Amphitheatre, Journal of Performing Arts Theory, Volume 7, Issue 1

The first issue of the seventh volume draws from a three-day international symposium The Art of Kamishibai: The Word of the Image and the Image of the Word, which took place at the Slovenian Theatre Institute in May 2018. The thematic section begins with an essay by Igor Cvetko, which broadly contextualizes Slovenian kamishibai. This is followed by a discussion by Tara McGowan, which places kamishibai in world audiovisual history. Julia Gerster analyzes the ways in which kamishibai has been used since the nuclear accident on March 3, 2011 in Japan. Another practical use of kamishibai, i.e. for preserving an endangered dialect, is described by Yosuke Miki. The dedication to kamishibai concludes with a book review of the first manual for creating kamishibai by Jelena Sitar.

In addition to the international thematic block on kamishibai, the first issue of the seventh year also brings three discussions by Nika Leskovšek, Tosos Angelopoulos and Miha Marek, and three book reviews by Lana Zdravković, Eva Pori and Eva Kučer Šmon. asd

 

Colophon

Index

Editorial

Amphitheater 7/1

 

Thematic block

Igor Cvetko:

Slovenian Kamishibai in the light of cultural anthropology

Slovenian Kamishibai in the Light of Cultural Anthropology

Tara McGowan:

Time Travels with Kamishibai: The Ongoing Adventures of a Magical Moving Medium

Time Travel with Kamishibai: The Unexpected Adventures of a Magical Moving Medium

Julia Gerster:

Beneath the invisible Cloud: Kamishibai After 11 March, Between Disaster Risk Education and Memorialisation

Under the Invisible Cloud: Kamishibai after March 11: Between Disaster Risk Education and Memorial

Yosuke Miki:

Kamishibai in Dialect: Aiming to Inherit the Endangered Hachijo-jima Dialect

Kamishibai Languages: An Attempt to Revive an Endangered Language from Hachijo Island

Sandra Jenko:

Kamishibai in the name of quality and art (Jelena Sitar: The Art of Kamishibai: A Guide to Creation)

Discussions

Nika Leskovsek:

The Socio-Political Function of Performing Arts and the Democratization of the Republic of Slovenia: The Example of Drama Observatory Capital (1991)

The socio-political role of the performing arts and the democratization of the Republic of Slovenia: A case study Drama Observatory Capital (1991)

Tasos Angelopoulos:

Theater Reception in Greece and the Ideology of Greekness: From Karolos Koun's (1959) to Nikos Karathanos's (2016): Performance of Aristophanes's The Birds

Theatrical Reception in Greece and the Ideology of Greekness: On the Performances of Aristophanes Bird directed by Karolos Koun in 1959 and Nikos Karathanos in 2016

Miha Marek:

Murder or Therapy: Failed Catharsis and Psychoanalytic Principles in Slavko Grum's Drama

Murder or Therapy: Failed Catharsis and Psychoanalytic Principles in Slavko Grum's Dramatic Work

Reviews

Lana Zdravkovic:

Skin as a boundary between the ontologically and civilizationally constructed Self (Tina Kolenik: Skin as Costume: Dressing and Undressing in Everyday Life and Artistic Creation)

Eva Pori:

Scenic nomadism as a layering of perspective, diverse artistic creations and energies (Tomaž Toporišič: Intermedia and Intercultural Nomadism: On the Connectivity of Media and Cultures in Contemporary Performance Practices)

Eva Kučera Šmon:

Displacing pleasure for the sake of enjoyment (Robert Pfaller: Interpassivity: The Joys of Delegated Enjoyment)

 

Instructions for authors

Call for Papers

 

 

Editor-in-Chief: Maja Šorli

Editorial Board: Bojana Kunst, Barbara Orel, Primož Jesenko, Blaž Lukan, Aldo Milohnić, Tomaž Toporišič, Gašper Troha

International Editorial Board: Mark Amerika (University of Colorado, US), Marin Blažević (University of Zagreb, HR), Ramsay Burt (De Montfort University, GB), Joshua Edelman (Manchester Metropolitan University, GB), Jure Gantar (Dalhousie University, CA), Janelle Reinelt (The University of Warwick, GB), Anneli Saro (Tartu Űlikool, EE), Miško Šuvaković (Singidunum University, RS), SE Wilmer (Trinity College Dublin, IE)

Co-Publisher: Slovenian Theatre Institute, (Mojca Jan Zoran, director) and University of Ljubljana, Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (Tomaž Gubenšek, dean)

 

The journal Amfiteater was founded by the University of Ljubljana AGRFT. In 2015, the journal began publishing in co-publishing with SLOGI. It remains a university scientific journal, with two issues per year.