1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793106003321

Titolo

Applied theatre : economies / / [edited by] Molly Mullen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, UK ; ; New York, NY : , : Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, , 2019

ISBN

1-350-00173-2

1-350-00171-6

1-350-00172-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 265 pages)

Collana

Applied theatre

Disciplina

792.068/1

Soggetti

Theater - Finance

Theater - Economic aspects

Theater management

Theater and society

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

A narrowing sphere: Economization and applied theatre -- Tangled webs: Applied theatre and the economy -- The economies of applied theatre -- Applied theatre and new cultural economies -- Autogesticentn, conviction, collectivity and Plans A to Z: Colectivo Sustento in continuous resistance / Penelope Glass -- Foundation funding: The pedagogies of applied theatre projects in two Toronto theatres / Anne Wessels and Lois Adamson -- Waiting on a miracle: The precarious state of the everyday in applied theatre / Peter O'Connor and Briar O'Connor -- A difficult fit: The economic actions of FM Theatre Power in Hong Kong / Molly Mullen and Bonnie Y. Y. Chan -- The Long Tail/Tale: Seven thought-provoking mind-sets to reframe your applied theatre practices / Paul Sutton -- The ROOTS of US applied theatre economies / Paul Bonin-Rodriguez -- The theatre dividend: Reflecting on the value of a theatre and social housing partnership in Bolton (UK) / Ben Dunn and Jenny Hughes.



Sommario/riassunto

"Applied Theatre: Economies addresses a notoriously problematic area; applied theatre's relationship to the economy and the ways in which socially committed theatre makers fund, finance, or otherwise resource their work. Part One addresses longstanding concerns in the field about the effects of economic conditions and funding relationships on applied theatre practice. It considers how applied theatre's relationship with local and global economies can be understood from different theoretical and philosophical perspectives. It also examines a range of ways in which applied theatre can be resourced, identifying key issues and seeking possibilities for theatre makers to sustain their work without undermining their social and artistic values. The international case studies in Part Two give vivid insights into the day-to-day challenges of resourcing applied theatre work in Chile, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, Hong Kong and the US. The authors examine critical issues or points of tension that have arisen in a particular funding relationship or from specific economic activities. Each study also illuminates ways in which applied theatre makers can bring artistic and social justice principles to bear on financial and organisational processes. The Applied Theatre series is a major innovation in applied theatre scholarship: each book presents new ways of seeing and critically reflecting on this dynamic and vibrant field. Volumes offer a theoretical framework and introductory survey of the field addressed, combined with a range of case studies illustrating and critically engaging with practice."--



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910796929503321

Autore

Jackson Myles W.

Titolo

The genealogy of a gene : patents, HIV/AIDS, and race / / Myles W. Jackson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2015]

ISBN

0-262-32720-1

0-262-53378-2

0-262-32719-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 336 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Collana

Transformations: studies in the history of science and technology

Disciplina

362.19697/920072

Soggetti

Genes

Genes - Patents

Genetic genealogy

HIV (Viruses)

Human population genetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The CCR5 story -- The CCR5 patent(s) -- Gene patenting and the product-of-nature doctrine -- CCR5 and intellectual property law -- The European response to the CCR5 patent -- CCR5 and HIV/AIDS diagnostics and therapeutics -- Race, place, and pathogens -- Race, difference, and genes -- Epilogue: the end of an error?

Sommario/riassunto

In The Genealogy of a Gene, Myles Jackson uses the story of the CCR5 gene to investigate the interrelationships among science, technology, and society. Mapping the varied "genealogy" of CCR5 -- intellectual property, natural selection, Big and Small Pharma, human diversity studies, personalized medicine, ancestry studies, and race and genomics -- Jackson links a myriad of diverse topics. The history of CCR5 from the 1990s to the present offers a vivid illustration of how intellectual property law has changed the conduct and content of scientific knowledge, and the social, political, and ethical implications of such a transformation. The CCR5 gene began as a small sequence of DNA, became a patented product of a corporation, and then, when it was found to be an AIDS virus co-receptor with a key role in the



immune system, it became part of the biomedical research world -- and a potential moneymaker for the pharmaceutical industry. When it was further discovered that a mutation of the gene found in certain populations conferred near-immunity to the AIDS virus, questions about race and genetics arose. Jackson describes these developments in the context of larger issues, including the rise of "biocapitalism," the patentability of products of nature, the difference between U.S. and European patenting approaches, and the relevance of race and ethnicity to medical research.