Annotation
This is an intensive seminar which will take place over the course of October only.
The focus of seminar activities will be a discussion of students' compositions / performance / production as well as participation in events, workshops, conducting author interviews, festival reports, reviews, etc.
*Meetings will take place off-campus at Hybernska 4, building E, Wednesdays 14:00.
**A preliminary meeting will take place in room 219b of the Philosophy Faculty at 14:00, 27 September. *The first officially scheduled meeting is 14:00 Wednesday 4 October. *HOWEVER student activities will commence already on MONDAY 2 October from 12:00. *Please communicate with Dr Armand to discuss the times at which you are available for student activities.
Students will be encouraged to participate in practical & organisational aspects of the Prague Microfestival / Microlab (www.praguemicrofestival.com). There will also be the possibility of participating in the operations of Equus Press as part of an internship scheme.
This year's seminar will focus on the art of improvisation & will draw upon concepts discussed in Gary Peters' The Philosophy of Improvisation (University of Chicago Press, 2009), among others.
ASSESSMENT 1. attendance 2. active participation in Microlab workshops & events (keeping a regular workshop journal) 3. a piece of writing in an agreed format or an essay on the theory/practice of improvisation (3,000 words, due 30 November 2023)