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8th Scenario Symposium (2021)
Symposium Topic:
Sore Back, Square Eyes? Going performative in digital teaching and learning spaces.
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7th Scenario Forum Symposium (2019)
Dear colleagues,
It is with great pleasure that we are announcing the following event:
7th Scenario Symposium: Principles and Perspectives in Performative Teaching and Learning
Saturday, May 4th, 2019, Creative Zone, Boole Library, University College Cork, Ireland
Please register here as soon as possible and by April 19th, 2019: https://goo.gl/forms/SMqiC700ML3rJdQ32
A special thank you to the three speakers who are going to travel all the way from North America to Cork:
John Crutchfield (University of North Carolina, Asheville), Susanne Even (Indiana University, Bloomington) and Barbara Schmenk (University of Waterloo).
Kind Regards
Susanne Even (Indiana University, USA)
Dragan Miladinovic (UCC, Ireland)
Should you need further information please contact: dragan.miladinovic@ucc.ie
6th SCENARIO Forum Symposium 2018
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SYMPOSIUM HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY DOCUMENTED IN SCENARIO JOURNAL, ISSUE 2-2019. FURTHERMORE NOTE THE PODCAST PRODUCED BY STEFANIE GIEBERT.
Are universities on the way towards a new, performative teaching and learning culture?
21-22 September 2018 | Leibniz University of Hanover
REGISTER FOR THE SYMPOSIUM | LUH 6th SCENARIO Forum Symposium page
If, in its most basic sense, performative means ‘creative doing’, then to what extent have forms of creative doing become part of our university curricula? This symposium aims to bring together colleagues from different disciplines who wish to discuss and experience performative approaches to teaching and learning at third level education.
Modern languages and, in particular, the development of a Performative Foreign/Second Language Didactics will be our main reference point, however, perspectives from other academic disciplines and fields of aesthetic practice are also welcome.
The symposium will centre on the following questions:
- What exactly do we understand by a performative teaching and learning culture?
- Wherein exactly lies the benefit of applying performative approaches?
- How can we make university administrators and lecturers more aware of the immense innovative potential of going performative in third level education?
The main conference language is German, but some contributions in English may also be accepted.
We invite expressions of interest from colleagues on the above topics in the following formats:
a) paper (30 min)
b) workshop (90 min)
c) 5-minute presentation.
The symposium will kick off with several 5-minute presentations which will introduce symposium participants to performative practices in different academic disciplines/university contexts. Presenters are encouraged to incorporate an element of ‘creative doing’ in their short presentation and to address the topic “My understanding of ‘performative’ – with reference to my teaching practice at institution X”.
For further information on the 6th SCENARIO Forum Symposium, including registration, programme updates and contact details, please visit the Leibniz University of Hanover symposium page.
A collaboration between Leibniz University of Hanover (Fachsprachenzentrum), State Theatre Hannover (Department of Theatre Pedagogy) and University College Cork (Department of Theatre).
Organising Team: Anke Stöver-Blahak, Bärbel Jogschies, Manfred Schewe.
5th SCENARIO Forum Symposium 2018
Performative Pedagogy
19-20 January 2018 | University of Northern Colorado
On January 19-20, 2018, the Modern Languages Department at University of Northern Colorado (UNC) will host the 5th SCENARIO Forum Symposium on Performative Pedagogy. This symposium is free and open to students and educators at all levels and from all disciplines, particularly current and future language teachers.
REGISTER FOR THE SYMPOSIUM | UNC 5th SCENARIO Forum Symposium page
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The other symposium talks and workshops focus on specific ways performance can be used to enhance language learning with plays, music, and improv theatre activities. The 5th SCENARIO Forum Symposium on Performative Pedagogy will be only the second of its kind held in the United States, and it represents the broadening readership and scope of SCENARIO journal and its goal in inspiring creativity and improvisation in the foreign language classroom.
For inquiries about the 5th SCENARIO Forum Symposium on Performative Pedagogy, contact Dr. Erin Noelliste at UNC.
