Minding Bodies: Demons, Masks, Archetypes, and the Limits of Culture
January 1st, 2011
St. Petersburg, FL, United States
Professor Emeritus John Emigh describes the development of a seminar in theatre and neuroscience at Brown University, where he taught between 1967 and 2009 in the departments of Theatre, Speech and Dance and of English. This is part two of his published exploration. Part one—Performance Studies, Neurosciend, and the Limits of Culture—is posted separately here in the Neuroarts Resource Center.
Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism
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In Minding Bodies: Demons, Masks, Archetypes, and the Limits of Culture, published in the Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism’s Spring 2011 volume (Special Section: Cognitive Studies, Theatre, and Performance, edited by Rhonda Blair and John Lutterbie) Professor Emeritus John Emigh explores the potential connections between performance studies and the fields of neural and cognitive science in the context of developing a seminar for Brown University students. Professor Emigh centers the fields’ shared concerns with the manipulation of attention and arousal and the construction of meaning through representation and symbols.
Professor Emigh’s discussion continues in Minding Bodies: Demons, Masks, Archetypes, and the Limits of Culture, published separately and also posted in the Neuroarts Resource Center. In this essay Professor Emigh elaborates on topics investigated with students including the nexus of performance, biology and culture and the question of the potential limits of culture in neural processing.
John Emigh is Professor Emeritus at Brown University, where he taught and directed from 1967 to 2009; from 2009 to 2018 he taught in the Brown/Trinity MFA program. He has served on the board of Performance Studies International (PSi) and was founding chairperson of the Association for Asian Performance. He authored Masked Performance: The Play of Self and Other in Ritual and Theatre.
Professor Emigh’s discussion continues in Minding Bodies: Demons, Masks, Archetypes, and the Limits of Culture, published separately and also posted in the Neuroarts Resource Center. In this essay Professor Emigh elaborates on topics investigated with students including the nexus of performance, biology and culture and the question of the potential limits of culture in neural processing.
John Emigh is Professor Emeritus at Brown University, where he taught and directed from 1967 to 2009; from 2009 to 2018 he taught in the Brown/Trinity MFA program. He has served on the board of Performance Studies International (PSi) and was founding chairperson of the Association for Asian Performance. He authored Masked Performance: The Play of Self and Other in Ritual and Theatre.
