Dramaturgy of Absence

Transnational theatre productions within the border and prison complexes

Forfattere

  • Azadeh Sharifi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/peri.v23i41.163916

Nøgleord:

dramaturgy of absence, transnational theatre, border regimes, absence as dispositif

Resumé

Dette essay analyserer Date of Performance af Unread Archives i grænse- og fængselsmiljøer. I artiklen undersøges dramaturgi og poetik gennem fravær som et kunstnerisk dispositif. Formålet er at belyse transnationale produktioners kontekst og udfordringer.

This essay analyzes Date of Performance by Unread Archives in border and prison contexts.
It examines dramaturgy and poetics through absence as an artistic dispositif. The aim is to highlight the context and challenges of transnational productions.

Forfatterbiografi

Azadeh Sharifi

is a theatre and performance scholar and currently teaching (substitute professorship) Theory and History of Theatre at the University of Fine Arts Berlin. Previously, she was a visiting professor at the Department of Theatre Studies at Free University Berlin, a visiting assistant professor at the University of Toronto, and a visiting professor at the University of the Arts (UdK) Berlin. Her research focuses on (post)colonial and (post)migrant theatre and their histories, contemporary performance art, and decolonial and activist practices in theatrical spaces. She is currently working on the monograph Theatre in Post-migrant Germany. Performing Race, Migration and Coloniality since 1945 (Palgrave Macmillan/ under peer review). Her recent co-edited publication Theaterwissenschaft postkolonial/ decolonial has been published with transcript (2022).

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Publiceret

2026-01-07

Citation/Eksport

Sharifi, A. (2026). Dramaturgy of Absence: Transnational theatre productions within the border and prison complexes. Peripeti, 23(41), 126–139. https://doi.org/10.7146/peri.v23i41.163916