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against hierarchies of participation

I’m introducing students to different models of devised performance – and, in passing, described Clay Shirky’s hierarchy of participation: starting with sharing, and moving in increasing complexity through co-operation and collaboration to collective action.
Since that lecture, I’ve been thinking about the value of recognising the link beween these different kinds of participation – that co-operation, [...]

Posted 08 February 2010 § production process § research ‡ Comments Off °

learning curve

I’m learning – always, always learning – to be more aware of why students ask for help understanding tasks during workshops. Sometimes it’s simple: I’ve explained it badly; brain-to-mouth failure.
However, I’ve also realised that – sometimes – students aren’t asking for clarification (what are we supposed to be doing?) but for reassurance (am I doing [...]

Posted 21 December 2009 § theatre ‡ Comments Off °