Performative modes of inquiry as everyday theatre

An Inquiry into Modes of Existence

Performative Criminology and the “State of Play” for Theatre with Criminalized Women

This article applies feminist theory with cultural criminology to explore the role of theatre in the lives of criminalized women. Theatre initiatives for criminalized populations are growing worldwide, and so we are seeking to better understand how these two realms intersect. This article is based on a case study which was conducted at the Clean Break Theatre Company in London, England in the s...

Badis as Theatre

In this paper, an application designed for use as a pedagogical resource in a distance education course is evaluated following the framework of dramatic theory for design of human-computer experiences, which is developed by Brenda Laurel based on Aristotelian aesthetics and includes concepts such as direct engagement, first-personness, mimesis and catharsis. This framework is then critically st...

Performative Verbs and Performative Acts

Searle (1989) posits a set of adequacy criteria for any account of the meaning and use of performative verbs, such as order or promise. Central among them are: (a) performative utterances are performances of the act named by the performative verb; (b) performative utterances are self-verifying; (c) performative utterances achieve (a) and (b) in virtue of their literal meaning. He then argues th...

The Dynamics of Alternative/Sustainable Economies: Modes of Governance as Everyday Forms of Collaboration

A major strategy in the creation of sustainable economies has been the establishment of alternative market institutions. However, the dynamics of these markets are poorly understood. What are the rules of behavior by which these markets function? How do these markets maintain their separate identity as “alternative” and apart from the conventional (“free”) market system? Building on Lyson’s not...