Audience engagement and the role of arts talk in the digital era / Lynne Conner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conner, Lynne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performing arts--Audiences.

Performing arts.

Communication and culture.

Physical Description:

209 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

The ruling idea of Arts Talk is a simple one: audience pleasure is deeply tied up with the opportunity to interpret the meaning and value of the arts, and this pleasure is enhanced significantly when interpretation is made social. Conner analyzes the robust arts audiences of the past alongside contemporary participatory cultures to model a new paradigm for arts appreciation centered on audience-powered conversations, both live and digital. Topics discussed include learning and cognition in arts reception and the form and function of productive talk in the digital era. This book is a valuable resource for arts workers and audiences wishing to explore the environmental, social, and psychological conditions that allow us to engage meaningfully with the arts. Book jacket.

Contents:

Preamble: we the audience

Defining arts talk. Roadmap to pleasure

Eras of social interpretation

Geographies of social interpretation

Facilitating arts talk. Audience learning communities

Fundamentals of productive talk

Arts talk

Conclusion: the pleasures of interpretation in the live/digital era.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137023919

1137023910

OCLC:

851175382