Writing, Publishing & Performance - AAALE012A
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This is an intensive seminar which will take place over the course of October only.
The focus of seminar activities will be a discussion of students' compositions / performance / production as well as participation in events, workshops, conducting author interviews, festival reports, reviews, etc. A volunteer sign-up sheet will be circulated. *A preliminary meeting will take place in room 219b of the Philosophy Faculty at Tue 1 October 15:50-17:20. **NB the time/location of the meeting on 8 OCTOBER will be agreed after the first meeting. ***Meetings during PMF will take place off-campus at Hybernska 4, Sklep E, on TUESDAY 15 & 22 October 16:00-17:30. ****Subsequent informal meetings will take place at UniJazz TBA. Students will be encouraged to participate in practical & organisational aspects of the Prague Microfestival / Microlab (www.praguemicrofestival.com) as student volunteers. There will also be the possibility of participating in the operations of Equus Press as part of an internship scheme (details on request). Recommended reading: Louis Armand et al, Existence is Resistance (www.existenceisresistance.com). Nozar Kozak, Art Resistance against Russia’s “Non-Invasion” of Ukraine (https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/ewjus/2022-v9-n1-ewjus06968/1088674ar/) Gary Peters, The Philosophy of Improvisation (University of Chicago Press, 2009) Tomáš Glanc, Samizdat Past & Present (file:///C:/Users/FF%20UK/Downloads/nahled-EK29974.pdf) Petra Loučová, The “Old” Samizdat Is Dead, Long Live the “New” Samizdat! (https://www.forumhistoriae.sk/sites/default/files/07-loucova-the-old-samizdat-is-dead-long-live-the-new-samizdat-the-liberated-samizdat-club-in-the-post-communist-czechoslovak-book-market_0.pdf) ASSESSMENT 1. attendance at seminar meetings 2. attendance & active participation (as e.g. a student volunteer) in MicroLab workshops & Microfestival (including keeping a regular "workshop diary" to record your critical responses & reflections on topics related to the seminar focus) *or* internship (e.g. with Equus Press). 3. written assessment (totalling 3,000 words): this may be a research paper analysing Festival performances, texts, panel discussions, etc., in relation to a pre-agreed topic (e.g. experimentation, improvisation, samizdat, art as resistance, etc.). 4. group/individual practical presentation: this will ideally combine all aspects of the seminar -- writing, publishing, performance -- e.g. through production of a zine; a vlog; participation in or preparation of some other kind of publication (in print or online); a performance piece or event; a roundtable discussion, etc. *Suggested that students form working groups for this purpose: e.g. Interview Group; Anthology Group; Newsletter/Zine Group; Documentary Group. **Students wishing to focus on individual or collaborative creative work may form a separate group (creative work should respond to one of the seminar themes, e.g. samizdat, improvisation, etc.) Poslední úprava: Armand Louis, Ph.D. (08.10.2024)
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