Speakers and Workshop Leaders
- Dr. Susanne Even, Clinical Associate Professor & Language Coordinator for Germanic Studies, Indiana University
- Dr. Christina Wegel, Teaching Associate Professor in German & Language Program Director, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Dr. Erin Noelliste, Instructor of German & Foreign Language Pedagogy, University of Northern Colorado
- Joseph Noelliste, Ph.D. Candidate, Baylor University, & Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, Elon University
- Lane Sorensen, Ph.D. Candidate & Associate Instructor of German and Public Speaking, Indiana University
Schedule
Friday 19 January 2018
| 19:00 - 20:30 |
Schulze Presentation: “Performative Pedagogy – Crossroads of the Arts, Education, and Foreign Languages” Speaker: Susanne Even |
| 20:30 - 21:00 |
Reception Location: UC Columbine A |
Saturday 20 January 2018
| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration, Coffee, Breakfast Location: Candelaria 0190 |
| 8:30 - 8:45 | Welcome Speaker: TBD |
| 8:45 - 9:45 |
Talk: Break a tongue! Staging Theater Plays in the FL Classroom Speaker: Tim Wegel |
| 9:45 - 10:00 |
Coffee Break Location: Candelaria 0190 |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | Workshop: Let Foreign Language Move You with Drama Pedagogy Speaker: Lane Sorensen |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch Break |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Workshop: Mnemonics in Foreign Language Pedagogy Speakers: Erin Noelliste & Joseph Noelliste |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Coffee Break Location: Candelaria 0190 |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | Roundtable Discussion Speakers: All Program Speakers and Workshop Leaders |
| 16:00 | Closing Remarks Speaker: TBD |
The 5th SCENARIO Forum Symposium on Performative Pedagogy is sponsored by:
UNC Life of the Mind Program and the Schulze Endowment Fund Schulze Speaker Series
4th SCENARIO Forum Symposium 2016
Towards a Performative Teaching, Learning and Research culture
11 November 2016 | University College Cork
ALL WELCOME
The Symposium speakers, Prof. Barbara Schmenk and Dr Katja Frimberger, will be joined by Mike Fleming, Professor Emeritus, University of Durham, andProf. Manfred Schewe and Dr Roisin O’Gorman as the Symposium organisers to explore the challenges of intercultural discourse in the area of Performative Arts and Pedagogy.
Morning
| 11 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. (Boole Library – Creative Zone/Ground Floor) Professor Barbara Schmenk (University of Waterloo, Canada) Enter Drama: Current debates in language education |
| 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. (Boole Library – Creative Zone/Ground Floor) Dr Katja Frimberger (Brunel University, London) 'Some people are born strange': A Brechtian theatre pedagogy as philosophical ethnography |
| 1.15 p.m. Lunch & Launch Light lunch available for Symposium participants Jools Gilson, Professor of Creative Practice / Head, School of Music & Theatre, UCC, will launch two new publications in the SCENARIO book series:
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Afternoon
| 2.30 p.m. – 4 p.m. (Alfred O’Rahilly Building, Ground Floor – Mary Ryan Meeting Room – G27B) Group Discussion - Performative Arts and Pedagogy: Towards the Development of an International Glossary The German professional association Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft (BAG) ‘Spiel & Theater e.V. aims to develop an international glossary of key terms in the area of applied drama and theatre and has invited professionals from outside Germany to become involved in this project. |
Symposium Organisation: Prof. Manfred Schewe & Dr. Roisin O’Gorman, assisted by German Department intern Josephine Rutz
It would be helpful to know if you intend to attend all or part of the symposium (lectures/lunch and launch/group discussion). Please send a short note to: scenario@ucc.ie. Thank you.
The Symposium is generously supported by the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, the Department of German and the Department of Drama and Theatre Studies and is linked to activities within CASILAC’s Performance as Culture – Culture as Performance research cluster and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Performance Practices (CIR).
