The Cambridge Guide to Mixed Methods Research for Theatre and Performance Studies [Hardcover]

The first comprehensive guide to established and emergent approaches to theatre and performance research for advanced students and scholars.The first comprehensive overview of established and emergent approaches to undertaking theatre and performance research, this book demonstrates why and how mixed methods research is necessary for investigating and explaining performance and advancing new critical agendas in cultural study.The first comprehensive overview of established and emergent approaches to undertaking theatre and performance research, this book demonstrates why and how mixed methods research is necessary for investigating and explaining performance and advancing new critical agendas in cultural study.We often know performance when we see it  but how should we investigate it? And how should we interpret what we find out? This book demonstrates why and how mixed methods research is necessary for investigating and explaining performance and advancing new critical agendas in cultural study. The wide range of aesthetic forms, cultural meanings, and social functions found in theatre and performance globally invites a corresponding variety of research approaches. The essays in this volume model reflective consideration of the means, processes, and choices for conducting performance research that is historical, ethnographic, aesthetic, or computational. An international set of contributors address what is meant by planning or designing a research project, doing research (locating and collecting primary sources or resources), and the ensuing work of interpreting and communicating insights. Providing illuminating and necessary guidance, this volume is an essential resource for scholars and students of theatre, performance, and dance.List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: mix and stir Tracy C. Davis; Part I. Planning: 1. Difference Brandi Wilkins Catanese, Nicola M
rie Hyland and Ben Spatz; 2. Planning a research projel£&