Episode 61: Professor Patrick Duggan on Performance in Times of Crisis

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree, a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join professor of history and humanities Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and education as a personal and public good. Today's guest is  Patrick Duggan⁠, Professor of Performance Culture and Resilience, interdisciplinary scholar, and the Head of the Winchester School of Art at the University of Southampton. His work explores the cultural, political, and social functions of performance in times of crisis. He is fascinated by why we (still) make performance—what it does, what it means, and how it shapes the world around us. His  research engages with contemporary aesthetic practices and everyday performance events, from protests and carnival parades to political speeches and media representations, asking how performance helps us witness, respond to, and make sense of complex social realities.His ongoing project Performing City Resilience can be read more about here and Performing New Orleans, his recently published book with Stuart Andrew, can be read about and purchased here, directly from Louisiana State University Press. To learn more about the book, you can also watch this interview with Patrick from Great Day Louisiana. Please subscribe to the show, rate and review! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Silverman Sound Studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job with a Liberal Arts Degree is produced by Abigail SmithsonThis show is created and supported by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Cal Poly Humboldt and is recorded on campus in beautiful Arcata, California.