On Performatics is a special edition of PR inspired by, arising from, and responding to the conference Performance Studies: and Beyond hosted by the Grotowski Centre, Wrocl\/aw, Poland. The Polish title of the conference was Performatyka: perspektywy rozwojowe, which can be translated as Performance Studies: the perspectives for development. However, is it more provocative, and potentially more useful, if the literal translation is retained and Performatyka is rendered back into English as Performatics? What might this term suggest? Does it have the potential to function universally and denote a field of study that might otherwise be difficult to capture by the Anglo-American definition of Performance Studies with its specific terms of reference \u2013 a term which is often lost in translation, diffused and confused even as it strives for global recognition. What relevance and currency could Performatics have? Might it function as an adjective of performance as well as a way of analysing it (as an alternative to the over-used and abused \u2018performative\u2019)? And what equivalences to Performatyka exist in other languages and cultures and how might they be defined, harnessed and brought into use? On Performatics will reflect on the impact and efficacy of this term in Poland, today and for the future and with a critical historical perspective together with speculation on its potential currency beyond.<\/p>\n
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Editorial: On Performatics
\nRichard Gough, Grzegorz Zi\u00f3lkowski
\npp. 1 – 5
\n(Definition) Performatics: Making a noun out of an adjective
\nLynette Hunter
\npp. 7 – 7
\nTowards an Anthropology of Performance(s)
\nLeszek Kolankiewicz
\npp. 8 – 24
\n(Definition) Performatyka
\nPaul Allain
\npp. 25 – 25
\n(Definition) The Reality of ‘Doing Reality’
\nRudi Laermans
\npp. 25 – 25
\nThe Performative Matrix: Alladeen and Disorientalism
\nJon Mckenzie
\npp. 26 – 36
\n(Definition) En Conjunto – from el performance to la performativa
\nMaria M. Delgado, Caridad Svich
\npp. 37 – 38
\nMy Performatics
\nTomasz Kubikowski
\npp. 39 – 45
\n(Definition) A Performattic Nightmare and a Performantic Dream
\nEnzo Cozzi
\npp. 46 – 46
\nThe Ceramic Age: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of Performance Studies
\nAlan Read
\npp. 47 – 58
\n(Definition) Performatics 1.1
\nFreddie Rokem
\npp. 59 – 59
\nSong from Beyond the Dark
\nDariusz Kosinski
\npp. 60 – 75
\n(Definition) Die neun Wissenschaftsdisziplinen der Performatik [‘New Scientific Discipline: Performatik’]
\nJohannes Birringer
\npp. 76 – 79
\nSurrogate Stages: Theatre, Performance and the Challenge of New Media
\nChristopher Balme
\npp. 80 – 91
\n(Definition) Towards Nu-Academia
\nFlorian Feigl
\npp. 92 – 92
\nA Debate between Wodzimierz Staniewski and Leszek Kolankiewicz, led by Grzegorz Zi\u00f3kowski
\nWodzimierz Staniewsk, Leszek Kolankiewicz, Grzegorz Zi\u00f3lkowski
\npp. 93 – 109
\n(Definition) Letter to Adorno: on the question of performatics
\nKaroline Gritzner
\npp. 110 – 110
\nThe Key to All Locks: Conversation between Wojciech Dudzik, Dariusz Kosinski, Tomasz Kubikowski, Magorzata Leyko and Dobrochna Ratajczakowa
\nWojciech Dudzik, Dariusz Kosinski, Tomasz Kubikowski
\npp. 111 – 120
\n(Definition) The Street is the State: Rangoon\/Yangon, September 2007
\nPaul Rae
\npp. 121 – 122
\nBack of Beyond
\nRichard Gough
\npp. 123 – 136
\n(Definition) Installing Performatics: Terms and Conditions
\nDaniel Watt
\npp. 137 – 137
\n(Definition) To the editors
\nPeter Hulton
\npp. 138 – 138
\nRaft and Mooring
\nDariusz Kosinski
\npp. 139 – 145
\n(Definition) Performatics: Inscribing the Blur at the Place of Difference
\nAna Vujanovi\u0107
\npp. 146 – 146
\n(Definition) Performatics: Against Definition
\nAnston Bosman
\npp. 147 – 148
\nNotes on Contributors
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