The Cambridge Guide to Mixed Methods Research for Theatre and Performance Studies (Hardcover)

Tracy C. Davis

ISBN 10: 1009294881 / ISBN 13: 9781009294881

Editore: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2024

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Hardcover. We often know performance when we see it but how should we investigate it? And how should we interpret what we find out? This book demonstrates why and how mixed methods research is necessary for investigating and explaining performance and advancing new critical agendas in cultural study. The wide range of aesthetic forms, cultural meanings, and social functions found in theatre and performance globally invites a corresponding variety of research approaches. The essays in this volume model reflective consideration of the means, processes, and choices for conducting performance research that is historical, ethnographic, aesthetic, or computational. An international set of contributors address what is meant by planning or designing a research project, doing research (locating and collecting primary sources or resources), and the ensuing work of interpreting and communicating insights. Providing illuminating and necessary guidance, this volume is an essential resource for scholars and students of theatre, performance, and dance. The first comprehensive overview of established and emergent approaches to undertaking theatre and performance research, this book demonstrates why and how mixed methods research is necessary for investigating and explaining performance and advancing new critical agendas in cultural study. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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• Titolo: The Cambridge Guide to Mixed Methods Research for Theatre and Performance Studies (Hardcover)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1009294881
• ISBN 13: 9781009294881
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: new

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We often know performance when we see it – but how should we investigate it? And how should we interpret what we find out? This book demonstrates why and how mixed methods research is necessary for investigating and explaining performance and advancing new critical agendas in cultural study. The wide range of aesthetic forms, cultural meanings, and social functions found in theatre and performance globally invites a corresponding variety of research approaches. The essays in this volume model reflective consideration of the means, processes, and choices for conducting performance research that is historical, ethnographic, aesthetic, or computational. An international set of contributors address what is meant by planning or designing a research project, doing research (locating and collecting primary sources or resources), and the ensuing work of interpreting and communicating insights. Providing illuminating and necessary guidance, this volume is an essential resource for scholars and students of theatre, performance, and dance.