John-David Dewsbury
Biographic Data
| ID | 3721079 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John-David Dewsbury |
| GIVEN NAMES | John-David |
| FAMILY NAME | Dewsbury |
| SIGNATURE | DEWSBURY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bristol |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 484 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
On habit and performance
A recent editorial, aimed at offering a ‘snapshot’ of the performing arts at the turn of the 2020s, focused on the ‘unfolding debate of decentring the field of theatre and performance studies’ (Zar
Witnessing Space: Knowledge without Contemplation
This paper is about the importance of witnessing and how such an act, or call, makes place or our place in the world. Pushing forward the agenda of nonrepresentational theory, this is about attending to differences-those imperceptible, sometimes minor, and yet gathering, differences that script the world in academically less familiar but in no less real ways. I am thinking here about the folded mix of our emotions, desires, and intuitions within …
Performativity and the Event: Enacting a Philosophy of Difference
What is performativity? In this paper I set out to encounter this question by intimating the directions we are forced to consider when thinking through the performative. In centring my arguments within the corpus of Deleuze's philosophy of difference I advocate academic production as creative of thought. This is to suggest a performative thinking and doing that unfolds our way of looking at our social, corporeal, human dramas and the technologies…
Dead Geographies-And How to Make Them Live
In this introductory paper-which follows the course of the papers included in this special issue-we argue that there are currently four main apprehensions of performance. The first of those apprehensions is provided by the work of Judith Butler on performativity. We then move to a second apprehension-the rather more general notion of performance found in nonrepresentational theory, using as an example the work of Gilles Deleuze. The third apprehe…
Dead Geographies-And How to Make Them Live
In this introductory paper-which follows the course of the papers included in this special issue-we argue that there are currently four main apprehensions of performance. The first of those apprehensions is provided by the work of Judith Butler on performativity. We then move to a second apprehension-the rather more general notion of performance found in nonrepresentational theory, using as an example the work of Gilles Deleuze. The third apprehe…
Performativity and the Event: Enacting a Philosophy of Difference
What is performativity? In this paper I set out to encounter this question by intimating the directions we are forced to consider when thinking through the performative. In centring my arguments within the corpus of Deleuze's philosophy of difference I advocate academic production as creative of thought. This is to suggest a performative thinking and doing that unfolds our way of looking at our social, corporeal, human dramas and the technologies…
Witnessing Space: Knowledge without Contemplation
This paper is about the importance of witnessing and how such an act, or call, makes place or our place in the world. Pushing forward the agenda of nonrepresentational theory, this is about attending to differences-those imperceptible, sometimes minor, and yet gathering, differences that script the world in academically less familiar but in no less real ways. I am thinking here about the folded mix of our emotions, desires, and intuitions within …
Performativity and the Event: Enacting a Philosophy of Difference
What is performativity? In this paper I set out to encounter this question by intimating the directions we are forced to consider when thinking through the performative. In centring my arguments within the corpus of Deleuze's philosophy of difference I advocate academic production as creative of thought. This is to suggest a performative thinking and doing that unfolds our way of looking at our social, corporeal, human dramas and the technologies…
Dead Geographies-And How to Make Them Live
In this introductory paper-which follows the course of the papers included in this special issue-we argue that there are currently four main apprehensions of performance. The first of those apprehensions is provided by the work of Judith Butler on performativity. We then move to a second apprehension-the rather more general notion of performance found in nonrepresentational theory, using as an example the work of Gilles Deleuze. The third apprehe…
Witnessing Space: Knowledge without Contemplation
This paper is about the importance of witnessing and how such an act, or call, makes place or our place in the world. Pushing forward the agenda of nonrepresentational theory, this is about attending to differences-those imperceptible, sometimes minor, and yet gathering, differences that script the world in academically less familiar but in no less real ways. I am thinking here about the folded mix of our emotions, desires, and intuitions within …
On habit and performance
A recent editorial, aimed at offering a ‘snapshot’ of the performing arts at the turn of the 2020s, focused on the ‘unfolding debate of decentring the field of theatre and performance studies’ (Zar
Aesthetics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Performative utterance (2 works) · Performativity (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Theatre and Performance Studies (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Apprehension (1 works)