THPERF 233 - Staging Science: Embodying Knowledge Expression in the Sciences

This course explores the vital intersections between science and theatre, from the anatomical theatres of the 1700s to the rigour of laboratory experimentation to contemporary high-stakes science communication. Students develop practical, collaborative, and embodied performance skills while investigating how theatrical processes shape scientific knowledge production and public understanding. Object texts may include plays, genres of science writing, and performance theory. Through staging and assembling performances, students experiment with how media - materials, bodies, technologies, and spatial relationships - matter for making and expressing knowledge, ultimately cultivating dramaturgical approaches that bridge scientific and artistic modes of inquiry.