Study Group 2
Course Description
Summary
What does studying together offer us critically that studying alone might not? Ariella Azoulay refers to studying with companions as a method of unlearning. What are the shifts experienced when you are studying with and alongside others? What conditions might group study provide that allow different questions and understandings to emerge? If, as Irit Rogoff states, “All research is collaborative,” how might these study groups expand our thinking through collaborative practices? What methodologies emerge? This course proposes collective study as integral to thinking of practices at once as research. In the spring, study groups seek to create a space to share, learn, think through and unlearn different forms of knowledge-making and research agendas. The student collectives offer a space in which unforeseen associations and different perspectives between and within the thesis projects can be made, making possible the unexpected while reinforcing the need to think anew.
Learning Outcomes
- Students will develop constructive critical feedback methods alongside their peers, and demonstrate the ability to give and receive feedback.
- Students will archive, document, collect and share their study, research, practice, and creative projects in a multitude of ways.
- Students will develop innovative and experimental ways to language dance both verbally and in writing.
Prerequisites
Enrollment in Low Residency MFA Dance program required.
Please contact the faculty member : donnafayeburchfield@bennington.edu