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