Performance Studies: An Introduction

Is it weird that I’m voluntarily reading a textbook? Like, for fun? That’s weird, right?

Some Context

Hi, I’m Sage and I’m totally ok with being weird. Learning is one of my favorite things. One of the things that I really want to learn more about is performance studies. If you’ve read the About page, you’ll see that I don’t have any formal education in the field. I’m just a nerdy oddball who likes to learn. And I’m picking up a textbook because I don’t know how else to learn this sort of thing.

Onblogway

The purpose of Onblogway is to hold myself accountable. If I feel like I “need” to write a blog post, I’m much more likely not to procrastinate. Ok, I know I don’t “need” to write a blog post, but I feel like if this is something I’m doing semi-publically, I’m much more likely to keep going. 

The Plan

So here’s the plan: I will share what I'm learning in the performance studies text I'm reading on a monthly basis, starting in April. These posts will only be available to members/subscribers (it’s free to sign up!). These folks also have the ability to comment on posts.

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The first textbook I will be covering is Performance Studies: An Introduction by Richard Schechner. I chose this text to be my first because based on the Googling I did, Schechner’s work is the one to read. I have the third edition, but it looks like there is also a fourth edition - I hope this doesn’t make much difference. 

Once I get through Schechner’s book, I’ll move on to a different (yet to be determined) text.

Public Posts

As I learn more, I hope to start posting things that will be visible to everyone, members and non members alike. When that will happen or what those posts will contain, I can’t say right now. 

Buckle up,

This is going to be quite the ride. Don't forget to sign up to follow along.