[DOC] Using the Building Regulations: Site Preparation and Resistance to Contaminants an by Mike Billington at Arts-Photography

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This ground-breaking anthology is the first to be dedicated to assessing critically the role of the human sensorium in performance. Senses in Performance presents a multifaceted approach to the methodological; theoretical; practical and historical challenges facing the scholar and the artist. This volume examines the subtle actions of the human senses including taste; touch; smell and vision in all sorts of performances in Western and non-Western traditions; from ritual to theatre; from dance to interactive architecture; from performance art to historical opera. With eighteen original essays brought together by an international ensemble of leading scholars and artists including Richard Schechner and Philip Zarrilli. This covers a variety of disciplinary fields from critical studies to performance studies; from food studies to ethnography from drama to architecture.Written in an accessible way this volume will appeal to scholars and non-scholars interested in Performance/Theatre Studies and Cultural Studies.