Gabriel Levine, York University

Research

puppetry puppet ecology waste garbage materiality theatre performance

Latest funding

Living trash: puppetry, ecology, and more-than-human performance
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$58,275
Moving Splendour: The Aesthetics and Politics of Contemporary Processional Art
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$26,858

Living trash: puppetry, ecology, and more-than-human performance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Levine, Gabriel J.

Keywords: puppetry; puppet; ecology; waste; garbage; materiality; theatre; performance; object; climate change; animation; great lakes; south africa; caribbean; trinidad; puerto rico; toronto;

$58,275

Moving Splendour: The Aesthetics and Politics of Contemporary Processional Art

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Levine, Gabriel

Keywords: (1) procession; (2) parade; (3) performance; (4) curating; (5) community; (6) participation; (7) art; (8) theatre; (9) public; (10) carnival

$26,858

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: puppetry Dear Professor Levine, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on puppetry connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Living trash: puppetry, ecology, and more-than-human performance" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]