Research repository - Queen Margaret University: Recent submissions
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The State at Play? Notions of State(less)ness in Contemporary Interventionist Performances
(International Association of Theatre Critics, 2016-12)In events such as the war in Syria, the genocide and persecution of Christians in Iraq, or the heavily reported drowning of many refugees[1] near Lampedusa—making the island’s name a catchphrase for the failures of European ... -
‘To speak the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth’: About political performances of listening
(Department of Drama & Theatre, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2017)In this article, I discuss performative sound interventions by British-Jordanian media artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan. I employ performance studies discourses to think through the politics of authenticity that his works ... -
What can theatre do about the refugee crisis? Enacting commitment and navigating complicity in performative interventions
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-04-10)This article argues that in a society transformed by an increasing bureaucratic nexus of migration, artistic responses to political crises are particularly effective when working with institutions. To probe the prevalent ... -
Dismantling, Disappearing, Reconstituting? Reflections on the Mackintosh fire 2018
(Routledge, 2019-11-21)In this article, the curator Viviana Checchia and the theatre scholar Anika Marschall reflect on the impact that the fire at the Mackintosh building in 2018 had on their public engagement at the Centre for Contemporary ... -
Collaboration between home care staff, leaders and care partners of older people with mental health problems: A focus on personhood
(Wiley, 2019-05-20)Aim: To explore home care staff and leaders’ experiences of collaborating with care partners of older people with mental health problems through a personhood perspective.