PhD Scholarship: 'Actor Training and Physical Literary', Deakin University

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Posted By: Rea Dennis
Status: Current
Date Posted: Fri, 25 Mar 2022


Call for PhD Candidate: 'Actor Training and Physical Literacy'

School of Communication & Creative Arts, Deakin University


This research project is part of the Makers, Performers, Practices Research Network, and will examine acting practices as an alternate site for physical literacy in adolescents. Physical literacy refers to a framework of learning at the intersection of the fields of health, sport and education spanning core concepts: physical, psychological, social and cognitive. The project is part of the interdisciplinary research project 'When Art Meets Sport' (led by Rea Dennis, Kate Hunter and Lisa Barnett). Focusing on the way in which technical and practical actor training activities enable affective and embodied knowledges, the research will explore what these practices have to offer and how they augment and extend our understanding of physical literacies in adolescents.

We expect the research will add to actor training knowledges and practices, and also innovate our understanding of how the kinaesthetic, imaginative and perceptive practices are developed and generated through consistent actor training practices and as such offer sustainable approach to obtaining and sustaining physical literacy for young people and across the lifespan.

The project is attached to a competitive scholarship round through Deakin’s School of Communication and Creative Arts. If you’d like more information or if you have any questions, please contact (until 15 April):
A/Prof Rea Dennis (rea.dennis@deakin.edu.au) 
Dr Kate Hunter (k.hunter@deakin.edu.au)
 
You can also read more about the direction of the research here: 

Complete an Expression of Interest here:

Expressions of Interest are due 29 April 2022.