Jonathan Bollen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3855619 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan Bollen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Bollen |
| SIGNATURE | BOLLEN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Flinders University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3104-368X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Encounter comedy
Putting virtual theatre models to work
So much time, research and effort are expended in accurately developing virtual models of theatres, but what happens when they are completed? It is not automatically clear how one uses a virtual model for research to generate new knowledge about performance. Our research has recreated a series of theatres, which no longer exist, in virtual form in order to visualise elements of performance and the social relations that shape and are shaped by a t…
Nadoc and the National Aborigines Day in Sydney, 1957–67
This article presents an account of the events organised in Sydney by the National Aborigines Day Observance Committee (NADOC) in its first decade, 1957-67. While committees operated in other states, the NADOC in New South Wales was the most prominent in those years. 1 The significance of NADOC, or NAIDOC as it is has been known since the 1970s, is evident in the organisation's survival. It has developed into Australia's largest annual celebratio…
Data Models for Theatre Research
How are theatre scholars sharing information about people, places, and performance? This essay considers the current prospects for collaborative research on theatre production within the context of recent developments in the digital humanities. It identifies convergence in the way that twelve projects around the world are collecting and organizing information about performance: Abbey Theatre Archives Performance Database (Ireland); AusStage (Aust…
Hidden Dramas
Et dukkehjem (A Doll’s House) by Henrik Ibsen is one of the most performed modern dramas in the world. Using cartographic and network visualisations, this article divulges a hitherto obscured Nordic history of this play: first, as a product of the cultural and aesthetic blending in the late nineteenth century; then as an icon of nation building in the post-war years; and finally, as a global icon for the Norwegian nation state. While charting thi…
Don't Give Up the Strip
From 1949 to 1959 Brisbane's Theatre Royal presented a variety show with a weekly change of name, such as Grin and Bare It (1951), Nudes and Blushes (1952), Don't Give Up the Strip (1957), Hips Hooray (1958), Bareway to the Stars (1958) and Don't Point, It's Nude (1959). The show reportedly attracted a family audience; its highlight, according to one commentator, was the moment when ‘Carmelita, the great striptease of the company ... and her four…
Cross-Dressed and Crossing over from Stage to Television
Female impersonation was a popular aspect of light entertainment in mid-twentieth century Australia. On stage, the Kiwis Revue Company, an army entertainment unit from New Zealand, toured extensively for eight years from 1946, with three female impersonators as the highlight of an all-male bill. Female impersonation was also standard fare on variety shows during television's first decade. In such sketch comedies and spoofs lie television's strong…
Time, relations and learning in gay men's experiences of adventurous sex
In 1998 social researchers reported that membership of a "culture of sexual adventurism and experimentation" was a predictor of HIV sero-conversion among homosexually active men living in Sydney. In this paper, we explore how these researchers have understood sexual adventurism as referring to a set of sexual practices, to a subcultural network, and to a particular sexual context. We then present an analysis of the way participants in our study r…
HIV/Aids and constructs of gay community
(2001). HIV/AIDS and constructs of gay community: Researching educational practice within community-based health promotion for gay men. International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 205-223
HIV/Aids and constructs of gay community
This paper reports on the methodology of a comparative study of three gay communities in Australia as they struggle with HIV/AIDS. The study focused on the pedagogy and practice of HIV/AIDS education for disease prevention and for health maintenance for people living with HIV/AIDS, through the investigation of three problematics: (1) constructs of 'community'; (2) the centrality of gay community-based health educators; and (3) the relations of ga…
Sexing the Dance at Sleaze Ball 1994
Each year since 1982, Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG), the flagship organization of the Sydney lesbian and gay community, has produced two dance parties-the Mardi Gras Party and Sleaze Ball-which in 1994 attracted I8,ooo and 16,400 partygoers respectively. This essay takes Dunne's camp suggestion seriously. In framing the dance party as performance event, it mobilizes the analytical resources of performance studies against a complex cultu…
HIV/Aids and constructs of gay community
This paper reports on the methodology of a comparative study of three gay communities in Australia as they struggle with HIV/AIDS. The study focused on the pedagogy and practice of HIV/AIDS education for disease prevention and for health maintenance for people living with HIV/AIDS, through the investigation of three problematics: (1) constructs of 'community'; (2) the centrality of gay community-based health educators; and (3) the relations of ga…
Time, relations and learning in gay men's experiences of adventurous sex
In 1998 social researchers reported that membership of a "culture of sexual adventurism and experimentation" was a predictor of HIV sero-conversion among homosexually active men living in Sydney. In this paper, we explore how these researchers have understood sexual adventurism as referring to a set of sexual practices, to a subcultural network, and to a particular sexual context. We then present an analysis of the way participants in our study r…
