Tanja Hylling Diers
PhD research project: “Who Cares? – An embodied practice of caring and listening”
PhD supervisors: Sofie Lebech, Senior Lecturer, Malmö Theatre Academy; and Stine Hebert, Curator from Heirloom – Center for Art and Archive, Copenhagen
Institution: Malmö Theatre Academy
Period: January 2020 – November 2026
The aim with this research project is to produce knowledge that can contribute to a deeper understanding of how we as artists in the performing arts can work with diverse groups of people, especially vulnerable groups on the margins of society who often have no voice to express opinions and experiences. My main interest is how to develop my dramaturgical practice with practices such as deep listening, care-full listening and slow listening, as well as curatorial strategies in a deep, slow and ethically-conscious development process. My artistic research is informed by my work as a dramaturg and curator in mainly the Danish performing arts scene and the many experiences of how collaborations between arts and non-artists can challenge existing modes of arts making and expose unexpected potential and break down prejudge.
75% PHD seminar: Tanja Hylling Diers – Who Cares? An Embodied Practice of Caring and Listening
Friday, 26 September 2025, at 10–12 AM, Location: Studio B, Malmö Theatre Academy, Bergsgatan 31A, 21422 Malmö