Acerca de este curso: Learn how theatre and globalization have affected each other over the past century, and how to conduct your own research on global theatre histories.
Para quién es esta clase: There are no prerequisites for this course. That said, an interest in common media depictions of globalization will help you understand the main arguments more quickly. Relatedly, reading and writing comfortably in English at the undergraduate college level will enable your more active engagement in course discussion forums and peer assessment exercises. A basic understanding of theatre history, especially in the 20th century, would be advantageous.
Creada por: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
Enseñado por: Christopher Balme, Professor
Institut für Theaterwissenschaft / Department of Theatre Studies
| Nivel | Beginner |
| Compromiso | 3 hours/week |
| Idioma | English |
| Cómo aprobar | Aprueba todas las tareas calificadas para completar el curso. |
| Calificaciones del usuario |
Programa
SEMANA 1
Definitions, Methods, and Resources for Writing 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.
6 videos, 5 readings
- Reading: Syllabus
- Reading: About Us
- Reading: Grading and Logistics
- Reading: Definitions, Methods, and Resources for Writing Global Theatre Histories
- Vídeo: Introduction to Global Theatre Histories (GTH)
- Vídeo: Globalization
- Vídeo: Deterritorialization, Modernization, and Connectivity
- Vídeo: Methodology
- Vídeo: Course Outline
- Vídeo: Resources for Global Theatre Histories
- Reading: Historical Newspapers Online
Calificado: Researching Digital Newspaper Archives
SEMANA 2
Theatre on the move: Migration, Mobility and Modernization
How we can relate migration and mobility to the dissemination of theatre.
6 videos, 2 readings
- Reading: Theatre on the Move
- Vídeo: Introduction - Deterritorialization and Modernization
- Vídeo: Mobility
- Vídeo: Theatre on the Move
- Vídeo: Touring
- Vídeo: The Exhibitionary Complex
- Vídeo: Mei Lanfang - Interview with Catherine Yeh
- Reading: Resources for Module 2
SEMANA 3
Global Players: Actors, Managers and Agents
Actors, Managers, and Theatrical Agents; with a focus on the people who organized the global migration of theatre.
7 videos, 2 readings
- Reading: Global Players: Actors, Managers, and Agents
- Vídeo: Global Players - Introduction
- Vídeo: Sarah Bernhardt
- Vídeo: Connecting the World. Newspaper Networks
- Vídeo: Daniel Bandman
- Vídeo: Kawakami Otojirō and Sadda Yacco
- Vídeo: Theatrical Management
- Vídeo: Theatrical Agents
- Reading: Resources for Module 3
Calificado: Midterm
SEMANA 4
Global Hubs and Local Theatres
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.
6 videos, 2 readings
- Reading: Global Hubs and Local Theatres
- Vídeo: Global Hubs and Local Theatres- Introduction
- Vídeo: Cairo
- Vídeo: Bombay
- Vídeo: Manila
- Vídeo: Shanghai
- Vídeo: Theatres and Modernization - Assignment
- Reading: Resources for Module 4
Calificado: Researching Local Theatres
SEMANA 5
East versus West: Cold War Rivaleries
Theatre and the Cold War; theatre as a site of the rivalry between East and West.
10 videos, 2 readings
- Reading: East versus West: Cold War Rivalries
- Vídeo: Theatre and the Cold War
- Vídeo: The Iron Theatrical Curtain
- Vídeo: Cultural Diplomacy
- Vídeo: The Stanislawski System
- Vídeo: Interview with Dr. Li Yinan
- Vídeo: Porgy and Bess in the Soviet Union
- Vídeo: Theatrical Public Goods
- Vídeo: The Cost Disease
- Vídeo: Interview with Prof. Stephen Wilmer
- Vídeo: Decolonizing the Stage: Theatrical Interweaving
- Reading: Resources for Module 5
SEMANA 6
Festivalization, Megamusical and Theatrical Global Media
Festivals, Megamusicals, and Livestreaming; how contemporary types of theatre reflect globalization and new technologies.
9 videos, 2 readings
- Reading: Festivalization, Megamusicals and Theatrical Global Media
- Vídeo: Introduction
- Vídeo: Theatre Festivals
- Vídeo: Megamusicals
- Vídeo: Interview with Christina Lagao
- Vídeo: Interview with David Savran
- Vídeo: New Theatre Buildings
- Vídeo: Transmedia Storytelling
- Vídeo: Theatrical Global Media: Livecast
- Reading: Resources Module 6
- Vídeo: Wrapping Up
Calificado: Final
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This was a great course and has inspired me to go study and learn more about this topic on my own. The only glitchy part of the course was some of the questions mid-video. Otherwise, it was a well planned, well delivered, and interesting course. Thanks, Prof Balme!
Great introduction to globalized theatre. My one wish would be that the course included more on theatre during the war. I was curious about what role, if any, did organizations such as the USO and the ENSA (organizations to provide live entertainment for troops stationed abroad) play in the transition from theatre as commercial enterprise to theatre as a public good to be sponsored by the state? And what impact, if any, did these organizations have on the globalization of theatre.
Thank you for this informative and interesting course!
I can recommend it to everyone who is interested in theatre! Besides we learned a lot about theatre history, globalization and curent developments, we were also asked to find out something about theatres in our local area which was realiy interesting for me.
Looking forward to your next MOOC about theatre!
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This was a very insightful course and I am very pleased to have done it.