The following message was posted to: dance-tech Hello, I am very interested in the discussion on issues of education, critical theory and language, and I am a proponent of keeping the larger context and implications of this work a part of the discussion. I research social somatic theory and look at the ways in which new media technologies (including communication and imaging technologies) are redefining somatic experience -- and by doing so, how they affect "knowledge" (what we can know) and "communication" (what we can express). I am specifically interested in the application and implications of this genre (tech-mediated performance) on the politics of knowledge. Knowledge practices (ie: education and research methods) are largely determined by two criteria: how we understand "human" and how we understand "experience". The work being done with technology in performance affects both. These are my issues: I am struggling to find the language and terminology that communicates most effectively across disciplines as I begin to write about the interdisciplinary implications of the work I have seen and read about. How does one make sense of the potential implication on research in the social sciences and humanities; or on a grade school teacher. I am struck by the huge potential impact of the work (for instance, the use of Isadora in work being done at Paddington Arts, London, with learning disable students, work that is challenging conventional notions of "disability" and communication - I recently learned about this work through Nick Weldin of Patddington Arts). I am also figuring out how to contextualize developments in "dance tech" in courses such as Dance Education and Perspectives in Dance as Culture (in a small college dance dept). Eventually I hope to introduce a new course that includes both practical engagement with, and contextualizes the significance of, dance mediated by and interfacing with new technologies. I welcome any opinions or suggestions and apologize for the long initial posting. Thanks. Katja -- Katja Kolcio, Ph.D. Department of Dance, Room 110 Assistant Professor 275 Washington Terrace Tel: 860-685-3329 Wesleyan University Fax: 860-685-2844 Middletown, CT 06459-0447 ---------------------------------------- The Dance-Tech mailing list has recently moved to a new address. To post a message, send email to dance-tech@dancetechnology.org. To unsubscribe, send email to lists@dancetechnology.org, with the words "unsubscribe dance-tech" in the message body. ----------------------------------------
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