Ola Johansson

Associate Professor in Contemporary Performance Practice

Centre for Research into Creation of Performing Arts (ResCen)

Middlesex University

Contemporary performance, Applied theatre, Performance research, Performance art, Prefigurative performance, Project management

Ola Johansson is Associate Professor in Contemporary Performance Practice at Centre for Research into Creation in the Performing Arts (ResCen), Middlesex University. He has taught and conducted theoretical and practice-led research in applied performance in the UK, Sweden, India, Australia, Tanzania and South Africa. Along with works of performance art and video art, Johansson has published two books: Performance and Philosophy: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Performing Arts (Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag, 2008), and Community Theatre and AIDS (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011). Furthermore, he has worked as a theatre critic and documentary filmmaker. Johansson's next monograph will deal with the democratic legacy and future of applied and performance art.

PhD. Diplomas in HE pedagogy.

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  1. Johansson, Ola (2018) The democratic counter-occupation of The Freedom Theatre in the Palestinian Territories. In: The Freedom Theatre: Performing Cultural Resistance in Palestine. Johansson, Ola and Wallin, Johanna, eds. LeftWord Books, New Delhi. ISBN 9789380118673. [Book Section]
  2. Johansson, Ola (2017) Democratization as validation of applied theatre and vice versa. Oxford Artistic and Practice Based Research Platform (2) . pp. 153-164. ISSN 2399-5092 [Article]
  3. Johansson, Ola and Wallin, Johanna, eds. (2018) The freedom theatre: performing cultural resistance in Palestine. LeftWord Books, New Delhi. ISBN 9789380118673. [Book]
  4. Johansson, Ola (2018) Prefigurative performance in American and African AIDS activism. In: Viral Dramaturgies: HIV and AIDS in Performance in the Twenty-First Century. Campbell, Alyson and Gindt, Dirk, eds. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 255-278. ISBN 9783319703169, e-ISBN 9783319703176, pbk-ISBN 9783030099459. [Book Section] (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-70317-6_12)
  5. Johansson, Ola (2015) Reconsidering the validation, efficacy and title of applied theatre. Reconsidering the Validation, Efficacy and Title of Applied Theatre. In: The Theatre & Performance Research Association (TaPRA) conference, 8-10 Sept 2015, Worchester. . [Conference or Workshop Item]
  6. Johansson, Ola (2015) Applied theatre workshop for the “world without war” conference in Auckland. Applied theatre workshop for the 'World without war' conference in Auckland. In: Applied theatre workshop for the 'World without war' conference in Auckland, 17-21 Sep 2015, UNITEC, Auckland, New Zealand. . [Conference or Workshop Item]
  7. Johansson, Ola (2015) The democrativity of applied theatre and performance art. The Democrativity of Applied Theatre and Performance Art. In: IFTR (International Federation for Theatre Research), 5-10 Jul 2015, Hyderabad, India. . [Conference or Workshop Item]
  8. Johansson, Ola (2015) Democrativity: beyond measurements of democracy in performance. Democrativity: Beyond Measurements of Democracy in Performance. In: International Federation of Theatre Research, 5-10 Jul 2015, Hyderabad, India. . [Conference or Workshop Item]
  9. Johansson, Ola (2017) Prefigurative performance in the age of political deception. The Drama Review, 61 (1) . pp. 81-98. ISSN 1054-2043 [Article] (doi:10.1162/DRAM_a_00624)
  10. Johansson, Ola and Newall, Amanda (2013) The immune system as artistic research and geopolitical mapping. In: Extraordinary Renditions, 10 Sep 2013, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art. . [Conference or Workshop Item]