How PSi Works: The Practice of Performance Studies

Performance Studies international (PSi) is an organization that has grown over more than two decades and continues to experiment with various modes of performance making and study. This article examines the history, trajectory and major projects of PSi and marks the ways that PSi and its members have worked and continue to work collaboratively across continents. The authors note the ways that annual conferences have developed and changed, along with the many initiatives that have emerged from the organization’s intensive international collaboration. Of particular note are the various research clusters of academics and artists, evolving publication projects and an ethos of innovation that comes from engaging with performance as both an object of study and a methodology.