An Enactive Approach to Understanding Acting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4550029 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Phillip B Zarrilli (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 635-647 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theatre Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-2882 • E-ISSN: 1086-332X |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tj.2008.0002 |
| OpenAlex | W1974984093 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 10 |
Drawing on recent developments in phenomenology, cognitive science, and anthropological ecology, this essay explores an enactive approach to a meta-theoretical understanding of acting as a phenomenon. In contrast to representational and/or mimetic meta-theories of acting, which construct their views of action from a position as an outside observer to the process/phenomenon of acting, an enactive view provides an account of acting from "inside" the process itself-that is, from the perspective of the actor as enactor/doer. Acting is not to be viewed as embodying a representation of a role or a character, but rather should be understood as a dynamic, lived experience in which the actor is responsive to the demands of the particular moment within a specific (theatrical) environment
Action (physics · Cognitive science · Construct (python library · Epistemology · Perspective (graphical · Phenomenology (philosophy · Phenomenon · Representation (politics · Sociology · Action Observation and Synchronization · Computer Science · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Representations and Identity · Artificial Intelligence
| Citations per year | 0.88 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |