E-spect@tor for performing arts

Abstract

In the framework of DiMPAH (Digital Methods Platform for Arts and Humanities), an online course “e-spect@tor for performing arts” has been designed to make available digital methods created by the Digital Humanities project “The spectator’s school” to the scientific community and the students. The main aim of this course is to train learners to analyse performative works from video recordings. Those analysis are notably achieved with the use of the digital tool e-spect@tor developed by “The spectator’s school” to annotate live art videos with different features that allows to study performative aspects. While “Unit I” is focused on introducing the “Performing arts”, “Unit II” is dedicated to the analysis of case studies proposed to serve as models. The course can be used on e-learning and in a hybrid teaching format through a possible course structure and aims as described and tested with students. Furthermore, by using digital technology, this course can be at the forefront of new stories for Europe in terms of pedagogy as it trains to enable new media literacy and to analyse any activity that is staged such as political discourses, public meetings, or interviews.