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Welcome to the ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Institute for Performance Studies (IPS)
About
The INSTITUTE FOR PERFORMANCE STUDIES (IPS) is a multidisciplinary research institute that builds on more than a decade of consistent research inquiry at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV in performance studies, an interdisciplinary field of academic inquiry that uses performance as a lens to examine a range of cultural expressions and social actions. Its mission is:
- to promote innovative research and develop new modes of scholarly analysis based on performance studies methodologies
- to contribute to the critical discourse on and of performance through the publication of a peer-reviewed, on-line and open source journal;
- to support advanced education and collaborative research at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV and in British Columbia in the overlapping investigative fields of performance studies; literary and print culture studies; theatre, visual culture studies, and the performing arts; embodiment and new media technologies; ethnography and anthropology; gender and sexuality studies; arts education; communication; public policy; cultural history; urban studies and creative placemaking; and
- to support performance-based pedagogical and curricular innovations, university-community collaborations, and public outreach activities in these same areas.