Data Models for Theatre Research
How are theatre scholars sharing information about people, places, and performance? This essay considers the current prospects for collaborative research on theatre production within the context of recent developments in the digital humanities. It identifies convergence in the way that twelve projects around the world are collecting and organizing information about performance: Abbey Theatre Archives Performance Database (Ireland); AusStage (Aust…
Cross-Dressed and Crossing over from Stage to Television
Female impersonation was a popular aspect of light entertainment in mid-twentieth century Australia. On stage, the Kiwis Revue Company, an army entertainment unit from New Zealand, toured extensively for eight years from 1946, with three female impersonators as the highlight of an all-male bill. Female impersonation was also standard fare on variety shows during television's first decade. In such sketch comedies and spoofs lie television's strong…
Sexing the Dance at Sleaze Ball 1994
Each year since 1982, Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG), the flagship organization of the Sydney lesbian and gay community, has produced two dance parties-the Mardi Gras Party and Sleaze Ball-which in 1994 attracted I8,ooo and 16,400 partygoers respectively. This essay takes Dunne's camp suggestion seriously. In framing the dance party as performance event, it mobilizes the analytical resources of performance studies against a complex cultu…
HIV/Aids and constructs of gay community
(2001). HIV/AIDS and constructs of gay community: Researching educational practice within community-based health promotion for gay men. International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 205-223
HIV/Aids and constructs of gay community
This paper reports on the methodology of a comparative study of three gay communities in Australia as they struggle with HIV/AIDS. The study focused on the pedagogy and practice of HIV/AIDS education for disease prevention and for health maintenance for people living with HIV/AIDS, through the investigation of three problematics: (1) constructs of 'community'; (2) the centrality of gay community-based health educators; and (3) the relations of ga…
Time, relations and learning in gay men's experiences of adventurous sex
In 1998 social researchers reported that membership of a "culture of sexual adventurism and experimentation" was a predictor of HIV sero-conversion among homosexually active men living in Sydney. In this paper, we explore how these researchers have understood sexual adventurism as referring to a set of sexual practices, to a subcultural network, and to a particular sexual context. We then present an analysis of the way participants in our study r…
Don't Give Up the Strip
From 1949 to 1959 Brisbane's Theatre Royal presented a variety show with a weekly change of name, such as Grin and Bare It (1951), Nudes and Blushes (1952), Don't Give Up the Strip (1957), Hips Hooray (1958), Bareway to the Stars (1958) and Don't Point, It's Nude (1959). The show reportedly attracted a family audience; its highlight, according to one commentator, was the moment when ‘Carmelita, the great striptease of the company ... and her four…
Cross-Dressed and Crossing over from Stage to Television
Female impersonation was a popular aspect of light entertainment in mid-twentieth century Australia. On stage, the Kiwis Revue Company, an army entertainment unit from New Zealand, toured extensively for eight years from 1946, with three female impersonators as the highlight of an all-male bill. Female impersonation was also standard fare on variety shows during television's first decade. In such sketch comedies and spoofs lie television's strong…
Hidden Dramas
Et dukkehjem (A Doll’s House) by Henrik Ibsen is one of the most performed modern dramas in the world. Using cartographic and network visualisations, this article divulges a hitherto obscured Nordic history of this play: first, as a product of the cultural and aesthetic blending in the late nineteenth century; then as an icon of nation building in the post-war years; and finally, as a global icon for the Norwegian nation state. While charting thi…
Data Models for Theatre Research
How are theatre scholars sharing information about people, places, and performance? This essay considers the current prospects for collaborative research on theatre production within the context of recent developments in the digital humanities. It identifies convergence in the way that twelve projects around the world are collecting and organizing information about performance: Abbey Theatre Archives Performance Database (Ireland); AusStage (Aust…
Nadoc and the National Aborigines Day in Sydney, 1957–67
This article presents an account of the events organised in Sydney by the National Aborigines Day Observance Committee (NADOC) in its first decade, 1957-67. While committees operated in other states, the NADOC in New South Wales was the most prominent in those years. 1 The significance of NADOC, or NAIDOC as it is has been known since the 1970s, is evident in the organisation's survival. It has developed into Australia's largest annual celebratio…
Putting virtual theatre models to work
So much time, research and effort are expended in accurately developing virtual models of theatres, but what happens when they are completed? It is not automatically clear how one uses a virtual model for research to generate new knowledge about performance. Our research has recreated a series of theatres, which no longer exist, in virtual form in order to visualise elements of performance and the social relations that shape and are shaped by a t…
Encounter comedy
Sociology (10 works) · History (8 works) · Art (7 works) · Visual arts (7 works) · History (6 works) · Media studies (6 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works)