The Collaborative Performance of Open Mic Poetry and the Art of Making Do

Open mic poetry events are representative examples of a widespread and socially significant performance phenomenon--the relational and dialogic art and activism of the sustained encounter as a demonstration of the possibility for new social relations. Open mic performances center the pleasure of cre...

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Main Author:	Hassert, Joseph
Format:	Others
Published:	OpenSIUC 2014
Subjects:	activism autoethnography community open mic poetry relational art
Online Access:	https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/820 https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1823&context=dissertations

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spelling	ndltd-siu.edu-oai-opensiuc.lib.siu.edu-dissertations-18232018-12-20T04:31:44Z The Collaborative Performance of Open Mic Poetry and the Art of Making Do Hassert, Joseph Open mic poetry events are representative examples of a widespread and socially significant performance phenomenon--the relational and dialogic art and activism of the sustained encounter as a demonstration of the possibility for new social relations. Open mic performances center the pleasure of creating and sharing art and relationships in a manner that works against the value systems of capitalistic exchange and enterprise. I conduct an autoethnographic study of the Transpoetic Playground--a reoccurring open mic poetry event in Carbondale, Illinois. This study mixes performative writing, poetry, and personal narrative with the ethnographic methods of participation observation and interviewing in order to tell a story of an amateur performance poetry community and what it can teach about how to resist the constraints of contemporary socio-communicative relations. 2014-05-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/820 https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1823&context=dissertations Dissertations OpenSIUC activism autoethnography community open mic poetry relational art
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description	Open mic poetry events are representative examples of a widespread and socially significant performance phenomenon--the relational and dialogic art and activism of the sustained encounter as a demonstration of the possibility for new social relations. Open mic performances center the pleasure of creating and sharing art and relationships in a manner that works against the value systems of capitalistic exchange and enterprise. I conduct an autoethnographic study of the Transpoetic Playground--a reoccurring open mic poetry event in Carbondale, Illinois. This study mixes performative writing, poetry, and personal narrative with the ethnographic methods of participation observation and interviewing in order to tell a story of an amateur performance poetry community and what it can teach about how to resist the constraints of contemporary socio-communicative relations.
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The Collaborative Performance of Open Mic Poetry and the Art of Making Do

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