Rethinking Practice as Research and the Cognitive Turn
The last 15 years has seen an explosion of studies that use cognitive science to understand theatre, whilst at the same time theatre-makers are using their artistic practice to address research question. This book looks at the current discourse around the
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137522733.0001
Also by Shaun May A PHILOSOPHY OF COMEDY ON STAGE AND SCREEN
DOI: 10.1057/9781137522733.0001
Rethinking Practice as Research and the Cognitive Turn Shaun May University of Kent, United Kingdom
DOI: 10.1057/9781137522733.0001
© Shaun May 2015 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-52272-6 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–52274–0 EPUB ISBN 978-1-349-70616-7 ISBN 978-1-137-52273-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-137-52273-3 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. www.palgrave.com/pivot doi: 10.1057/9781137522733
Contents Acknowledgements 1 Introduction
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2 Rethinking the Cognitive Turn
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3 Rethinking Practice as Research
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4 Conclusion
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Bibliography
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Index
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Acknowledgements I wish to extend my gratitude to the University of Kent, where I have worked for the past two years whilst developing this book, and particularly to the members of the Centre for Cognition, Kinesthetics and Performance who attended a seminar that addressed the arguments of the second chapter. During my time at Kent I have benefited from the advice and support of a number of colleagues including Nicola Shaughnessy, Oliver Double, Melissa Trimingham, Sophie Quirk, Astrid Breel and Rosie Klich, so I would like to thank them for that. The initial stimulus for this book was a conversation with Robin Nelson, who read the discussion of Ryle and Wittgenstein in my doctoral thesis and suggested that this might have implications for practice as research. (The exegesis of Ryle and Wittgenstein found here is similar to that found in the thesis, partly because there
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