Carla Rocavert
Lecturer
- Department: Communication, Media and Culture
Carla Rocavert鈥檚 research uses phenomenological, hermeneutic, and post-structuralist cultural theory to explore media production and consumption. She is specifically interested in the histories and contemporary practices of Australian and American stage and screen performance, transcultural discourses of intersectionality, ecocriticism, and intermediality. Her work on American reality television, the performing arts, neoliberalism, and creativity has appeared in publications including聽Critical Quarterly,听Critical Stages/Sc猫nes critiques, The International Journal of Critical Cultural Studies,听补苍诲聽The Creativity Research Journal.聽She is currently working on articles about the history and hegemony of US television, and transcultural discussions of race and feminism in the work of American playwright Aleshea Harris.聽
Education/Degrees
2021: Doctor of Philosophy (Society and Culture) School of Humanities - Philosophy & Gender Studies University of Tasmania, Australia.
2012: Master of Arts (Cultural Event Management), Charles Sturt University, Australia.
2006: Bachelor of Arts (Communication 鈥� Theatre/Media), Charles Sturt University, Australia.
News
2015: The House is Mine聽/听Next to Normal (theatre reviews).聽The Guardian Australia.
Publications
2022: 鈥淔acing the Fire: The Aesthetics of Campion Decent鈥檚 Ecological Verbatim Theatre.鈥澛犅�Critical Stages/Sc猫nes critiques聽(the journal of IATC--International Association of Theatre Critics).
2022: Reality Television's 'Open Lie': Performance and Suffering in The Bachelor.聽Critical Quarterly.
2020: Talent and Creativity.聽聽The Encyclopedia of Creativity聽(Third Edition).聽 Academic Press (Elsevier).
2020: Arts Bias and Creativity.聽The Encyclopedia of Creativity聽(Third Edition). Academic Press (Elsevier).
2019: Retrieving Truth in a Post Truth World: Drama in the Age of Reality Entertainment
The International Journal of Critical Cultural Studies.
2017: Offstage Humanitarianism:聽 Reality, Drama and Successful Misunderstanding.
Becoming Brands: Celebrity, Activism and Politics聽(book).
2016: The Democratization of Creativity: How Arts Philosophy Can Contribute to the Question of Arts Bias.聽The Creativity Research Journal.
2016: Aspiring to the Creative Class: Reality Television and the Role of the Mentor.聽M/C Journal.
Conferences & Lectures
2023: Department of English and American Studies, Maria Curie-Sk艂odowska University
2021: Centre d'Etudes Franco-Am茅ricain de Management (CEFAM)聽: Lyon.
2018: The Sixteenth International New Directions in the Humanities Conference: Philadelphia.
2017:聽Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies "Bridging Gaps: Where is the critic in television journalism?鈥� New York.
2016: Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies 鈥淐elebrity humanitarianism鈥� Barcelona.
2016: ATINER, International Conference on Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, Ath猫nes.
2015: Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference, University of Macquarie.
2015: Three-Minute Thesis Finalist: UTAS.
2015: Australasian Philosophy Conference, University of New South Wales.
2015: University of Tasmania Research Conference (Second Prize).
Awards, Fellowships and Grants
(Recherche sur les Arts Dramatiques Anglophones Contemporains)