Rachel N Hastings
Biographic Data
| ID | 4078536 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel N Hastings |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel N |
| FAMILY NAME | Hastings |
| SIGNATURE | HASTINGS R N |
| AFFILIATIONS | MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1696-8449 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
F*ck Corona
In 2020, the CoronaVirus Global Pandemic pressed pause on basic, everyday human activities all around the world. Except online. Hastings draws upon the power of performative writing and autonarratives to stitch together her memories of living and teaching online during a pandemic. By using digital communication tools and social media platforms, Hastings shows how she engaged in a new-age form of performative decolonization that is carried out thr…
“Black Human” and “Remember”
The MenStroll Cycles is a dramatic poemplay examining the sociopolitical state of Black men in America. Written, produced, and curated by Rachel N. Hastings, The MenStroll Cycles uses literary, performance, and digital art to interrogate antiBlack social conditions and to educate audiences about the historical and cultural cycles leading to criminalization. As a fast-paced, rhythmic journey through Black intelligencia, Hastings's performance is i…
Western Genders, African Bodies
The stage is often a space where artists engage in experiments with identity politics. Plays like Welcome to Thebes appear to present global human engagement and a cultural exchange of ideas. However, using European narrative structures as a playground to explore Africana political issues highlights the limitations to cross-cultural exchange between aesthetic paradigms. This essay first articulates a conflict between European and Africana aesthet…
Performative Decolonization
The montage of personal and social identities displaved in the documentary Rize indicate that there are multiple historical, psychological, and performative responses to racialized conditions. This essay analyzes how the body is used as an instrument of resistance against a society that operates within and among racial symbol systems. Drawing upon critical ethnography and race philosophies, this essay suggests David LaChapelle's examination of Kr…
Assessing the Impact of Augusto Boal's “Proactive Performance”
Although performance studies practitioners remain committed to body-centered pedagogy and sociopolitical issues such as racism, homophobia, and sexism, there is little empirical evidence to suggest the efficacy of this work. This essay presents a comparative assessment of a sexual assault intervention model influenced by Augusto Boal's work to a more traditional, didactic lecture and a standard control condition in the college classroom. After di…
Assessing the Impact of Augusto Boal's “Proactive Performance”
Although performance studies practitioners remain committed to body-centered pedagogy and sociopolitical issues such as racism, homophobia, and sexism, there is little empirical evidence to suggest the efficacy of this work. This essay presents a comparative assessment of a sexual assault intervention model influenced by Augusto Boal's work to a more traditional, didactic lecture and a standard control condition in the college classroom. After di…
Performative Decolonization
The montage of personal and social identities displaved in the documentary Rize indicate that there are multiple historical, psychological, and performative responses to racialized conditions. This essay analyzes how the body is used as an instrument of resistance against a society that operates within and among racial symbol systems. Drawing upon critical ethnography and race philosophies, this essay suggests David LaChapelle's examination of Kr…
Assessing the Impact of Augusto Boal's “Proactive Performance”
Although performance studies practitioners remain committed to body-centered pedagogy and sociopolitical issues such as racism, homophobia, and sexism, there is little empirical evidence to suggest the efficacy of this work. This essay presents a comparative assessment of a sexual assault intervention model influenced by Augusto Boal's work to a more traditional, didactic lecture and a standard control condition in the college classroom. After di…
Performative Decolonization
The montage of personal and social identities displaved in the documentary Rize indicate that there are multiple historical, psychological, and performative responses to racialized conditions. This essay analyzes how the body is used as an instrument of resistance against a society that operates within and among racial symbol systems. Drawing upon critical ethnography and race philosophies, this essay suggests David LaChapelle's examination of Kr…
Western Genders, African Bodies
The stage is often a space where artists engage in experiments with identity politics. Plays like Welcome to Thebes appear to present global human engagement and a cultural exchange of ideas. However, using European narrative structures as a playground to explore Africana political issues highlights the limitations to cross-cultural exchange between aesthetic paradigms. This essay first articulates a conflict between European and Africana aesthet…
“Black Human” and “Remember”
The MenStroll Cycles is a dramatic poemplay examining the sociopolitical state of Black men in America. Written, produced, and curated by Rachel N. Hastings, The MenStroll Cycles uses literary, performance, and digital art to interrogate antiBlack social conditions and to educate audiences about the historical and cultural cycles leading to criminalization. As a fast-paced, rhythmic journey through Black intelligencia, Hastings's performance is i…
F*ck Corona
In 2020, the CoronaVirus Global Pandemic pressed pause on basic, everyday human activities all around the world. Except online. Hastings draws upon the power of performative writing and autonarratives to stitch together her memories of living and teaching online during a pandemic. By using digital communication tools and social media platforms, Hastings shows how she engaged in a new-age form of performative decolonization that is carried out thr…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Performative utterance (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Decolonization (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)