| From
Wednesday, October 29th until Wednesday, November 5th, 2003 a group
of artists and scholars gathered in Cuernavaca, Morelos Mexico at
the Centro Regional de Investigaciónes Multidisciplinarias
(CRIM-UNAM) for a conference entitled "Expresividad Cultural
Y Performance/Expressive Culture and Performance." The conference
included performances, round table discussions, keynote addresses
and workgroups. The four workgroups were: Theories of Performance
(Diana Taylor, NYU/Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics),
Intangible Cultural Heritage (Lourdes Arizpe, UNAM/CRIM), Ritual
and Theatricality (Martha Toriz, CITRU) and Expressive Culture (Hector
Rosales, UNAM/CRIM). The group explored the relationship between
performance (broadly construed) and the concept of intangible heritage
utilizing the practices and rituals associated with the annual Day
of the Dead celebration. The conference culminated in a collaborative
website including the research results of all four workgroups. |
