Architecturally Speaking

Alan Read is Professor and Chair of Drama and Theatre Studies at University of Surrey Roehampton. Previously he was Director of Talks at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. A series of talks he arranged there, Spaced Out, was the genesis of this collection. He is an affilated professor of Boston University and founding associate editor of the Routledge journal Performance Research.

• Introduction. Orienting. Locating. Moving. Revealing. Conceiving. Constructing. Showing. Changing. Prospecting. Responding.

'A key premise of this collection is the focus on the enriched field of interdisciplinarity that allows for cross-cultural thinking in areas of research ranging from philosophy, geography, urban planning, sociology, art, digital media and architecture, to name but a few. However, although deeply rewarding and enriching, Read rightly reminds us of the disciplinary significance of each discrete area and its potential loss of significance in the superficial 'blind date' of hasty interdisciplinarity.' - Dorothy Rowe, The Art Book