Working on autobiographical performance through voice
What is it about?
This peer-reviewed article follows the development of the performance-lecture A Voice Is. A Voice Has. A Voice Does. It connects it to research on autobiography in literature and performance studies. It explains the dramaturgy of the piece as linked to emergent research on the vocal in-between, intersectional positionality and identity construction. It offers suggestions to readers as to how vocal autobiography can be used in pedagogical settings, in future research and as a tool for performance analysis.
Why is it important?
This the first article that proposes autobiophony (autobiography of one's voice through vocal performance) as new area of research interest and a new methodology. It can be of interest to researchers in voice studies, autobiography studies, music, theatre, drama, sound studies, identity studies, performance writing. It proposes new strategies for conducting practice-research. It showcases how practice-research writing can be sensitive to vocal practice.