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Has anyone used Popular Theatre as a methodology/method for mental health inquiry. If so what method of anaysis was used? I have asked in the past but received no response. However, it may be that this situation has changed. Thanks Evette On 21 June 2010 12:02, Dr Alec Grant <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Karen, > > (we've communicated in the past - couple of years back). Perhaps this > isn't a direct response to your email, but here goes anyway. Like > yourself I write autoethnography, which has been published. Mainly due > to the inspiring work of Kip and Michael Hemmingson, I've recently > wanted to produce comedic ethnographic performance (CDs at this stage). > I've tested them out on masters level qualitative research audiences and > others. My problem is that without social science theory at either end > they seem simply comic (I hope) monologues. However, the frame of social > science detracts from the monologues. I've thought about the idea that > the theory is implicit in the narrative, so needn't be explicit. I don't > really feel comfortable with this, though. Don't know quite how to get > around it. > > > > Alec > > Dr Alec Grant > University of Brighton > Robert Dodd Building > 49 Darley Road > Eastbourne BN20 7UR > (01273-643100) > (07813-332537 mobile) > > Recent paper > Grant A. Autoethnographic ethics and re-writing the fragmented self. > Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 2010. 17: 111-116. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Performative Social Science [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > On Behalf Of Tim Struck > Sent: 21 June 2010 10:01 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Writing performatively - question > > Hi Karen - with the risk of taking everybody on the list as 'hostages' > I would like to answer your mail, Karen, as well as provide everybody > on the list with some (I hope) relevant infos: years ago I carried out > a phd project on performative entrepreneurship, and on the way I ran > into a research group in University of St Gallen, Switzerland, where > prof Chris Steyaert is active. He and Daniel Hjort (pt at Copenhagen > Business School). The work(s) of Chris, Daniel and St Gallen on > performative entrepreneurship are doing a tremendous job on opening > doors methodologically, philosophically, sociologically etc with > regards to performative writing and 'doings' - You can 'google' these > signs (Chris Steyaert/Daniel Hjort etc) to find out more, or move to > their 4 co-edited books on Entrepreneurship which is easily found by a > few searches on the web - here you will finbd a lot of ideas on how to > "persuade" audiences on the "why's" of performative writings and > doings - persuasion, perhaps, is not the best strategy, connecting > with audiences, people and projects doing performative stuff has, to > me at least, been an easier and more fun way to move! > > Best regards > Tim Struck > > On 6/18/10, Karen V Lee <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi Kip, > > > > i'm a huge fan of your research . . . .and involved with > autoethnographic > > inquiry as performative writing. > > > > I recently submitted a performative autoethnographic article to FQS > special > > issue , "participatory qualitative research" > > > > the feedback suggests that I include "more theoretical and > methodological > > development. There seems no meta processing of the text, " > > > > does this not contradict performative aspect? > > > > any advice would be greatly appreciated as i believe you are the > leading > > authority in this area > > > > Karen > > > > > > > > -- > > Karen V. Lee, Ph.D. > > Faculty Advisor > > University of British Columbia > > Department of Curriculum Studies > > Faculty of Education > > 2125 Main Mall > > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 > > 604 822 6386 (w) > > 604 837 1016 (c) > > 604 822 4714 (f) > > > > -- > Sent from my mobile device >