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3rd SCENARIO Forum Symposium 2015
Performative Pedagogy
23 - 24 October 2015 | Indiana University, Bloomington
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Speakers
- Prof. Manfred Schewe, University College Cork, Ireland
- Dr. Susanne Even, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
- Micha Fleiner, University of Education, Freiburg, Germany
- Dr. Barbara Schmenk, University of Waterloo, Canada
- Dr. Gus Weltsek, Ivy Tech, Bloomington, IN
Program
Friday, October 23, 2015, 3-6 PM
| Manfred Schewe Drama Pedagogy Workshop: Tackling burning issues – Drama as a Third Space between Self and Oher. IMU Faculty Club (upstairs) |
Saturday, October 2015, 9-4 PM
| Manfred Schewe "... how quite soft water, by attrition over the years will grind strong rocks away”: Towards a new, performative teaching and learning culture. |
| Susanne Even In critical thought, word, and deed: Drama pedagogy as a catalyst for critical thinking. |
| Micha Fleiner Teaching the arts in higher education contexts: Challenges and uncertainties. |
| Barbara Schmenk Enter drama. Missing links in current debates on language education. |
| Gus Weltsek Spacecrafts and Language Invention. Making a (world of) difference. |
| This is followed by a reception 7 - 10 p.m., venue TBA. Please RSVP for the reception by October 19 with evens@indiana.edu. |
With generous support from the following departments, units and centers:
Germanic Studies, French and Italian, Institute of European Studies, Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning, Center for Excellence, Spanish and Portuguese, Institute of Germanic Studies.
2nd SCENARIO Forum Symposium 2015
Towards a Performative Teaching and Learning Culture
25 September 2015 | University College Cork
Programme
| 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. (Alfred O'Rahilly Building, G27) Symposium participants are invited to attend a lecture by Prof Joelle Aden, Université Paris-Est Créteil to mark the inauguration of the new research cluster, Culture as Performance – Performance as Culture in the Centre for Advanced Studies in Languages and Cultures (CASiLaC), School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, UCC. Performative Approaches to Foreign and Second Language Education: Intercultural Contexts and Perspectives Prof Joelle Aden |
| 11 a.m. – 11.30 a.m. Coffee Break |
Schedule for Symposium Contributions
| 11.30 - 13.00 (Alfred O'Rahilly Building, G27) Workshop: Creative Writing and Performance in the EFL Classroom Dr John Crutchfield (Freie Universität Berlin) |
| 13.00 – 14.30 Lunch |
| 14.30 – 15.00 Performative Teacher Training: Status quo and future perspectives Micha Fleiner (University of Education, Freiburg) |
| 15.00 – 15.30 And yet it moves: a happy-go-lucky reflection on movement strategies for performative teaching and learning Dr Roisin O’Gorman (University College Cork) |
| 15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break |
| 16.00 – 16.30 Initial Thoughts on Playwriting Practice within the Emerging Landscape of Performative Research Jennifer Rogers (University College Cork) |
| 16.30 - 17.00 Communicating Vessels: Researching Theatre Translation, Teaching Translation and Theatre Elisa Serra Porteiro (University College Cork) |
| 17.00 – 17.30 Final Discussion |
View the 2nd SCENARIO FORUM SYMPOSIUM flyer
The Symposium is generously funded by the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and the Department of German, UCC.
1st SCENARIO Forum Symposium 2013
Exploring Performative Practices across Disciplines
Friday 13 – Saturday 14 September, 2013 | University College Cork
Further details on this symposium can be found in our legacy Scenario Forum Archive
The symposium centres on theoretical perspectives and practices which aim at paving the way towards a new, performative teaching and learning culture. Guiding questions will include: What is the essence of the ‘performative’? Are there indications of an increased ‘performative orientation’ in some of our disciplines? Could the ‘performative concept’ signal a whole new way of thinking and acting in the field of ‘teaching and learning’ (=new paradigm)? What are the characteristic features of performative teaching and learning? How does one learn to teach in a performative way?
