# Event Details - **Event Name**: 'Performing the Interview : Embodied Reflections & Data-Dramas' book launch - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 14 Jul, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Tue, 14 Jul, 2026 at 01:00 pm - **Event Description**: This book articulates a new method for performing the research interview, transforming it into a living performance space.About this EventThe Centre for Arts and Social Transformation (CAST) warmly invites you to the launch of Dr Jane Luton's book 'Performing the Interview: Embodied Reflections and Data-Dramas'.This book articulates a new method for performing the research interview, transforming it into a living performance space. Submitting the first Creative Practice PhD in Education at the University of Auckland, Aotearoa, New Zealand, Luton explores how researcher-in-role and theatrically framed sites invite participants to co-create data through enactment, respeaking, and devising - culminating in the creation of Data-Dramas. Generating stories of melancholy and resilience with six international drama educators, Luton reveals how creative practice doctoral research can foster wellbeing, deepen artistic identity, and capture rich, embodied knowledge with relevance far beyond the arts.The book is available HEREAdditional Information:It is important to acknowledge and celebrate the role of Professor Peter O'Connor (CAST's Founding Director) in the original research as he guided the first creative practice doctorate and participated by embodying stories of drama education as a named participant. The research production was attended by two examiners and the Dean (at the time) of the Faculty of Education, Graeme Aitken who wrote in the Communication Matters Newsletter July 25th, 2014, that it had made him "reflect on how we might make drama, and the arts, more central in our work".Jane Luton was the first place prize winner of the Exposure 2013 Postgraduate Research exposition Variety Showcase organised by The Postgraduate Students' Association at The School of Graduate Studies, University of Auckland. The first winner from the Faculty of Education at UoA. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/625c03a0-7deb-11f1-957f-f1f06462340d-rimg-w1052-h740-dcffffff-gmir.jpg Agenda?: 12:00 PM - 12:35 PMThe official launch Info: Karakia. An introduction of the book by Dr Jane Luton. Professor Peter O'Connor sharing about his stories in the book. A small demonstration of the process. Wrapping up.?: 12:35 PM - 01:00 PMNetworkingInfo: Mix and mingle. Light lunch will be served. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/auckland/performing-the-interview-embodied-reflections-and-data-dramas-book-launch/100001992102055875 - **Event Categories**: performances, entertainment, art, theatre - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour - Location: Room 201-334, Building 201, UoA City Campus - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Auckland - **state**: AU - **country**: New Zealand - **location**: Room 201-334, Building 201, UoA City Campus - **lat**: -36.8512807 - **long**: 174.7714198 - **full address**: Room 201-334, Building 201, UoA City Campus, 10 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: 'Performing the Interview : Embodied Reflections & Data-Dramas' book launch - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/3a3bc6d46d99a2bec34219a12a8e4fb0daf8727c119fdda86f1b2a7125f10765-rimg-w1200-h600-dc16194f-gmir.jpg?v=1781977758 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is 'Performing the Interview : Embodied Reflections & Data-Dramas' book launch being held? - **A:** 'Performing the Interview : Embodied Reflections & Data-Dramas' book launch takes place on Tue, 14 Jul, 2026 at 12:00 pm to Tue, 14 Jul, 2026 at 01:00 pm at Room 201-334, Building 201, UoA City Campus, 10 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand. - **Q**: Who is organizing 'Performing the Interview : Embodied Reflections & Data-Dramas' book launch? - **A:** 'Performing the Interview : Embodied Reflections & Data-Dramas' book launch is organized by Centre for Arts and Social Transformation UoA. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** 'Performing the Interview : Embodied Reflections & Data-Dramas' book launch is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Auckland, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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