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On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 2:50 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Dominic McIver Lopes <[email protected]> > To: news <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Sep 26, 2012 10:27 am > Subject: [AE] Fwd: Adorno and Performance: Call for Abstracts > > Begin forwarded message: > From: Will Daddario <[email protected]> > > Subject: Adorno and Performance: Call for Abstracts > > Date: 25 September, 2012 06:22:33 PDT > > Reply-To: Will Daddario <[email protected]> > > > Adorno and Performance > Editors: Will Daddario and Karoline Gritzner > Call for Abstracts > The editors ofB Adorno and PerformanceB seek proposals for essays that > work through Theodor W. Adornob s philosophy as it relates to theatre, > drama, music, aesthetics, everyday life, the relation of art to > society, theory to practice, and other domains of b performanceb . This > collection will attempt to critique existing understandings of > performance in multiple fields, such as the performing arts, arts > administration, the social and political sciences, literature, > linguistics, philosophy, etc. The glue binding together the various > understandings of the term b performanceb is Adornob s life work of > critical theory, which itself turns its negative dialectical practice > on these diverse fields of study, returning again and again to the > arenas of performance and theatricality as perhaps best exemplified > inB Towards a Theory of Musical ReproductionB andB Aesthetic Theory.B > Essays may explore topics such as:B -B B B B B B B B B B The implications of > Adornob s philosophy of nonidentity and his aesthetic theory for > theatre, drama, music and performance studies-B B B B B B B B B B > Applications > of > Adornian thought to the analysis of performance-B B B B B B B B B B > Negative > dialectics and immanent criticism: their roles in interpreting > performance-B B B B B B B B B B How renewed investigations into key > Adornian > terminology (mimesis, expression, artb s enigmatic character, truth > content, natural beauty, semblance, logic of disintegration, etc.) > might help to reappraise central concepts within and across the > disciplines of performance, theatre and drama studies, musicology, the > social sciences, etc.-B B B B B B B B B B Critiques of the Culture Industry > and > performance studies: challenges to the state of the > profession-B B B B B B B B B B Adornob s social criticism (his critique of > the > performance of individuality, expression and experience in the Culture > Industry)-B B B B B B B B B B Adornob s theory of musical reproduction (the > relation between musical text and performance)-B B B B B B B B B B Adorno > as > composer-B B B B B B B B B B Adornob s writings on drama and theatre > (Brecht, > Beckett), performance (happenings), opera, the intermedialisation > (Verfransung) of the arts, etc.B > We are in the process of securing a publishing agreement for this > anthology, which will be part of a new book series linked to the > international research network PERFORMANCE > PHILOSOPHYB > (http://performancephilosophy.**ning.com<http://performancephilosophy.ning.com>).Please > send > abstracts of no more than 500 words and a short biographical note to > both editors, Will Daddario ([email protected]) and Karoline > Gritzner ([email protected]) by October 31, > 2012._________________________**______________________ > news mailing list > [email protected].**org <[email protected]> > http://lists.aesthetics-**online.org/listinfo.cgi/news-** > aesthetics-online.org<http://lists.aesthetics-online.org/listinfo.cgi/news-aesthetics-online.org>
