Conference presentation
Stanislavsky and Research Methods
The S-Word: Stanislavsky and Contemporary Theatre Symposium (University of Malta, 06/11/2025–09/11/2025)
11/2025
Abstract
This conference presentation contributed to an invited collective session associated Stanislavsky and Research Methods (ed. Stefan Aquilina), which foregrounds reflexive and methodological approaches to theatre and performance research. The paper advanced an eco-critical and biophilic reconfiguration of Stanislavsky, proposing “eco-Stanislavsky” as a methodological framework for contemporary practice-led and interdisciplinary research. Drawing on biophilia theory, embodied cognition, and environmental humanities scholarship, the presentation reframed Stanislavsky’s principles of nature and liveness as ecological processes shaped by material environments, sensory perception, and more-than-human relations. Positioned within wider debates on research methods in theatre and performance studies, the paper argued that Stanislavskian practice offers a productive site for rethinking methodological reflexivity in the context of climate crisis, ecological awareness, and environmentally responsive performance-making.
Details
- Title
- Stanislavsky and Research Methods
- Authors/Creators
- Stefan Aquilina (Author/Creator) - University of MaltaAlys Daroy (Contributor) - Murdoch University, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
- Conference
- The S-Word: Stanislavsky and Contemporary Theatre Symposium (University of Malta, 06/11/2025–09/11/2025)
- Identifiers
- 991005845662807891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
- Resource Type
- Conference presentation
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