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MA Performance & Culture: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
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Qualification
MA - Master of Arts
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Location
Goldsmiths, University of London
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
01-SEP-25
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Duration
1 year
Course summary
This interdisciplinary Masters programme invites you to interrogate the different ways in which performance can be said to be a socio-cultural phenomenon. It draws on a wide range of theoretical perspectives to understand how performance is shaped by the culture from which it emerges and how it shapes that culture.
Why study MA Performance and Culture at Goldsmiths?
- Examine diverse performance forms from across the globe, including practices such as: dance and movement-based performance; ritual practices; performance art; text-based theatre; protest performance; site-specific performance; installation art
- Engage with a wide range of theoretical frameworks, using principles and methodologies from sociology, cultural theory, performance studies, anthropology, history, philosophy, and political science to explore performance as a sociocultural process.
- Develop your critical thinking, oral, and written presentation skills, as well as your ability to manage independent research projects.
- Tackle fundamental questions about culture and society from contemporary and historical perspectives, including: How can performance respond to, disrupt, or challenge sociopolitical processes? What does it mean to perform and embody one’s culture? What is the role of culturally specific performance in a globalized world?
- Become a member of a rich, vibrant, and international research community within a politically active university that has links, locally and internationally, with a wide variety of theatres, companies, performers, and arts institutions, all of which enhance your research possibilities.
Skills
You will develop writing and oral skills at a high academic level, demonstrating the ability to think and work in an interdisciplinary manner using a range of methodologies. your ability to work collaboratively and to facilitate and participate in group discussions will be enhanced.
You will also develop skills in identifying the socio-cultural, historical and political issues and pressures specific to varied types of performance.
Careers
The MA Performance and Culture will provide you with a strong grounding in the principles of research and of learning through independent research. It is particularly suitable if you wish to pursue further academic work in creative, performative fields, with many previous graduates going on to undertake PhD study.
Other graduates have embarked on professional careers as artists and/or working with performance companies, theatre festivals, arts organisations, NGOs, as well as in the fields of education, cultural policy and journalism. Our alumni base is truly global, with previous students currently working in Singapore, the United States, Sri Lanka, Chile, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Hong Kong, Canada, Romania, among other countries.
Modules
Tuition fees
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£ 20,460per year
Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
University information
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University League Table
60th
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Campus address
Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, Lewisham, SE14 6NW, England
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Subject ranking
33rd out of 95 19
79th out of 101 4
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Entry standards
/ Max 198130 66%54th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10072.0 72%10th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 42.76 69%90th
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/ Max 10059.0 59%55th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 42.82 70%92nd
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