Kapsali, M (2019) Training the homo cellularis: attention and the mobile phone. Theatre, Dance and Performance Training, 10 (2: Digital Training). pp. 228-244. ISSN 1944-3927
Abstract
Drawing on literature from philosophy of technology, mobile media studies, performer training as well as practice-based research, this article examines the use of mobile phones in performer training, through the notion of pharmakon and in relation to questions of attention. It reviews the work of other performer training practitioners who use mobile phones and examines underlying assumptions with regard to the nature of attention and the use of space. Although the aim of this article is neither to advocate nor apologise for mobile phone use, it argues that the mobile phone may invite a rethinking of the way attention is exercised and understood within performer training. By discussing an exercise developed by the author within a university-based theatre training context, this article argues that an ‘attention–distraction’ dichotomy in terms of the trainee’s attending capacity is no longer an adequate explanatory framework. It therefore suggests that attention should be approached as a multi-modal and synthesising process.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This article is protected by copyright. This is an author produced version of an article published in Theatre, Dance and Performance Training. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | attention; distraction; mobile phones; pharmakon; technology |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > Performance and Cultural Industries (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 03 Jun 2019 16:46 |
Last Modified: | 22 Feb 2021 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/19443927.2019.1609075 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:146555 |