Research Library

As part of our commitment to making our work and outputs accessible, and to generate further dialogue on the issues we explore, IICSI has created an online Research Library. Here you will find a range of pieces including films, articles, think pieces, and interviews. Please use the search function or browse, and check back again as this library will be updated regularly.

Research outcomes related to the Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice project (2007-2013) are forthcoming.

Fierce Urgency of Now book cover

The Fierce Urgency of Now: Improvisation, Rights, and the Ethics of Cocreation

The second book to launch in the Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice series with Duke University Press is the co-authored volume, The Fierce Urgency of Now: Improvisation, Rights, and the…

The Improvisation Studies Reader

Improvisation is a performance practice that animates and activates diverse energies of inspiration, critique, and invention. In recent years it has coalesced into an exciting and innovative new field of…

the share performance

The Share Video

In Autumn 2012, ICASP Improvisers-in-Residence Scott Thomson and Susanna Hood created a multi-generational community art and music experience entitled ‘The Share.’ The film captures some of the beautiful songs, dances, and interactions that made ‘The Share’ so special.

Play Who You Are

Sounding Futures: Play Who You Are

A short documentary the 2014 Play Who You Are Playsense and KidsAbility summer camp with Jesse Stewart,

People Get Ready Book

People Get Ready: The Future of Jazz is Now!

The first book to launch in the Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice series with Duke University Press, Ajay Heble and Rob Wallace‘s coedited collection, People Get Ready: The Future of…

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