Deterritorialization, Modernization, and Connectivity

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剧院和全球化

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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)

剧院和全球化

77 个评分

Learn how theatre and globalization have affected each other over the past century, and how to conduct your own research on global theatre histories.

从本节课中

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.

Introduction to Global Theatre Histories (GTH)4:09

Globalization3:43

Deterritorialization, Modernization, and Connectivity 3:43

Methodology 5:55

Course Outline 3:03

Resources for Global Theatre Histories5:52

与讲师见面

Christopher Balme
Professor
Institut für Theaterwissenschaft / Department of Theatre Studies

Concepts also circulated.

One of these ideas was theater in the four dimensions we've been talking about,

as a building, an art form, as an institution, and as a social practice.

Because the topic of globalization is so multi-faceted and discussed within

many different disciplines, we will need more precise concepts to work with.

I propose that we focus on three interconnected sub-concepts that

occupy a central place in globalization debates.

Deterritorialization, modernization, and connectivity.

We will return to all three in the course of the lectures.

So, for now, just a brief explanation.

In the context of globalization studies,

deterritorialization means that cultural experience is in

various ways lifted out of its traditional anchoring in particular localities.

Deterritorialization happens when people migrate and try and

establish aspects of their home culture in a new environment.

This detachment or disembedding, as it is sometimes called,

is a key feature of globalized theater.

Whether we are talking about touring theater, theater buildings and

foreign locales, or contemporary phenomena such as live casting of

theater productions and cinemas.

In each case, established norms and

practices are upset by the introduction of new cultural forms.

Modernization is a much more familiar term, and

one we associate with technological progress.

The building of railways, hydroelectric dams, schools and universities.

It was a hugely popular concept in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s,

when optimism was high that modernization was the key to creating global equality.

Today, we are no longer so optimistic, at least in Western countries.

Many argue that modernization leads to deterritorialization in its

negative sense, that is, the destruction of established cultural practices.

So, we shall ask, to what extent theater can be seen as an example of

modernization, that is, as a new and valued culture technology, or,

as a strange foreign institution that has little or no function in the new locale.

The third concept, connectivity, is one we might associate more with Skype,

mobile communication, instant messaging, and so on.

But it can also be understood in emotional, as well as technical terms.

The feeling of connectedness, or it's loss, through migration.

Connectivity is created and maintained through common languages say English,

French, or Spanish, which are spoken all over the world.

Connectivity is also established through trade and commerce.

Connectivity can be seen as the counter-force to deterritorialization,

working to overcome its negative effects.

We'll be working with these concepts in the following lectures, where they will

become more clear and, I hope, productive when we connect theater to globalization.

Our goal here is not to write a global history of theater, which is not possible.

But instead to understand how the forces of globalization met with the theatrical

impulse and disseminated different forms of practices of theater around the globe.

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