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Performing Utopias in the Contemporary Americas, 1st ed. 2017
Coordinators: Beauchesne Kim, Santos Alessandra
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This book offers an innovative examination of the utopian impulse through performance as a proposition of practical engagement in the contemporary Americas. The volume compiles unique multidisciplinary and exploratory texts, applying diverse critical and artistic approaches. Its contributors reconceptualize utopia as a creative and theoretical method based on a commitment to sociopolitical transformation. Chapters are organized around notions of mapping utopias, indigenizing practices, political manifestations, and the construction of social identities.
Kim Beauchesne is Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada.
Alessandra Santos is Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada.
Creates a necessary discussion on the topic of rethinking the current relevance of utopia, in a climate of global instability
Compiles reflections of academics in dialogue with artists and community organizers on the subject of utopia
Focuses on crucial, pioneering research being conducted by leaders in the academic and artistic field in order to create a discourse on utopia