DANCE 487S
Capstone Seminar: Research Methods in Dance Studies and Choreographic Performance
Purnima Shah
Description from DukeHub
Methods used in dance theory, history, ethnography, education and choreography/practice. Interviewing and documentation; examination of issues concerning participatory experience and objectivity in ethnographic research. Students develop a research paper that culminates in an extensive individual project completed in this course, or, in the case of dance majors, in Dance 489T. Open only to junior/seniors. Recommended prerequisite: Dance 101, one additional course in dance history, theory, or world cultures of dance. Requires instructor consent.
Skills
- research methodstitle: "research methods"
- writingAI review: "Students develop a research paper"
AI-resilient: 3 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- Yes: Live work with people · "interviewing"
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- Yes: A craft you practice with your hands or body · "dance"
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 12 seats per section
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