Towards a concept of inefficiency in performance and dialogue practice. Issue 3 (3rd July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Taylor, Linda
• Is Part Of: Research in drama education. Volume 24:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 333
• Page End: 351
• Publication Date: 2019-07-03
• Subjects: Habermas -- neoliberalism -- dialogue -- workshop practice; Drama in education -- Periodicals; Drama -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 792.071
• DOI: 10.1080/13569783.2019.1619449
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1356-9783

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In this article, I offer a model of practice called Operations of Dialogue. Operations of Dialogue (OoD) is a performative structure for a public event. Enacted dialogues relating to an ethical or political theme or issue form part of a public performance that concludes in an open debate. I argue that OoD positions its participants in a critical relation to neoliberal subjectivity, with the potential to usefully inform our modes of teaching and learning. In doing so, I draw upon Jürgen Habermas' theory of communicative action to offer an account of inefficiency in performance and dialogic practice.