Performance from the peripheries: An examination of selected disability performances in the Philippines

College

Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education

Department/Unit

Educational Leadership and Management

Document Type

Web Resource

Source Title

iHuman

Publication Date

2020

Abstract

In this research, I examine a selection of disability performances in the Philippines. Performing in various peripheries of public spaces, the disabled artists in this study capitalise on what Kuppers (2003, p.49) calls the 'hypervisibility' of their disability as an 'instant categorisation' in order to address their invisibility as an active member in the public sphere. This project aims to go beyond first impressions and scrutinise the superficially problematic optics of these disability performances. To do so, I investigate their conditions of possibility and visibility, present a more nuanced reading of their tactics (narrative, musical, spatial, material, and embodied), and engage more critically with the consequences (new forms of audiencing and sociality) they generate.

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Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Disability Studies

Keywords

People with disabilities and the arts

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