Performative social science
Performative social science , also performative social research or English performative social science , describes the use of artistic means of representation and expression in the implementation of research projects, especially in the presentation or application of their results. Painting, theater, poetry, music, dance, film or multimedia are used. Such performance-oriented research can not only be presented in text form, but also live in front of an audience or communicated in films, photographs or by means of interactive media. The first applications in performative psychology such as B. in prejudice research or in performative ethnography by Norman K. Denzin .
The starting point is the assumption that theories and research results describe reality rather than create it. The results are not just data, but function like the original performativa in John Austin's speech act theory : They not only represent reality, but literally create it in interaction processes or change it by triggering or guiding actions. Particular attention is paid to reflecting on the changing roles of researchers in this process.
The performative methods also take into account the fact that the method and research repertoire z. B. has become more and more creative and inventive thanks to new forms of visualization .
literature
- Mary Gergen , Kip Jones (Eds.): A Conversation about Performative Social Science . In: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research , 9th year (2), Art. 43 [1]
- Mary M. Gergen, Kenneth J. Gergen: Performative Social Science . In: G. Mey, K. Mruck (eds.): Handbook Qualitative Research in Psychology. Wiesbaden 2010, pp. 358-366.