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DESCRIPTION:The Distinguished Visiting Humanist program brings eminent scho
 lars and public intellectuals to the University of Rochester for three or 
 four days to engage in such activities as public lectures\, course partici
 pation\, workshops\, demonstrations\, and group discussions.\n\nVisible Pa
 rts: How to Watch Actors\n\nHow do we learn how to watch acting? This may 
 seem like a naive question because many of us observe a lot of acting on b
 ig screens\, small screens\, and very small smart devices daily. Acting is
  probably the most widely enjoyed artform\, and yet it is also the artform
  for which we have the least developed analytical vocabulary. It is almost
  as if there is an implicit belief that evaluating acting is so “natural
 ” that viewers do not need to think about it\, and/or that not noticing 
 acting means that the acting is “natural” and\, therefore\, good. Natu
 rally\, I think there is a lot to unpack in those assumptions. I also beli
 eve that the many lacunae about how to gauge acting offer opportunities fo
 r a cultural reboot—an opening for new ways of viewing in the future. \n
 \n \n\nAbout the Speaker\n\nAyanna Thompson\n\nArizona Center for Medieval
  and Renaissance Studies\n\nDepartment of English\n\nArizona State Univers
 ity\n\n \n\nAyanna Thompson is an expert in Shakespearean studies speciali
 zing in Renaissance drama and race in performance.\n\nUnofficially known a
 s the “Othello whisperer\,” Thompson is the director of the Arizona Ce
 nter for Medieval & Renaissance Studies and creator of the RaceB4Race symp
 osium\, an ongoing conference series and professional network community fo
 r scholars of color.\n\nThompson is a Regents Professor of English and dir
 ector of the Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies. Thompson
 ’s studies also include British literature\, theatre\, race and gender p
 olitics.\n\nShe is the author of several books\, including "Shakespeare in
  the Theatre: Peter Sellars\," "Teaching Shakespeare with Purpose: A Stude
 nt-Centred Approach\," "Passing Strange: Shakespeare\, Race\, and Contempo
 rary America\," and "Performing Race and Torture on the Early Modern Stage
 .”\n\n \n\nThe Distinguished Visiting Humanist is a program of the Human
 ities Center.
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LOCATION:Robert B. Goergen Hall for Biomedical Engineering and Optics\, Slo
 an Auditorium (Goergen 101)
SUMMARY:Visible Parts: How to Watch Actors - Ayanna Thompson
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 ished-visiting-humanist-ayanna-thompson
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