TaPRA 2026: Performance, Identity and Community

Deadline: March 9, 2026
2026 Theme—Possibilities of care: being “beside” in performance and research practices Last year’s discussions within the Performance, Identity and Community working group emphasized the urgency of solidarity and the potential of drifting as methodology. Building on those conversations, this year we focus on beside and care. Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s concept of “beside” offers an alternative to vertical and binary frameworks. Rather than privileging opposition, “beside”...