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