Category: Humanities
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Liu Yuan: The Godfather of Jazz in Post-Mao China
in HumanitiesJazz is an African American music, but it has increasingly become an international music embraced by people from different places across the globe. As a harbinger and an ingenious player of jazz in China, Liu Yuan (刘元, b. 1960) is known by many as the “China’s Godfather of Jazz” (Liu and Huang; Marlow 122–23; Zhong).…
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An Extraordinary Sit-Down Strike
in HumanitiesWhen I hear the word “sit-down strike,” images of labor rights movements flash through my mind, accompanied by revolutionary songs that are enraged and robust. However, Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Swing Orchestra’s “(I’m On A) Sit-Down Strike for Rhythm” paints an entirely different picture. Recorded on April 15th, 1937 in New York (Dickerson: 178),…
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The Structure of Play in the Judicial System
in HumanitiesCourse: THEATRST 202S Introduction to Performance Studies, Duke UniversityInstructor: Alex Ferrone, Ph.D. The judicial system is a crucial part of our world that is organized by the logic of play. It includes all four theatrical elements constructed by Richard Schechner: drama, script, theater, and performance. First, laws serve as the “drama” of the play. They are…