Witnessing as an ethics: relationality as a way out of survey course tourism

This reflective account looks back on 'Performance, Positionality, and Witnessing,' a course taught in Summer 2022, which engaged various Filipinx Canadian performance texts. The course encapsulated an experience in teaching performativity while also introducing students to the notion of w...

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Published inResearch in drama education Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 471 - 475
Main Author Diokno, Giorelle
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 02.07.2024
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Diaspora
Ethics
Filipino Canadian
Filipino Canadians
Pedagogy
Performativity
Polls & surveys
solidarity
Theater studies
Tourism
Witnessing
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Summary:This reflective account looks back on 'Performance, Positionality, and Witnessing,' a course taught in Summer 2022, which engaged various Filipinx Canadian performance texts. The course encapsulated an experience in teaching performativity while also introducing students to the notion of witnessing - that is, being cognisant of their positionality in bearing witness to diasporic experience encountered in performance text. As an intervention to 'regular' survey courses, 'Performance, Positionality, and Witnessing' challenged students' detachment from course material by inviting them to examine their entry point to material as readers, thinkers, and creators.
ISSN:1356-9783
1470-112X
DOI:10.1080/13569783.2024.2365761