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PANEL: Justice, Society, and Improvisation

Karen Crawley, Eugene McNamee, Clare Moss-Couturié

Published: 2009-06-19

VIDEO: Three presenters give talks on a range of topics related to justice, society, and improvisation.VIDEO: Three presenters give talks on a range of topics related to justice, society, and improvisation. Eugene McNamee: "Is Justice Just Ice?” Karen Crawley: "Deviating from the Script – Police, Power, Performance and Australia’s ‘Censorship Crisis.'" Clare Moss-Couturié: "Archipelic Thought, Improvisation and ‘artistic authority’: Betty Carter in the 1950s." TEXT: An abstract for each presentation.

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Improvisation implies a deep connection between the personal and the communal, self and world. A “good” improviser successfully navigates musical and institutional boundaries and the desire for self-expression, pleasing not only herself but the listener as well.

– Rob Wallace