Deck 20: Performance

Question 1

Performance is a way to …

A) prepare a theatre production
B) collect field data
C) support the status quo
D) write the next Great American Novel

Answer 1

collect field data

Question 2

Performance of method can …

A) create a performance
B) analyze and critique a performance
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B

Answer 2

both A and B

Question 3

Performance can be a …

A) method
B) theory
C) artifact
D) point of resistance
E) all the above

Answer 3

all the above

Question 4

Performance studies scholars are usually not found in …

A) Theatre Departments
B) Communication Studies Departments
C) Psychology Departments
D) English Departments

Question 5

Performance studies is part of the

A) Critical Paradigm
B) Social Science Paradigm
C) Interpretive Paradigm
D) Inferential Paradigm
E) Rhetorical Paradigm

Question 6

Performance method is effective for …

A) writing a stand-up comedy routine
B) advocating for social change
C) critiquing popular culture
D) finding cognitive balance

Question 7

Which is not connected to performance method?

A) Identity Performance
B) Oral Interpretation
C) Cultural Performance
D) Everyday Performance
E) Hermeneutic Performance

Question 8

Which is connected to performance method?

A) Comedic Performance
B) Rhetorical Performance
C) Everyday Performance
D) Hermeneutic Performance

Question 9

Reflexivity in research is …

A) exploring how our own biases can influence research.
B) exploring how pre-determined results can influence research.
C) part of a mixed-method performance.

Question 10

Oral interpretation is considered by many as the basis for performance methods.

Question 11

Performance method is an effective means in communication studies to explore of identity construction.

Question 12

Performativity is repeating the same performance in different locations and/or audiences

Question 13

Performativity is a key component of oral interpretation.

Question 14

Ethnographic data can be used in a performance

Question 15

Quantitative data is a critical component for developing a performance.

Question 16

Exploring how we know what we know is part of an epistemic process.

Question 17

How are performative writing and performance pedagogy similar yet distinct?

Question 18

What roll did Dr. Augusto Boal play in the development of performance method?

Question 19

How does Queer of Color critique connect with performance method?

Question 20

Select one of the options listed in the Links to Great Performances section of the chapter. Second, select two of the performance concepts explained in the chapter. Draw connections between the online performance and the concepts you chose.