And the Vampires Flow Towards the West: The Ecological Poetics of Eastern European Migration in the UK

Diana Damian Martin

doi:10.33303/gpsv2n1a4

Authors

Diana Damian Martin Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

Author Biography

Diana Damian Martin, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

Diana Damian Martin is a Romanian performance writer, critic and researcher. She is co-founder of the Department of Feminist Conversations with Mary Paterson and Maddy Costa, with whom she also co-edits Something Other. She is a member of Generative Constraints Committee, a collective of practice-based research and Lecturer in Performance Arts at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Diana works in the fields of performance, writing and live art. She has published widely on experimental criticism, writing as performance, performance and political philosophy. She has a longstanding interest in examining the politics involved in the critical act. Her academic writing has been published in Performance Research, Critical Stages, Theatre, Dance and Performance Training and Contemporary Theatre Review. She is on the editorial boards of the Journal for Body, Space and Technology, Sinais de Cena and a contributing Editor for Critical Stages and Exeunt Magazine.

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