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You have read a lot about performance, performance studies, and performance in everyday life. This EA is to help you better understand a particular concept in this field of study: ritual!

This EA includes a VT post and the usual essay.

Consider the following course materials as you do the activity and as you compose your EA Report, which is worth 50pts per essay:

Course Materials:

• All readings available in the module for the week!
• Any notes you take on the Goffman and Turner readings especially.
• Ritual video:
  • Performance Studies: An Introduction – Ritual (Links to an external site.)

Engagement Activity:

My Ritual Self Video Performance: Taking inspiration from course materials and the video provided above, craft a video-based performance that creatively represents an everyday ritual or social drama you have been through.

• What should this look like?
  • This video-based performance can take the form of storytelling, spoken word, a song, performance art piece, etc. Do not be constrained by form, and attempt to exercise your creative muscles!
  • This does not mean you simply recreate the ritual or mime it in the video.
  • You may not simply explain the ritual in the video, you must DO SOMETHING interesting and evocative to make the audience think about your ritual in a critical manner.
  • You must offer some textual/verbal commentary on how this ritual has shaped you, affected you, diminished you, or troubled you, etc.
  • This is not a skit or a presentation! It requires a level of artistry – you are creating a performative commentary on your experience, so think outside the box and take creative risks in how you create your video.
  • Do not worry about a time or length requirement; it can be as short or long as you like as long as you are creative and critical with your work.
• What do I do when I complete my video?
  • Post your video to VT as a new thread. Use the title, “EA 2 Ritual Video.”
    • DO NOT FORGET TO HIT SUBMIT!
  • Spend the week watching the videos of your classmates. You may comment on any of the videos you like (this is not a requirement, but rather engagement with your classmates as a part of our community).

To be clear—In your written report this time around, please focus on the Turner and Goffman readings and videos. But you may briefly reference any of the course materials for the week if they help you make a point you need to make. EA reports should be the result of concentrated application of course materials to a specific activity. The report simply illustrates that you understand how and why this activity is important to your growing knowledge of Performance, Language and Cultural Studies. If you ever doubt what you are doing with anything: 1) do not compare yourself to others in the class, and 2)everything you need is in the assignment and/or in the syllabus.