Upcoming is guerrilla political theatre in Australia, the representation of scientific sex research, and the theatre in Post-Communist Czechoslovakia. Substantive work appropriate for the Workshop might be on, to take a handful of examples, global media, taste and stratification, the ideology of race, religious rituals, fine arts, cultural and resistance, political discourse, culture in social movements, cultural geography, the reproduction of sexualities, public culture. What will characterize the Workshop is a shared self-consciousness about both theories and methods whereby we investigate cultural phenomena. Three types of activities take place during the weekly meetings. First and foremost, the Workshop is a forum where participants present their research in various stages of development.
Faculty members present their current work as well.
Second, the workshop sponsors visiting scholars to read papers and exchange ideas with participants. Third, the workshop will conducts discussions of readings and topics of common interest. For all three, participants read a paper in advance of the Workshop meeting, so that meeting itself can be devoted to discussion more than to a formal presentation. The Workshop is not a regular course. Most student participants are already finished with their course work.