Jane Wilkinson's work delves into themes of borders and border crossings within contemporary German-speaking culture. Her research explores the interplay of local and global aspects, examining how these phenomena are performed, particularly through cultural events and theatre festivals. Wilkinson meticulously analyzes how these occurrences shape cultural identity and intercultural understanding in cross-border regions. Her approach offers profound insights into the dynamics of contemporary European culture.
Exploring the politics and power dynamics of educational leadership, this book calls for a critical reevaluation of educational practices and leadership roles. It emphasizes a pedagogical approach grounded in real-world application, aiming to redefine what educational leadership can and should entail. By providing theoretical and analytical tools, it seeks to inspire a transformative social project in education.
This book explores the interplay between global and local influences in theatre festivals in the German-speaking border region around Lake Constance. Whilst opening up a fascinating yet under-researched theatre region to academic study, it also provides much-needed empirical grounding for often vague theories of place, globalisation and culture. Do we really live in a ‘shrinking world’ dominated by a homogenising global culture industry, or are we experiencing the revival of ‘local particularism’? To what extent is an apparently place-dependent cultural form such as theatre affected by the processes of cultural globalisation? Through detailed analysis of theatrical case studies from Lake Constance and the application of an interdisciplinary theoretical framework, this book begins to answer such important questions. The empirical focus is on the defining features of the Lake Constance region: the beautiful and often romanticised natural landscape of lake and mountains, and the presence of the nation-state borders which make this the crossroads of the German-speaking world. The author thus examines both open-air summer theatre festivals, such as the internationally renowned Bregenzer Festspiele , and politically focused cross-border theatre festivals, such as the youth festival TRIANGEL .
Harmony and Contrast provides a cross-cultural perspective on the art of Japan, China and Korea, focusing on the use of materials in art.