Friday 13th September 2013 | (Drama Lab, UCC)
| 09:15 - 09:30 Welcome coffee/tea |
| 09:30 – 09:45 Opening Address David Ryan (Vice-Head for Teaching and Learning, College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, University College Cork) |
| 09:45 – 10:30 Keynote Lecture: Towards performativity as an integrative focus in arts-based learning and inquiry. Experiences from a post-colonial South-North collaboration involving teachers, youth workers and academics in Lower Saxony and the Eastern Cape Province. Wolfgang Nitsch (Professor Emeritus of Education, University of Oldenburg) |
| 10:30 – 10:45 Discussion |
| Session I: Perspectives on Performative Teaching and Learning |
| 10:45 – 11:00 Learning to see – playing with realities. How professional theatre shares its learning experiences and working methods. Bärbel Jogschies (Theatre Pedagogy Section, Hanover State Theatre) |
| 11:00 – 11:15 Performative transitions: Adapting actor status training exercises for bullying prevention in the primary classroom. Peadar Donohoe (Artistic Director of Cyclone Repertory Company, Cork) |
| 11:15 – 11.45 Coffee Break |
| Session II: Perspectives on Performative Teaching and Learning |
| 11:45 – 12:00 Blustering Buffoon or Engaging Pedagogue: What is Lost and Gained in Bringing the Performative to Education. Carmel O’Sullivan (Head, School of Education, Trinity College Dublin) |
| 12:00 – 12.15 "What to do with the chorus?": A Performative Approach to Teaching and Learning Theatre History. Trina Scott (Lecturer in Theatre and Drama Studies, CIT Cork School of Music) |
| 12:15 – 12:30 Between movement and stillness: a theatre and performance based reflection on the possibilities of performative pedagogies. Roisín O’Gorman (Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Studies, University College Cork) |
| 12:30 – 13:30 Buffet Lunch |
| Session III: Perspectives on Performative Teaching and Learning |
| 13:30 – 13:45 The idea of the performative in the German university context. Micha Fleiner (University of Education, Freiburg; Visiting Scholar, UCC) |
| 13:45 – 14:00 Towards a new, performative teaching and learning culture: A modern languages perspective. Manfred Schewe (Head, Department of German, University College Cork) |
| 14:00 – 14:15 (TBC) Mike Fleming (Professor Emeritus, Department of Education, Durham University) |
| 14:15 – 14:30 Art and Education Film (released at International Drama in Education Association World Congress 2013) |
| 14:30 – 14:45 Performative moments |
| Small Group Work |
| 14:45 – 15:30 Symposium participants will be given the opportunity to engage with the issues raised in the keynote speech and presentations by working in small groups which will prepare the input for the concluding panel discussion. |
| 15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break |
| Concluding Panel Discussion |
| 16:00 – 17:00 Panel Discussion. Closing Remarks. |
Saturday 14th September | (Alfred O’Rahilly Building, Room 1.23, UCC)
| Round Table Discussion |
| 10:30 – 13:00 Discussion of the outcomes of the first symposium day, exchange of ideas and information with regard to: a) the organisation of an International Conference on Performative Teaching and Learning (planned for May 29th – June 1st, 2014) b) the establishment of a Centre for Performative Teaching and Learning at UCC c) the compilation of a symposium report. |
The organizing team (Manfred Schewe, Micha Fleiner, Stefan Kriechbaumer) wish to thank the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, UCC, and the Departments of German and Drama and Theatre Studies, UCC, for funding this symposium.
Note, that this symposium builds on the activities of UCC’s Theatre and Performance Working Group and, in terms of its main focus, is directly linked to UCC’s first online journal SCENARIO. In terms of preparation for the symposium, participants may wish to refer to this article in SCENARIO’s Volume 7, Issue 2 and to texts which will be provided by the keynote speaker and be made available to participants in advance.