The Journal of Consent-Based Performance

Aims & Scope

The JCBP has been established to maintain a record of the evolution of the emerging fields of intimacy specialization within performance. Our editorial team is willing to consider any writings which focus upon the use of consent-based and trauma-informed practices within any genre of performance, either in theory or in practice. We are especially interested in considering the intersections of performance practice, philosophy, consent, identity, creativity, and the human experience. We are open to considering writing focused on consent and equity in relation to performance. We adopt Diana Taylor's broad definition of performance "as a process, praxis, an episteme, a mode of transmission, an accomplishment, and a means of intervening in the world" (2012, p 202), and therefore considers consent-based performance a concept that steps off the stage or set and into our own lives. We ask that authors considering consent in non-theatrical and non-cinematic performance clarify how their articles or contributions to the journal could inform consent-based performance practices within these disciplines. We promote a definition of consent that extends beyond sexually charged content to include the uplifting of personal agency and the radical act of accepting without retaliation or questioning the personal, professional, physical, and cultural boundaries of others. We acknowledge that consent and intimacy infuse much of our lived experience, and we invite writing that makes this acknowledgement while reflecting on the ways that work for stage and screen can learn from the impacts of consent and intimacy outside of the working environment.

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