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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"poetry slam"”.
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Identity Performance and Space in the Albuquerque Poetry Slam Scene
… on identity formation. This thesis explores the poetry slam as a space where poets and audiences co-construct and perform individual and group identities. From a social constructionist approach to identity formation and through the theories and methods of performance studies, the research design …
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MEANS OF CONVEYANCE: SPOKEN WORD PEDAGOGY, HIP HOP LITERACIES, AND THE CHALLENGES OF FOSTERING POETRY SPACES
… and “teaching artists” (Graham, 2009) who use poetry as a vehicle for literacy learning. One popular practice is the use of “spoken word,” (Somers-Willett, 2009) a fiery brand of performative poetry popularized by artists from the hip hop music scene (Hill, 2009) and the competitive poetry slam …
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Slamming into the visceral pleasure of language : the value of disordered spaces and its impact on contemporary vocal landscpes
… that influence this movement are Rap Music, Dub Poetry, Slam Poetry and Freestyle. Rhythmic qualities of dialect are examined as a means of re-patterning responses to text. There is an exploration of the paralinguistic elements of speech through the concept of beat-boxing. The status of the …
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Slamming into the visceral pleasure of language: the value of disordered spaces and its impact on contemporary vocal landscapes
… that influence this movement are Rap Music, Dub Poetry, Slam Poetry and Freestyle. Rhythmic qualities of dialect are examined as a means of re-patterning responses to text. There is an exploration of the paralinguistic elements of speech through the concept of beat-boxing. The status of the …
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"My Voice Rises on the Mic": a New Artographic Spoken Word Poetry Programme Portraying Two Young Offenders' Artistic Ways of Being in a Macedonian Prison
A vibrant live performance, spoken word poetry has enhanced people’s lives worldwide. Yet, it continues to be underrepresented among arts programmes in prison. Research interest in the arts resurfaced with the narrative and desistance criminological turn to study how the stories offenders tell …
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CUTS IN A PRISM: A MULTI-GENRE EXPLORATION OF GROWTH AS WRITER, TEACHER AND HUMAN
ABSTRACT Warren, Wendy Zagray, M.A., Summer 2012 Integrated Arts and Education Cuts in a Prism: A Multi-Genre Exploration of Growth as Writer, Teacher and Human Chairperson: Dr. Jillian Campana A meditation about how writing can be used as markers of personal and professional growth, this project …
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CUTS IN A PRISM: A MULTI-GENRE EXPLORATION OF GROWTH AS WRITER, TEACHER AND HUMAN
ABSTRACT Warren, Wendy Zagray, M.A., Summer 2012 Integrated Arts and Education Cuts in a Prism: A Multi-Genre Exploration of Growth as Writer, Teacher and Human Chairperson: Dr. Jillian Campana A meditation about how writing can be used as markers of personal and professional growth, this project …