Bourdieu in the Studio: Decolonising and Decentering Actor Training Through Ludic Activism

This book offers tools to address the growing and urgent interest in exposing and challenging unconscious biases in the studio, exploiting how actor training uniquely combines elements of education and culture.

Author: Evi Stamatiou
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 09/27/2023
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9781032306070

About the Author

Evi Stamatiou is a practitioner-researcher of actor training. She is a Senior Lecturer in Acting for Stage and Screen and Course Leader of the MA/MFA Acting for Stage and Screen at the University of East London. She holds a Ph.D. from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). She is the chair of the Acting Program at the Association for Theater in Higher Education (ATHE) and a convener of the Performer Training working group at the Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA).