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From: E.Z. {ez2494@daden.UoS.ac.uk}
To: Prof. August Barrington {barringtona@mansfield.ac.uk}
Date: September 09, 2021 - 22:00

Professor Barrington,

Hah!

To be fair, you've got to see the irony of writing my thesis in a linear manner.

You’ll find the (current) outline attached. It's been through several revisions already.

Chapter One: Introduction
1.1: Framing the Research
1.2: Disclaiming Objectivity
1.3: A Note on the Author (or lack thereof)

Chapter Two: Literature Review
2.1: The Wind and Where It Decided To Go 1.1: The Wind
2.2: The Sea and the Spine – The Living Theatre 1.2: The Sea
2.3: The Stars and What is In Between Them – Kane, Churchill, Stephens. 1.3 : The Stars

Chapter Three: Methodology
3.1: Navigation / Configuration / Construction
3.2: The Role of the Performer as Reader
3.3: On Meaning Without Intention

Chapter Four: Analysis
4.1: Case Study: Rehearsal as Discovery
4.2: Affordances of the box
4.3: Patterns of Loop and Drift
4.4: “This Is the Map”: Toward a New Vocabulary
4.5: The Memories of a Dead Author

Chapter Five: Conclusion
5.1: Tired Paths, New Routes
5.2: On Wayfinding
5.3: Things We Leave Behind

If anything stands out, do let me know. I’m still charting the course.

Regards,
E.Z.

From: Prof. August Barrington {barringtona@mansfield.ac.uk}
To: E.Z. {ez2494@daden.UoS.ac.uk}
Date: September 11, 2021 - 08:12

Elizabeth,

I've read the outline. It sounds ambitious. Though I fear it also comes across quite lyrical at times. For the sake of academic clarity, I think it would be best to avoid 'pretty' chapter titles.

A few headers seem to suffer from the same ambiguity, but I'm drawn to two in particular -

– “A Note on the Author (or lack thereof)”

– “The Memories of a Dead Author.”

If you mean to destabilise authorship, then say so directly. If you mean something else, define it. Ambiguity may intrigue, but it will also frustrate your examiners.

And since we are circling the term: I still don’t know who authored this box you describe. Was it you? Someone else? A found object? A collaboration?

Warm Regards,
August Barrington