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
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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
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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
>
>
>
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