Kim McLeod is an Assistant Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph. Her research on political performance and participatory media has appeared in Canadian Theatre Review, Critical Stages/Scènes critiques, Digital Performance in Canada, Performance Matters and Theatre Research in Canada. Her book-in-progress, Performing Digital: Publics, Politics and Participation, investigates how live performance and activism can work with new media tools to facilitate political engagement. She is an Associate Editor of Canadian Theatre Review and edited the journal’s issues Gaming, Time’s Up and Acts of Preservation.
Much of Kim’s work employs research creation/performance-as-research methods. She is currently working on a series of site-specific audio experiences on food systems in Guelph and Wellington County and a performance project that addresses the predominance of female voices as digital assistants. She also recently directed The Haven Project, a fiction podcast on food security created in collaboration with the University of Guelph’s Arrell Food Institute.
Much of Kim’s work employs research creation/performance-as-research methods. She is currently working on a series of site-specific audio experiences on food systems in Guelph and Wellington County and a performance project that addresses the predominance of female voices as digital assistants. She also recently directed The Haven Project, a fiction podcast on food security created in collaboration with the University of Guelph’s Arrell Food Institute.
