Experiments in a Jazz Aesthetic : : Art, Activism, Academia, and the Austin Project / / ed. by Omi Osun Joni L. Jones, Lisa L. Moore, Sharon Bridgforth.
In Austin, Texas, in 2002, a group of artists, activists, and academics led by performance studies scholar Omi Osun Joni L. Jones formed the Austin Project (tAP), which meets annually in order to provide a space for women of color and their allies to build relationships based on trust, creativity, a...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface: How to Use This Book
- Acknowledgments
- Part I: Framing the Work
- Chapter One. Making Space: Producing the Austin Project
- Chapter Two. Finding Voice: Anchoring the Austin Project’s Artistic Process
- Part II: Working the Work: An Anthology of Austin Project Writings
- Chapter Three. Polyphony: Writings by Ensemble Members
- Chapter Four. Call and Response: Performance Pieces by Austin Project Guest Artists
- Chapter Five. Affirming Connection: Pre-Show Artists’ Performance Texts
- Chapter Six. Spoken-Word Orchestra: A Full Script from the Austin Project Jam Session, December 2005
- Part III: The Work of Transformation
- Chapter Seven. Transforming Practice: Artists, Activists, and Academics Working across Boundaries
- Chapter Eight. Work of the Spirit: A Conversation with an Austin Project Elder
- Chapter Nine. Narrating the Austin Project: The First Five Years
- Notes
- Index