Performing Community: A Roundtable on the Transformational Potential of Theatre

The Department of Anthropology's Experiential Ethnography Studio (EES) and the Performing Arts Department are delighted to welcome Dean E. Patrick Johnson (Northwestern University), Dr. D. Soyini Madison (Northwestern University, emerita), Dr. Judith Hamera (Princeton University), and Dr. Renée Alexander Craft (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) in conversation with Ron Himes of The Black Rep for a roundtable discussion on performance as a bridge between scholarship, community, and social justice. In celebration of the prolific scholarly and creative works of our panelists and in anticipation of The Black Rep's 50 season, we will discuss: How does performance structure our identities, social lives, cultural attitudes, and the circulation of power? What imaginative and transformational potential does theatre, dance, and other forms of performance unleash? How might we center performance, its histories, and its lessons in our scholarly, activist, and community-driven practice? Dr. AJ Jones, Director of the EES, will moderate the discussion and Q&A.

*with support from the Center for the Study for Race, Ethnicity, and Equity (CRE^2).