Dear Kip and everyone on the list,

thank you for the invitation to the workshop, i wish i could participate. I
am in South Africa ... and find performative psychology/social science new
and facinating. I attended Lois Holzman's social therapeutics International
Class 2005-6, online discussions and Conference Performing the World. I've
integrated some of what i've learned into my community project work with
community home-based caregivers, and with youth and children at schools,
performing and transforming their lives/diaries and co-creating
spaces/stages for learning and growing.

I've also seen some people performing their 'stories' at conferences and
found it moving.

I find it quite mind blowing the idea for a researcher to transform
qualitative data into a performance. This is quite a challenge...I am busy
writing an article on how I used performance in my home-based care group and
wonder how could I perform it. I looked at some of the articles on your
archive, and Denzin (2003), and Mary and Ken Gergen's critical article on
performative trends, e.g. "naval gasing", "the need for dense data", and so
on.

What are your thoughts on this?

Annalie Pistorius



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kip Jones" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 2:50 PM
Subject: Personal inviation to attend workshop


> Greetings to all, especially those who have joined our
> list recently.
>
> I would like to personally invite list members to the
> next AHRC Workshop in Performative Social Science
> being held at Bournemouth University
>
> Workshop 2: "Songs without Words"
> January 15th 2007
> Facilitators: Megan Long, Ted Mackney and Dr Kip Jones
>
> We will be workshopping possibilities of transforming
> our qualtitative data into other media, including
> performance in its widest sense.
>
> Some have expressed the concern, 'I am not an actor!'
> or 'I dont like to "perform" in front of a group'.
> Not to worry, you will be safe!  It will be a
> supportive small group of people who many different
> interests in developing a range of skills.
>
> From time to time, I have the opportunity to meet with
>  postgrad researchers who have asked to meet with me
> individually and discuss the performative within their
> own work. Although I welcome these opportunities, time
> constraints are making this less and less possible.  I
> will be available, however, throughout the workshop
> and during lunch to talk informally with anyone
> wishing to do so.
>
> The workshop is free and lunch and transportation
> costs will be provided.
>
> Unfortunately, there are only a few places left.
>
> Further info on the Workshop Series at:
> http://www.angelfire.com/zine/kipworld/flyer.pdf
>
> To put a place at the workshop contact:
>
> Stacey Mitchell,
> Centre for Qualitative Research, Bournemouth
> University,
> IHCS, Royal London House,
> Christchurch Road,
> Bournemouth,
> BH1 3LT,
> UK
>
> Tel: (01202) 962763
> Fax: (01202) 962194
> Email: [log in to unmask] ac.uk
>
>
> Dr Kip Jones
> Reader in Health Related Social Science
> Centre for Qualitative Research
> Institute of Health & Community Studies
> Bournemouth University United Kingdom
> Website: www.kipworld.net
>
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