Megan Hoetger is a performance, film, and media historian, a curator, convener, exhibition-maker, and pedagogue. Hoetger holds a PhD in Performance Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, with specialisations in Critical Theory and Film & Media Studies.
At the core of Hoetger's work is a double commitment: first, to a research praxis that rejects colonial and (neo)liberal strategies of knowledge production; and second, to the frames of thinking offered by the field of performance studies with regards to time, (im)material transmission, and embodied memory. Hoetger is particularly attentive to what these frames of thinking can teach her about historiographic method, the relationality of archival work / the relational work of ‘the archival,’ and the politics of remembering events – from macro-level actions in statecraft and international relations to micro-level happenings like a film screening, poetry reading, or performance.
For an overview of Hoetger’s curatorial, editorial, exhibitionary, and writing projects, visit meganhoetger.com.