Janet Louise Gibson
Biographic Data
| ID | 7546982 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janet Louise Gibson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janet Louise |
| FAMILY NAME | Gibson |
| SIGNATURE | GIBSON J L |
| AFFILIATIONS | UTS: Insearch, Sydney, Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0130-6223 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“We are Performance Philosophy Problems”
This article originates from a KeyGroup presentation at the June 2022 Performance Philosophy Problems conference in Helsinki in which the performers of Different Light Theatre Company, a learning-disabled theatre company based in Christchurch, New Zealand, interrogated the conference process, proposing their own research questions for the conference participants as well as questions about theatre, Zoom, and thinking. At the conclusion of the pres…
‘Who Cares?’ Exposing the Critical Paradox of Care in Performances of Disability and Disease Through the Lens of Disclosure
Care needs to be taken in the process of making – and writing about – dance, theatre, and performance. Performers with disability and dementia highlight this need because the stakes are raised. Yet a ‘sticky’ paradox emerges. Disability rights activists are critical of care to the point of dangerous devaluation. ‘Who cares?’ They may say, in all earnestness. Yet, we must listen because of the history of abuse, neglect, and oppression of disabled …
Talking back, talking out, talking otherwise’
This article interrogates access through the lens of public autobiographical performances by people living with dementia who, not generally construed as subjects in Western cultures, rarely appear on public stages. This scarcity underscores a strong connection between access and subjectivity, as well as between access, political distributions of visibility and aesthetic practices: all areas insufficiently theorised in access hermeneutics. Deployi…
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Talking back, talking out, talking otherwise’
This article interrogates access through the lens of public autobiographical performances by people living with dementia who, not generally construed as subjects in Western cultures, rarely appear on public stages. This scarcity underscores a strong connection between access and subjectivity, as well as between access, political distributions of visibility and aesthetic practices: all areas insufficiently theorised in access hermeneutics. Deployi…
‘Who Cares?’ Exposing the Critical Paradox of Care in Performances of Disability and Disease Through the Lens of Disclosure
Care needs to be taken in the process of making – and writing about – dance, theatre, and performance. Performers with disability and dementia highlight this need because the stakes are raised. Yet a ‘sticky’ paradox emerges. Disability rights activists are critical of care to the point of dangerous devaluation. ‘Who cares?’ They may say, in all earnestness. Yet, we must listen because of the history of abuse, neglect, and oppression of disabled …
“We are Performance Philosophy Problems”
This article originates from a KeyGroup presentation at the June 2022 Performance Philosophy Problems conference in Helsinki in which the performers of Different Light Theatre Company, a learning-disabled theatre company based in Christchurch, New Zealand, interrogated the conference process, proposing their own research questions for the conference participants as well as questions about theatre, Zoom, and thinking. At the conclusion of the pres…
Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Dementia (2 works) · Disease (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Theatre and Performance Studies (2 works)