Cloete N., Dinesh N., Hazou R.T., Matchett S.
Department of Art History, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Department of Drama, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; School of English and Media Studies, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
Cloete, N., Department of Art History, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Dinesh, N., Department of Drama, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Hazou, R.T., School of English and Media Studies, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand; Matchett, S., Department of Drama, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
E(Lab)orating Performance is a transnational collaborative teaching and learning project involving Massey University (New Zealand), University of Cape Town (South Africa), UWC Mahindra College (India), and University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa). The project was devised to facilitate creative engagements between students and educators in theatre and performance classrooms at the participating institutions. By using online platforms to create transnational teaching and learning spaces, the project explored the affordances and the limitations of blended learning approaches to ‘live’ disciplines like Theatre and Performance Studies. In addition to exploring aspects of blended learning, the project was guided by an assumption that it might facilitate transnational cultural citizenship, through which participating students and educators might develop cosmopolitan engagements and openness to cultural differences. This paper critically examines the E(Lab)orating Performance project by providing an overview, a reflection on its various productive mistranslations, and a consideration of its effectiveness as a teaching and learning initiative. © 2015 Taylor & Francis.