I want to know how one applies such a doctorate outside of the university.
Not that my academic pedigree does me any good, but I'll be damned if
I'll sit back and let someone with less practical degrees than mine just
walk by unscathed.
Part of me understands the theoretical aspects of such, um, study - and
- let's face it. Performance Studies are probably wide open for some
kind of awards for oddities. Another part of me wonders what is next to
be considered for academic credentialing. I can make great synth noises
with my mouth and vocal cords and, as a drummer, I have always been
really proficient at hammering on things. Surely I should have some
honorifics conferred.
Aside from that, I can grow hair, breathe, and take a dump with the best
of them.
My resume is available on request.
j
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>>This, though, tempts me to send back both of my undergraduate
>>and both of my graduate degrees and declare myself aloof from
>>education. I can see getting paid for acting silly, but not getting a
>>Ph.D for acting especially silly.
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>But, Jeff, consider the view that the whole notion of 'Performance
>Studies' as an enterprise has largely legitimised 'acting especially
>silly' as an academically respectable project.
>A friend of a relative of mine did her PhD on getting married at a
>petrol station, i.e. the "topic" was essentially constituted by the 'silly
>act' and the surrounding er... signifying practices (blah blah).
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>How about a PhD from someone on playing those neck-strung
>synth keyboards like Gary whatisname in the 70s as an "IDM"
>antidote to this Rockist-affirming project? ;-)
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