As an appropriate ending, the final essay goes back in its first section to the questions proposed by the CFP, deepening the thought of authors that provides methodological tools suitable to develop studies on the performing arts historiography along a mediamorphic and/or technopsychological perspective. The second section includes a survey of publications which offer stimulating case-studies for the field, beginning with the analysis of the ancient Greek theatre in relation to the emerging of the phonetic alphabet in writing practices, to the complex consequences brought about in theatre, music and dance by the transition from a manuscript to a typographic culture. Much less defined, and therefore still wide open to further advancements, it appears the literature concerning the transformations occurred and still occurring as a big and profound shift is happening from the alphabetic and typographic culture to an electric-electronic, digital culture. The last section, finally, focusses on an inspiring convergence between a technopsychological approach to the history of the performing arts and the Richard Schechner’s notion of the dynamic and dialectical dyad between efficacy and entertainment as a core feature of every kind of cultural performance.
A conclusione del fascicolo "Questioni di storia delle arti performative in prospettiva mediamorfica, ovvero tecnopsicologica" ("Mimesis Journal" 14, 2, 2025), il saggio riprende, nella prima parte, i temi della call for papers approfondendo alcuni autori che offrono strumenti metodologici idonei a sviluppare ricerche di storiografia su teatro, musica e danza in prospettiva mediamorfica e/o tecnopsicologica. La seconda parte contiene la ricognizione di studi che possono fornire interessanti esemplificazioni di caso a partire dal teatro greco antico in relazione con l’affermarsi dell’alfabeto fonetico, fino alle articolate conseguenze apportate alle arti performative nel passaggio dalla cultura basata sulla scrittura manoscritta alla cultura tipografica. Ancora molto aperto e meno definito appare l’ambito degli studi concernenti le trasformazioni delle arti performative nella transizione ancora in corso dalla cultura alfabetica alla cultura elettrica ed elettronica. L’ultima sezione porta infine l’attenzione su una stimolante convergenza tra l’approccio tecnopsicologico alla storia delle arti performative e l’ipotesi di Richard Schechner relativamente al dispiegarsi nel tempo del mutevole intreccio tra efficacia (rituale) e intrattenimento (teatro).
Questioni di storia delle arti performative in prospettiva mediamorfica, ovvero tecnopsicologica. Appunti di metodo(logia)
Fabrizio Deriu
2025-01-01
Abstract
As an appropriate ending, the final essay goes back in its first section to the questions proposed by the CFP, deepening the thought of authors that provides methodological tools suitable to develop studies on the performing arts historiography along a mediamorphic and/or technopsychological perspective. The second section includes a survey of publications which offer stimulating case-studies for the field, beginning with the analysis of the ancient Greek theatre in relation to the emerging of the phonetic alphabet in writing practices, to the complex consequences brought about in theatre, music and dance by the transition from a manuscript to a typographic culture. Much less defined, and therefore still wide open to further advancements, it appears the literature concerning the transformations occurred and still occurring as a big and profound shift is happening from the alphabetic and typographic culture to an electric-electronic, digital culture. The last section, finally, focusses on an inspiring convergence between a technopsychological approach to the history of the performing arts and the Richard Schechner’s notion of the dynamic and dialectical dyad between efficacy and entertainment as a core feature of every kind of cultural performance.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
